YEP. IN FACT, SEEING ROMNEY TREATED LIKE HITLER RADICALIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WENT ON TO SUPPORT TRUMP.

Oh please. Romney visited a school in Philly and was met with vicious protests. This is revisionism. If he was the nominee today you and 90% of black voters would find an excuse not to vote for him. https://t.co/Mj8zR3NFNt

— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) August 14, 2024

He was booed at the NAACP conference when he spoke. https://t.co/JL3tkoPg3y https://t.co/gy7TFUzhe2

— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) August 14, 2024

ALL-DAY BREAKFASTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED ON THE DOOM LOOP: Owner blames rampant crime as last Denny’s closes in San Francisco.

NEO: Can Trump get through the firewall?

The media is bound and determined to present Trump in the worst light possible, and Harris in the best light possible. To do this they will outright lie, distort the facts in more subtle ways, and ignore what doesn’t fit their narrative. For the most part, social media puts its finger on the anti-Trump scale, too.

It is propaganda, and do not underestimate its influence, which is pervasive.

One of Trump’s many problems, now that the Democrats got the impediment of Joe Biden out of the way, is to cut through all of that. During the 2016 campaign the anti-Trump propaganda was already present, but since then we’ve been subjected to nine years (starting in the summer of 2015) of it, nonstop and escalating. The lies build on the previous lies to form an edifice of anti-Trump lies, and there is also widespread ignorance about the good things that haven’t been covered or that have hardly been covered.

At this point there are a lot of Trump supporters and there are also a lot of people who would never vote for him (or perhaps for any Republican). It may be that those two groups are roughly equal in number, so let’s ignore them for a moment. It’s those voters in-between who matter in this particular election. But even they have been subjected to that relentless 9-year anti-Trump campaign in all its manifestations.

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COLUMBIA PRESIDENT SHAFIK RESIGNS AMID ANTI-SEMITISM FUROR:

"I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University effective August 14, 2024," Shafik wrote in an email to members of the Columbia community. "This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our…

— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) August 15, 2024

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX RISES ALMOST 3% AGAIN, 20% SINCE HARIS-BIDEN DESTROYED THE ECONOMY; Key Democrat Propagandist Susan Rice Ties Kamala Harris to the Economy, Calling Her a “Integral Architect” of Biden’s Agenda.

The old spin was that “supply chains” were “snagged.” Two years after the reopening of the economy, that spin could no longer be spun, so Biden/Harris changed the propaganda: Now the only reason for inflation was “greedy corporations” jacking up prices. They were simply lying: No corporation was just increasing prices out of greed. They were increasing prices because the costs of their raw materials and labor had all gone up, because the dollars was now worth about 75% of it was before Biden flooded the world with cheap funny-money fake dollars.

Biden-Harris is basically North Korea, but operating out of the White House.

Presumably, the Northeast Corridor will not change its course, despite the bad news it’s been receiving since 2021: New Jersey/New York Tops National Inflation Rankings, New Study Reveals.

THAT’S ALL, FOLX! Embattled Columbia president Minouche Shafik resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik has resigned from the elite institution, according to a report.

Shafik is stepping away after just one year at the helm, which was marked by constant — and sometimes destructive — anti-Israel protests, the Free Beacon reported.

The embattled president had been facing mounting calls to resign for months over her handling of the protests, which broke out following Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel.

She was accused of “gross negligence” while testifying before Congress after refusing to say whether the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” should be considered antisemitic.

Classical reference in headline:

They implement this insane made up language and terminology because they just think like "latinx" it will be widely accepted, and then when people notice it, they claim stupidity and feign ignorance about it. https://t.co/oVNyhy9npQ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 17, 2024

JUST IMAGINE WHAT THEY’D BE WORTH IF THEY ACTUALLY WON PLAYOFF GAMES AND SUPER BOWLS: The Dallas Cowboys become first sports franchise to be worth over $10 billion, per Sportico. “The Cowboys, owned by Jerry Jones, were valued at $10.32 billion, far and away the most valuable franchise in the league and an increase of over a billion dollars on the previous estimate of $9.2 billion in February. Jones, 81, purchased ‘America’s Team’ in 1989 for an estimated $140 million (roughly $355 million in 2024) and has turned the organization into a financial powerhouse.”

BREAKING: Tim Walz agrees to October 1st VP debate against JD Vance on CBS.

