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 Finally catching on to the traps laid by those resisting the occupation, the IDF unveils a vile tactic:

 

 

 

 

So over the last few months there's been elections in two countries under different situations that ended up with similar results: Venezuela and France . For France, the end result was an increase of political influence by it's leftist contingency (thanks in no small part to the coalition building performed by previously fractured left parties). For Venezuela, it meant that incumbent president Nicolas Maduro won a third term (of course, this depends on whether you believe sources like the Carter Center over the Washington Post).    Currently both elections are being contested, in a fashion. Most of the opposition to Venezuela (and Maduro) is coming from the US (both politicians and the press ). For France, the pushback seems to be from the centrists, lead by none other than President Emmanuel Macron himself .  Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein certainly noticed the difference in the West's reaction to the two elections: In short: All's fair in defeating l...

  And remember: all this "diversity" yet not one Palestinian took the stage. 

 

 

 

 

 As seen in these videos, pretty much every group/demographic (including even Republicans, who are supposed to be the Democrat's enemy) got to speak:

 

 

 

 Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses the topic:

 As stated before, Lowkey is informed:

 

 By all accounts, it's one of his best. If you are a die-hard Democrat, you should be proud. We know the GOP hates Obama, so their take is a given. As far as everyone else (non-Democrats and non-Republicans), Obama's speech is more of the same. Let's look it over : Chicago—it’s good to be home. It is good to be home. And I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling fired up. I am feeling ready to go even if I am the only person stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama.  I am feeling hopeful because this convention has always been pretty good to kids with funny names who believe in a country where anything is possible; because we have a chance to elect someone who has spent her entire life trying to give people the same chances America gave her, someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you, the next President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris.  This is actually a good opening. He acknowledges his wife's popularity and l...

 

  Wonder if they did this for those with Ukraine flags...

 

 

 

Following up to a previous post ; Sabby takes a more detailed look into the true impact of the homebuying proposal from  Harris' economic plan (hint: it's omits certain classes and is not enough):

 

 

 Such a wonderful plan that it's not (as of this posting) on her campaign website, huh? But let's just address the "high points" on the screenshot: $25,0000 Subsidy for First-Time Homebuyers . There are currently around 15.1 million vacant homes in the US , so it's not because of a lack of available housing. Also the median sale prices for new homes is $417,300 (for those in the US, check on what it is in your state ). So even if this tepid offer allowed all 1 million people to get a house, there's still over 14 million empty homes. And this doesn't begin to address the people who lost their homes when the housing market collapsed in 2008 . This plan only sounds good if you haven't been following politics since 2004.  $6,000 Child Tax Credits . The average cost of having a child in the United States is $18,865 . Good luck finding the remaining $12,865 when the median income is around $48k . Again: it helps, but not enough.  Elimination of Medical Debt...

Seriously, even seeing stories posted here would give people a better idea what was going on. Anyway:  

Truly a pioneer (first talk show host to openly support women's causes as well as the first celebrity of note to oppose the Iraq War), the blueprint for talk shows (at least until Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey) was 88 .

 The only silver lining is that policies tend to change once the wallet suffers a big hit:

 

Much like Due Dissidence , Sabby note those who claim that they are on the American left turn on a dime to support the Democrats now that Kamala Harris has replaced Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket.  Once again, they jump on adjacent bandwagons for clicks and subscribers, but "come back" home in time for the election.   Sabby also make a good point that these channels tend to be dependent on political candidates (you only have to watch any of their videos not focused on a presidential candidate or political party to confirm this). Remember: anytime these Young Turks claim Breaking Points with the Democrat Party it's really all Secular Talk.

 

 Al Jazeera documents:

 

 George Galloway and Seyed Marandi discuss:

 The Young Turks, (at least half of) Breaking Points, Majority Report, the Vanguard and Secular Talk like to tease their followers with the idea that if the Democrats don't act right and support left-leaning policies, it's fine to jump ship to non-traditional Democrats or (maybe) even independents.  But unlike their more blog-friendly counterparts on Daily Kos or Democratic Underground (who has been pro-Democrat and show no shame for it), the YouTube variety needs to play this game for views and clicks...and once Joe Biden was dumped for Kamala Harris, any talk of abandoning the Democratic Party or supporting Marianne Williamson (or Jill Stein) makes away for the inevitable sheepherding:

 

If you work for a living, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not your friends:

 

 Quite a few:

 

 

Huh . The owner of the Four One Three Salon, Alicia Powers, told Business Insider that she closed her Pittsfield, Massachusetts, business that day at the request of the Secret Service, which examined the area earlier in the week. The salon is located behind the Colonial Theatre, a performing arts space in the Berkshires, where Harris spoke. "They had a bunch of people in and out of here doing a couple of bomb sweeps again — totally understand what they have to do, due to the nature of the situation," Powers told Business Insider. "And at that point, my team felt like it was a little bit chaotic, and we just made the decision to close for Saturday." A Secret Service spokesperson told Business Insider that the agency's employees "would not enter" without the permission of the business owner, but acknowledged an agent taped over the security camera lens. At 8:10 that Saturday morning, a Secret Service agent — wearing a dark suit and open-collared white sh...

 

 

 Lee Camp: African Stream: Hard Lens Media:

 Don't let anyone tell you that Jill Stein cannot win because of lack of ballot access; she has it : You can use this interactive map to confirm the numbers. Between "Greens on Ballot," "Jill on Ballot," and "Write-In Campaign," Stein can cross the 270 threshold. The question is whether enough people who support the policies she is exposing will voter for her versus either of the two major parties. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Even if they are actually protesting the genocide that her current boss (president Biden) is allowing by selling weapons to the perpetrators:

 

 

 

 

 Rachel Blevins and Mark Sleboda discuss:

 

 Guess Harry and Meghan weren't just blowing smoke about the racial climate in England, huh?

 

 

(I know, right? It's been a long time since I posted one of these but I actually found a bunch of interesting news stories) AP: Hurricane Debby smacks Florida . CNN: Preparations are being made to "Trump-proof" the Executive Branch .  Reuters: Protests push the Bangladesh Prime Minister resign and flee the country, leaving the military to form an interim government . AP: Vietnamese billionaire tycoon gets 21 years for defrauding company stockholders .  CNN: A Stanford grad and US Army officer is the new Miss USA .  NBC: Back-to-School sales for 2024 that are worth looking into .  Reuters: As anti-immigrant riots heat up, the new British Prime Minister holds an emergency meeting . 

 

 

 

 It's crazy the lengths the media are going through to re-write recent history:

Juan Cole has a good article on this topic , but there's also this video:

 

 

 Via Sabby Sabbs: