BECCA LOWER: Never Mind “Hidin’ Biden”; Where’s Kamala?

Surely she wasn’t practicing up for her sole debate against Vice President Pence in early October. Notice that the media was completely consumed with defending Biden’s AWOL act — and no one was asking about his running mate’s whereabouts. Why the lid for Harris, too?

As The Hill’s media critic Joe Concha put it in a tweet shared in S.T.’s piece, “There hasn’t been a more invisible vice presidential candidate in history than Kamala Harris.”

Indeed. The vice presidential nominee of one of the major, U.S. political parties hasn’t held a press conference since she was chosen by the then-presumptive nominee for the Democrat presidential nomination. Just a reminder: that was August 19th — 43 days, through September 24th.

Previously: Where’s Waljoe?

TYLER O’NEIL: House Democrats Shoot to Remake the Supreme Court. “The bill does not just represent a well-intentioned effort to reform a divisive system, however. Democrats have proposed this measure in order to counter President Donald Trump’s appointment of three justices in his four-year term, especially after Ginsburg’s death.”

Like abolishing the Electoral College, Democrats didn’t seem to think much about remaking the Supreme Court until they started losing.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Lockdown Fever Forever, Plus There’s No Escape from L.A.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: What does it take to get arrested in Los Angeles these days?

Answer: Not much, just trying to escape from the Mostly Peaceful Outrage Mob ought to land you — not them — in the slammer.

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• Video of mom arrested in front of her kids for not wearing a mask outdoors.
• The new “capitalism” looks an awful lot like the old socialist tyranny.
• “Felony. Riot. Released without bail.”

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

THEY SAW NOTHING, THEY KNOW NOTHING: DOJ Investigating How FBI Handled Allegations Of Clinton Foundation Corruption, Report Says.

OK, CHIEF: Prof compares Black Americans supporting Trump to Jews supporting Hitler.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Idiot Gramps Biden Can’t Stay Up Past 10 AM So This Is Totally Normal. “I want to feel bad for the fact that Joe Biden’s evil wife keeps letting him embarrass himself in public but then I remember that he wasn’t the greatest guy before becoming the medicated, senile shell of a human being that is currently running for president.”

I almost never get to say this, but Kruiser is too kind.

OH: Senators Probe Netflix Partnership With Chinese Genocide Denier. “The senators, including Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) and Rick Scott (Fla.), are marshaling support against the streaming giant’s plan to adapt Chinese author Liu Cixin’s bestselling Three-Body Problem trilogy into a live-action series. Cixin defended his government’s brutal suppression of Muslim Uighurs in a 2019 interview with the New Yorker.”

OF COURSE HE WILL, UNLIKE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDO 2016: Press Secretary says Trump will accept the results of a ‘free and fair election.’

IT’S 2004 ALL OVER AGAIN: It’s all about Ohio.

Ohio voters traditionally rewarded Republican and Democratic gubernatorial and US Senate candidates who appealed broadly across the state. A presidential candidate who could appeal beyond his party’s base also secured a majority of Ohioans. Trump is a great example of this reality.

Specifically, unlike most Republicans who ran in 2016, Trump took orthodox views on two key issues that broadened his appeal beyond the Republican base. First, he attacked free trade agreements beloved by the Republican establishment because he felt those agreements hurt blue-collar workers in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Next, he didn’t embrace right-to-work, which is viewed as anti-union by many blue-collar workers. Rank-and-file union workers in Ohio and the other blue-collar state voters felt increasingly uncomfortable with the growing progressive, anti-America sentiment in the Democratic party. They saw Trump as a Republican they finally could support.

The support from those unionized workers and their families helped Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Ohio by more than 8 percent. Trump also converted blue-collar voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, too, which enabled him to squeak out victories in the ‘blue wall’. Those states pushed him over the 270-Electoral Vote threshold he needed to win The White House.

There is little evidence those voters are going to abandon Trump in 2020.

Don’t get cocky.

POTTY TRAINING AS NECESSARY PUBLIC POLICY: MTA board to formally ban pooping in subways and buses.

THE PROBLEM WITH EXPEDIENCY IS THAT IT’S ALWAYS CHANGING: Democrats Are Making a U-Turn on Mail-In Voting.

AND SO IT BEGINS: Military Ballots Found in the Trash in Pennsylvania, All Were Trump Votes.

I’M NOT SURE I WANT TO KNOW. Swalwell 2.0: Did Jerry Nadler Have an ‘Accident’ on Live TV?

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Where’s Waljoe? Tired Joe Biden Ditching 1/3rd of Campaign, Harris Shaking Off the Press. “Presumably, Biden is so exhausted from his rigorous morning routine of plug and denture maintenance that he only has energy enough to campaign fewer than two out of every three days.”

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ANDREW KLAVAN: Late Night Comics ‘Provably Wrong,’ Then Colbert Makes Point for Him.

HYGIENE THEATER: Schools aren’t spreading coronavirus. “The new National COVID-19 School Response Data Dashboard released its first data showing low levels of infection among students and teachers. Emily Oster, a Brown economics professor who helped create the dashboard, said school coronavirus rates are ‘much lower’ than those in the surrounding community.”

WELL, KRUGMAN: Bless His Heart: Paul Krugman Goes Full Dingbat in Latest Trump Election Day Conspiracy Theory.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: ‘Biden 2020,’ ‘BLM,’ Anarchist Sign Spray-Painted on Garage Door Amid Suspected Arson Attack.

THEY CAN’T EVEN KEEP THE A/C ON: California bans new internal combustion engines, starting in 2035. “California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order requiring that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state from 2035 be zero-emissions vehicles.”

POTEMKIN HEALTH MEASURES: Marriott CEO Admits Hotels are Engaging in ‘Hygiene Theater,’ Again Praises Totalitarian Measures. “It’s communicating to folks we care about what you feel and want you to stop and think about if you’re having any symptoms, and we also want to communicate to you that you’re now entering a place in which we’ve got protocols in place to protect you and others in the environment.”

It’s all about the feelz.

BATTLESWARM BLOG: Why Does The Liberal Overclass Hate Joe Rogan? “Social Justice Warriors hate liberals far more than they hate conservatives, and not just for the fact they stand in the way of the more immediate and important goal of seizing control of the Party. Social Justice Warriors hate liberals the same way the Islamic State hated Shiites far more than they hated Christians. You and I may be infidels, but to Social Justice Warriors, regular liberals are heretics who must repent or be destroyed.”

TYRANNY IMPOSED FOR THE GOOD OF ITS VICTIMS: Ohio Woman Arrested and Tased For Not Wearing a Mask at Son’s Outdoor Football Game.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Donald Trump Is Literally Hitler™ (Not).

Insanity Wrap needs to know: Why should a President step down even if he wins reelection?

Answer: Because ORANGE MAN BAD, hater.

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• Mostly peaceful rioters go back to committing mostly peaceful arson and mostly peaceful assaults.
• Kristi Noem is one helluva woman.
• Meet antifa’s newest member, Comrade Speedbump.

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

A VERY PUBLIC EDUCATION: Public Schools Across Country Promote Black Lives Matter, Organize Protests. “Despite the close links between the Black Lives Matter movement and riots across the country, public schools have been a consistent source of support for the movement.”

HUGE, IF HE CAN PULL IT OFF: Tesla’s Elon Musk said a $25,000 electric car with next-gen battery in the works.