IT ALSO MAKES IT EDIBLE: Sweetening Your Yogurt With Honey Could Boost Its Probiotic Benefits.

HOW THE POTEMKIN PROTECTIVE PRESS SHIELDS HARRIS: It’s been more than three weeks since Vice-President Kamala Harris answered media questions. Here’s how she will be insulated from genuine journalism through Election Day; it’s all there in my latest PJMedia analysis. And don’t miss Glenn’s role on what would be an historic journalism event.

A DEBACLE OF OUR OWN MAKING:

Remember, this is the result of what Kamala described as Biden’s “extraordinary courage.” She said she was “the last person in the room” when Biden decided to pull all U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Their horrendous withdrawal left behind $7 BILLION in military equipment,… https://t.co/oRXDPa8ity

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 14, 2024

Well, of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s making, really.

SHOT: NASA says stuck astronauts may have to remain in space until February.

CHASER: SpaceX Plans Sixth Commercial Private Astronaut Mission.

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

Of course it is. But you are about to witness the emergence of an all-new and improved Harris, unburdened by what has been. The media hosannas will be deafening. https://t.co/n0p2jXYiOY

— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 14, 2024

A PROBLEM FOR U.S./CHINESE WAR: You Can’t Go to War with Your Factory. “As a Southerner, going to war against your own industrial center is a Lesson Learned, and yet here we are.”

TO BE FAIR, WHEN IT COMES TO DAILY LIFE, MOST EVERYTHING’S BEEN GETTING WORSE SINCE ABOUT 2008: I Reviewed Restaurants for 12 Years. They’ve Changed, and Not for the Better.

Many of the little routines of dining that we used to handle by talking to a person now happen on a screen. When we go to Shake Shack, we order and pay for our burger and frozen custard on a screen. In some places, we enter our names on the waiting list for tables on a screen. We scan QR codes so we can read the menu on a screen. Restaurants are turning into vending machines with chairs.

Before we walk in the door, we’ve usually made a reservation on a screen. You could still make reservations by phone in 2012. Many places were on OpenTable by then, but if you didn’t feel like using it or couldn’t find a time you wanted, you picked up the phone, and your call would usually be answered by a human. Pleasantries were exchanged. Polite phrases were used: Please. Thank you. I’m sorry. We look forward to seeing you.

2008 was a triple whammy: Smartphones, the financial crisis, and Obama. America was beginning to recover when Covid struck, though the harm we suffered came more from the official response to Covid than from Covid itself. What’s next?

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HANLON’S RAZOR HAS RESIGNED IN PROTEST:

They could read the shooter's phone…(New photo uncovered by @JudicialWatch)… pic.twitter.com/4eSQp8UsXf

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) August 14, 2024

IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other.

THEY’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE I WAS A KID: Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are the Future of Cancer Treatment. Here’s How They Work. Nice to see some progress.

TWO TIMS IN ONE!

Shot: Walz let Minneapolis burn.

This was Minnesota under Tim Walz.

Never forget.pic.twitter.com/UURbI1Z55G

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2024

Chaser: ‘Light ‘em up!’ Police shoot paintballs at Minneapolis residents standing on their porch.

This was during the George Floyd riots. But the power to do this to their citizens was only extended to them because of the Covid lockdowns and executive orders. This way all may-june 2020

— Sam (@Samantha_SN1) August 13, 2024

The juxtaposition between these two videos could make for a powerful campaign ad for Trump.

UPDATE: ‘Light ‘Em Up:’ Paintball Tim? Ed Morrissey writes, “The entire episode speaks to Walz’ utter incompetence as an executive in the public sector. He’s an authoritarian whose instincts run to either inaction or over-reaction. His pandemic management speaks volumes in that regard, especially his COVID-19 Snitch Line and his vicious punishment for those who dared defy his authoritarian rule by decree. Just ask Lisa Hanson, who served most of a 90-day jail sentence for trying to re-open her coffee and wine bistro…The Walz administration was still prosecuting these cases in December 2021. By that time, practically the entire country had reopened. Even most of Minnesota had reopened by that time. Rather than drop the case as moot, the state threw a business owner in jail for two months, which is about two months longer than nearly all of the rioters got. That’s how authoritarian Walz is by nature, and that’s the Tim Walz that Republicans need to expose.”

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