WELL, THAT CERTAINLY CLARIFIES THE STAKES:  October 7 Mastermind And Terror Chief Sinwar Named Political Leader of Hamas, Replacing Assassinated Haniyeh.

READING THE ROOM:  Tim Walz fails to inspire swing state voters after Kamala Harris makes him VP pick: ‘He makes Tim Kaine look exciting’.

SHE’S SHOWN HOW SHE’D STAND UP TO PUTIN, XI, AND HAMAS:  Kamala Harris was afraid Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro would steal the ‘spotlight,’ alienate anti-Israel progressives: sources.

CHASER:  Tim Walz a ‘coward’ and ‘traitor’ for retiring from military before Iraq, says Guardsman who replaced VP pick.

WELL, HE IS TO THE RIGHT OF GAVIN NEWSOM … BARELY:  How progressive is Tim Walz? Here’s where the Minnesota governor stands on key issues.

PROBABLY NOT:  Has Disney learned its lesson?

HE’S A VET, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DEM PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JON EFFING KERRY:  Tim Walz left National Guard battalion ‘hanging,’ ‘slithered out the door’ before Iraq deployment: vets.

THIS WILL GO OVER WELL:  Whistleblower’s damning claim about lead agent in Trump rally incident.

WELCOME TO CANAD– OH, WAIT WRONG COUNTRY, SAME DISREGARD FOR THEIR CITIZENS: Be careful what you post on Facebook in the UK, because if it’s deemed “offensive” the police can just show up at your door and arrest you. 

ALAS:  This is the only video you need to see to explain what’s happening in the UK.

THIS SEEMS LIKE A WORTHY ENDEAVOR:  Protect the Vote.

YOU KNOW WHAT, IT’S SAD THAT THIS IS NEEDED:  Am I Racist? In Theaters September 13th.

IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO ASSUME STUPIDITY OR PERHAPS FUMBLE FINGERS:  Dragon Dragon, Quite Contrary!

SOUNDS LIKE A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY:

Even if voters unquestionably elect Donald Trump as President, no matter the margin, and even if the election is universally accepted as free and fair, top Democrats are calling on Congress to block certification of the results, and prep for civil war. pic.twitter.com/U9QL5FZW10

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) August 5, 2024

GOSH, THAT’S A SHAME: Cori Bush loses primary in latest blow to progressive ‘squad.’

Flashbacks:

• Cori Bush Claims She Miraculously Healed Homeless Woman’s Tumors by Laying Hands on Her.
• Cori Bush’s Bodyguard Says He Can’t Be Anti-Semitic Because He’s a Jewish High Priest.
• Cori Bush Blows Up Pinocchio Meter, Lies About Getting Shot at in Ferguson by ‘White Supremacists.’
• Cori Bush And Maxine Waters Issue Racist Rants For July 4th.
• ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush defended Antifa during summer riots.
• ‘Squad’ Members Cozy Up to Anti-Semitic Fundraiser Who Promoted Holocaust Denial: Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Summer Lee, and Ilhan Omar pose for pictures with Maher Abdel-qader.
• ‘Squad’ Members Were Boosting Hamas Long Before It Beheaded Babies.

And in the “Riots for thee, but not for me” school of leftist hypocrisy:

In less than 30 seconds…

Cori Bush: “I’m going to make sure I have security.”
Also Cori Bush: “And defunding the police has to happen. We need to defund the police.”pic.twitter.com/yDgo0wviG2

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) August 5, 2021

NOW OUT FROM S.M. STIRLING: To Turn The Tide. A new time-travel novel.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

NANCY PELOSI AND THE WRAP-UP SMEAR:

Nancy knows how to do it! pic.twitter.com/uaWjuIDwK3

— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) August 5, 2024

But, an AP “fact check” notes: Video takes 2017 clip of Nancy Pelosi discussing smear tactics out of context.

CLAIM: A clip shows then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi openly admitting how Democrats get the media to legitimize lies using a tactic called the “wrap-up smear.”

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A clip of Pelosi speaking at a 2017 press conference has been edited to remove context. Pelosi was describing a tactic she accused Republicans of using against Democrats. In other portions of her response not shown in the clip, Pelosi makes it clear she is not talking about her own party.

Of course, Democrats would never, ever use such tactics themselves. Just like AP would never, ever have an office in the same building in Gaza as Hamas.

Related: Speaking of San Fran Nan, “Pelosi snapped back at MSNBC host Joe Scarborough — a Democrat [well, effectively so these days — Ed] and former House member — when he suggested Walz is ‘progressive.’ ‘Tim Walz is wonderful. He served in the House,’ Pelosi said. ‘To characterize him as left is so unreal. He’s right down the middle.'”

But is he ready for Mount Rushmore, as Pelosi said of (P)resident Joe Biden on Sunday?

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China will launch first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports.

FORCES WITHIN FORCES:

Joe Biden's unceremonious ejection and Kamala's anguished turmoil over who she should be are all signs of forces beating with enormous force to forge the imagery for the coming election. The story, the biography and the "truth" are still being invented.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 6, 2024

TWO-TIER KIER: Rioters will feel the full force of the law.

Rioters will face “the full force of the law”, Sir Keir Starmer has vowed ahead of a further expected wave of riots across the UK.

The Prime Minister, speaking after an emergency Cobra meeting at Downing Street, said rioters should expect “substantive sentences” on conviction.

More than 400 people have been arrested following the violent unrest in nearly two dozen cities and towns in England, Wales and Northern Ireland over the past six days.

Sir Keir promised communities “will be safe” and that the criminal justice system has shown a “robust and swift response” in the face of the unrest.

Police forces are bracing themselves for up to 30 potential gatherings of rioters on Wednesday.

A list of solicitors’ firms and advice agencies has been shared in chat groups as possible targets for gatherings, with the message inviting would be rioters to “mask up” if they attend.

The Law Society of England and Wales described such gatherings as a“direct assault on our democratic values” and urged the Government to treat such “threats against the legal profession” with the “utmost seriousness”.

So serious that the chief of London’s police force is punching reporters’ microphones! Mark Rowley’s mic grab sets a dreadful example to police officers.

Sky News reporter having his microphone grabbed and dropped to the ground might seem like a trifling story right now, given everything that’s happening in the country. But when the mic-grabber is none other than Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, it’s a different matter. A very different matter. In a democracy, cops don’t treat journalists in such a dismissive, degrading fashion.

It was outside the Cabinet Office that Sir Mark outrageously interfered with the property of a reporter. The man from Sky News asked him if he was going to ‘end two-tier policing’. And instead of answering – or not answering, if he wants to be a big baby about it – Sir Mark yanked Sky’s mic and seemed to push it to the ground. As he then arrogantly strutted to his car, the reporter could be heard saying: ‘Did he just do that?’

Yes, he did. And it was beyond inappropriate. For the most powerful cop in the country to manhandle an instrument of journalism, to try to physically prevent a reporter from recording something, sends a terrible message. Will Sir Mark’s lower-downs now behave likewise? Will they take their cue from the big man and grab and discard the kit of any journalist who asks them a pesky question?

I can’t imagine why anyone would be questioning British authorities about “two-tier policing,” especially when its new PM released a photo of himself in June of 2020 kneeling in sympathy with American BLM protestors:

UPDATE: What did you expect? Britain’s protests reflect DECADES of elite failure.

Well, not so much “failure” as deliberately planned: “Labour wanted mass immigration to make UK more multicultural, says former adviser. Labour threw open Britain’s borders to mass immigration to help socially engineer a ‘truly multicultural’ country, a former Government adviser has revealed.”

MORE: When the elites loved rioting. From the London riots to BLM, liberals and leftists have spent far too long celebrating street violence as virtuous.

JAMES LILEKS IN MARCH: Four years ago today:

The story had no “Two weeks to stop the spread” messaging. The lockdown was open-ended, although I seem to recall we thought it was supposed to be two weeks, then reviewed. In two weeks the headline would be “New Target — May 4” which was almost a month away.

The rules were adjusted to let landscapers go back to work.

On May 3 a story noted that the target date was now May 17. A “business analyst was quoted as saying he would still stay home because he thought “There wil be a couple of waves of death,” and that the skyways should be all closed because they were a ̶