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On Wednesday, the big three of ABC, CBS, and NBC used their flagship morning news shows to wave their blue, rhetorical pom-poms for Vice President Kamala Harris following a Georgia rally featuring rapper Megan Thee Stallion, cheering the “fired up” crowd symbolizing “an intense new wave of enthusiasm” for Democrats.     ABC’s Good Morning America, the reliably liberal and superficial network, led the way again.  Co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos made sure to start with the Harris team’s talking point: “Kamala Harris rallied Democrats in the key battleground state of Georgia last night — issued a debate challenge to Donald Trump as she closes in on her choice of a running mate.” Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce shilled as she always has, gushing over “quite a crowd” in which “[t]housands” were “fired up for Harris in this critical state” while the candidate herself “challeng[ed] Donald Trump to make good on his promise to debate.” “Harris also going head-on after the issue Republicans have been hammering her on: immigration. Trying to flip the script, Harris blaming Trump for convincing Republicans to tank the bipartisan border deal earlier this year,” she added. Bruce was ebullient over Megan Thee Stallion and kept alive the now week-plus-old narrative about Trump running mate and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as some sexist bore (click “expand”): MEGHAN THEE STALLION: If you wanna keep loving your body, you know who to vote for. BRUCE: Harris tapping into star power with the performance by Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion. Looking to keep the energy going, Harris now moving at warp speed. Her campaign just over a week old but she is already expected to announce her running mate in the coming days. (....) BRUCE: Harris hoping her pick will build on her early momentum while Trump looks to calm the controversy swirling around his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance. Vance under fire for new comments that have surfaced from his past attacking the character of people who don't have children. J.D. VANCE [in November 2020]: The fact that so many people, especially in America's leadership class, just don't have that in their lives, you know, I worry that it makes people more sociopathic and, ultimately, our country a little bit less — less mentally stable. BRUCE: Out on the trail in Nevada, Vance taking on the traditional running mate role of         attack dog. VANCE: She is a San Francisco liberal. She is dangerously liberal. And thanks to the people in this room, she is never going to be the president of the united States! [CHEERS] BRUCE: Now Trump has been coming to Vance's defense. Vance, meanwhile, said he expected his record to come under intense media scrutiny in these first days out of the gate and he says doesn't think he's disappointing Trump[.] NBC’s Today found time amid its Olympics coverage to fluff the Harris campaign. Senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez boasted of Harris holding “a raucous rally in battleground Georgia, including rap megastar Megan Thee Stallion” that’s part of “rid[ing] an intense new wave of enthusiasm among young Democrats” and “gaining ground” on Trump “in critical swing states.” Gutierrez threw in his Vance knocks as well, claiming he’s “drawing new scrutiny for referring to some Democrats without children as, ‘childless cat ladies,’ in 2021” and played dumb in saying “a separate interview from 2020 is resurfacing” instead of having the balls to tell viewers this was coordinated opposition research. CBS Mornings, meanwhile, was also raring to go. Co-host Nate Burleson hailed Harris’s “raucous rally” while senior White House and campaign correspondent Ed O’Keefe was moved by Atlanta having “turned up and turned out for” her with Megan Thee Stallion starting a new campaign catchphrase of “Hotties for Harris”. Instead of challenging her, O’Keefe merely repeated the Harris team’s narrative of the day and held up women voters braving the heat to see Harris (click “expand”): O’KEEFE: For the first time she responded to Republican attacks on her immigration record by recalling work she did as California attorney general, going after drug cartels and human traffickers...Her immigration record is the subject of new ads by Donald Trump designed to raise doubts at a time polls show Harris pulling even or ahead of the former President. Thousands waited hours to see Harris speak. CHERYL FREEMAN: In three weeks we’ve gone from an emotional feeling of no hope to hopefulness. O’KEEFE: Does she make it easier for Democrats to win Georgia in November? WOMEN: Yes. JENNIFER HARVEY: Having a younger person finally at the table, bringing energy, bringing excitement, bringing joy back into politics makes a huge difference. O’KEEFE: Harris also used her rally to once again try luring Trump back into a debate as he still won’t commit to one. HARRIS: Well, Donald — [SCREEN WIPE] — as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face! [CHEERS] The show’s “Eye Opener at 8” ended with fill-in co-host Michelle Miller fawning over Harris and Megan Thee Stallion (click “expand”): BURLESON: And Megan Thee Stallion was also at Kamala Harris's rally yesterday putting on a show to support the VP. MEGAN THEE STALLION: Let's get this done, honey. Hotties for Harris. MILLER: Midriff. DUTHIERS: Wait, what was that? BULESON: Is that called — what is that called? MILLER: You’ve asked what — what is that style? I was like, that's a midriff. BURLESON: That’s a midriff? Okay. DUTHIERS: Alright. BURLESON: Alright, Megan Thee Stallion doing her thing. MILLER: She was doing it. She was doing it. BURLESON: Hotties for Harris! MILLERS: There we go! To see the relevant transcripts from July 31, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).

Meta AI and ChatGPT were willing to tell the truth about Vice President Kamala Harris's disastrous role as border czar, a stark contrast to the legacy media and so-called fact-checkers aggressively policing any mentions of her role and responsibilities.  According to answers provided to MRC researchers on Wednesday, both chatbots admitted that referring to Harris as “border czar” is appropriate in some contexts. Notably, Meta AI and ChatGPT also agreed that doing so served an important educational purpose and provided clarity to average Americans. ChatGPT called the term a “useful shorthand,” the “essence of Harris’s responsibilities related to migration,” and a “descriptive term used for clarity and emphasis.” ChatGPT pointed out that the “border czar” label helped convey her “prominent role managing border and migration issues” and “high-profile role in addressing migration.” Further, the chatbot said the term may provide “clarity” and “emphasis.” ChatGPT added, “Informal terms can sometimes help the public better understand a politician’s focus and priorities, especially when dealing with complex issues.” Meta AI echoed ChatGPT’s answers. It said, “It's appropriate to use ‘Border Czar’ as a descriptive term or a nickname to refer to Kamala Harris's role and responsibilities, but not as an official title. Using it in this way can help convey the significance and scope of her responsibilities in a concise and easily understandable way.” The legacy media has desperately tried to bury, minimize and deny Harris’s role and responsibilities given the porous state of the southern border. The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Axios, Politico and CNN have all engaged in this behavior. After the leak of alleged Democrat talking points on this issue, several legacy media employees beclowned themselves by spouting these points in Harris’s defense.  PolitiFact has condemned a statement referring to Harris as “Border Czar” as “mostly false.” USA Today’s Fact-Checker labeled Trump’s claim that Harris was “put in charge of the border” as “false.” The outlet also worked hard to undermine the idea that Harris was ever a border czar by arguing that the assignment was much more limited. USA Today chose to be pedantic. The chatbots anticipated this outcome.  When asked whether the media should object to Harris being referred to as the border czar, Meta AI offered an immediate negative answer. Meta AI not only suggested that it might be pedantic to reject the term but also nailed the reason that the legacy media objects to the term: “Objecting to its use could be seen as overly pedantic or attempts to control language.” ChatGPT did not offer a definitive answer to this question. Instead, the chatbot suggested it might be pedantic to try to shut down people referring to Harris as border czar. “Similar informal titles have been used in the past (e.g., "Drug Czar") without significant controversy. These terms are commonly understood to represent a focus area rather than an official title,” it answered. Conservatives are under attack! Contact Politico at 703-647-7999, The New York Times at 1 (800) 698-4637, CNN at 404-827-1500, and Axios and demand they stop engaging in pedantic attempts to control language so obvious that a chatbot can see through it.

On Saturday, Hezbollah, an Iran-sponsored terrorist group, attacked a sports center in Golan, killing 12 children and teenagers. A few days later, an Israeli airstrike killed a top Hezbollah commander in retaliation. Yesterday, another airstrike killed a senior leader of Hamas, another Iran-sponsored terrorist group. The bold strike took place in Iran's capital of Tehran. The views of experts on the region are reflected in this Financial Times column:  "The risk of all-out Middle East war is rising sharply." CNN This Morning devoted a long opening segment to the ominous situation in the 6 am hour Wednesday. Meanwhile, over on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe and Mika might be on vacation, but under the baton of Jonathan Lemire, that same crucial opening segment was all about "cat ladies," "weird," extolling the Kamala Harris rally in Atlanta, and reveling in a new swing-state poll showing things going the Democrats' way.  Yes, the show eventually did get around to discussing the dire situation in the Middle East. But priorities, priorities! Boosting Kamala and dumping on Trump-Vance come first! Morning Joe opened with a clip of Daily Show comedian Ronny Chieng mocking Vance's cat ladies line that people without children are miserable. Hey, Chieng said, mimicking crying, they've got more disposable income, can afford to fly business class, and have sex lives! Unaware of the irony, Lemire commented, "J.D. Vance's childless cat lady comment continues to be a major story line in the presidential race." Uh, yeah, Jonathan: because people like you in the liberal media continue to pound it. You know, like, starting shows with it rather than prioritizing minor stories like the Middle East on the brink of possible conflagration! Lemire contrasted Vance's supposed plight with Kamala Harris "building real momentum with her campaign, holding a raucous rally in Atlanta last night in front of a huge and lively crowd in Atlanta." Lemire then returned to the cat lady theme, telling Katty Kay that Vance's remark was "deeply offensive." And, again displaying a certain cluelessness, Lemire expressed surprise that the cat lady issue is "really staying." Again, Jonathan, because people like you won't let it die, wringing every last bit out of it to trash Vance and boost Harris. Kay chipped in to echo another anti-Republican trope, calling Vance's facetious suggestion that people with children get an additional vote "weird." Nicely played, Katty! Keep "weird" alive! Kay then turned to trumpeting a new swing state poll showing things moving Harris' way. That was followed by a long clip of the Democrat rally in Atlanta The clip concluded with Kamala throwing down the gauntlet to Trump about debating her. In what will apparently become a go-to line for the campaign, she said, to raucous applause, "If you've got something to say, say it to my face!" Toward the end of the segment, Kay actually suggested to Sam Stein -- facetiously, we can only hope -- that he might want to augment his income by marketing "Say It To My Face!" t-shirts. Yup, nothing says solid journalism like journalists hawking swag for their preferred presidential candidate! Ex-Senator Claire McCaskill returned to the feline theme, saying that "Democrats are having fun, and it's about joy, and opportunity, and freedom," whereas those Republicans are about--you guessed it--"cat ladies." Lemire chimed back in, yet again displaying amazing obliviousness, saying "'weird' is the word the Democrats have fixated on the last ten days." It's not just the Democrats who've fixated on it, Jonathan! Lemire added that the Republican take is "really dark, it's a dark image, it's a dark image." McCaskill solemnly agreed: dark!  Morning Joe warns America: beware the Republicans, with their weird, dark talk of cat ladies! Here's the transcript. MSNBCMorning Joe 7/31/24 6:00 am EDT RONNY CHIENG [Daily Show]: Friends who have chosen not to have kids, you know how totally miserable they are [mimics crying.] Ah, ah, ah, I've got too much disposable income. My life is so hard. I can fly business class. I still have a sex life. Please, kill me. JONATHAN LEMIRE: JD Vance's childless cat lady comment continues to be a major story line in the presidential race. And his cleanup attempts, well, they don't seem to be working, as there are now more examples of him using similar phrasing over the past few years. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris is building real momentum with her campaign, holding a raucous rally last night in front of a huge and lively crowd in Atlanta.  . . .  Katty, good to see you this morning. Yeah, we have children, we love our children, we wouldn't do anything different in our lives. But to suggest that those childless Americans don't have high-quality lives, too, not only inaccurate, but continues to be, on a more serious note, deeply offensive to people.  And it's one of those, in a news cycle that is so fast, a news cycle that is relentless, and things just seem to move on to the next story within a few hours at times. This one is really staying, and particularly for someone like JD Vance, trying to really introduce himself nationally, this is not a good first impression. KATTY KAY: Yeah. People with kids don't like it. People, of course, without kids don't like it. And then there's this weird policy proposal that people who have kids should get more votes in the United States . . . And, of course, the Democrats are making hey out of it. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris, it looks like, has closed the gap or taken the lead over Donald Trump in every swing state, according to the latest Bloomberg and Morning Consult poll.  . . .  Those numbers come as Vice President Harris herself held a rally last night in Atlanta, drawing a very energetic crowd of some 10,000 people. She laid out the contrast between her and Donald Trump, once again presenting this election as a choice between a prosecutor and a felon. Harris also attacked the former president on border security, and called him out for flip-flopping on the next presidential debate. KAMALA HARRIS: Our administration worked on the most significant border security bill in decades. Some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington, D.C. supported the bill. Even the Border Patrol endorsed it. It was all set to pass. But at the last minute, Trump directed his allies in the Senate to vote it down [booing.] Right. He tanked, tanked, the bipartisan deal, because he thought it would help him win an election. Which goes to show Donald Trump does not care about border security.  . . .  So last week, you may have seen he pulled out of the debate in September he had previously agreed to [booing]. So, so, here's the thing. Here's, here's the funny thing about that. Here's the funny thing about that. So he won't debate. But he and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me. And by the way, don't you find some of their stuff to just be plain weird [cheering]? Well, Donald [cheering], I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage, because as the saying goes: if you've got something to say, say to my face! [wild cheering] . . .  CLAIRE MCCASKILL: The Democrats are having fun, and it's about joy and opportunity and freedom. And the other side is about, you know, cat ladies and electrocuting boats, and stuff that most Americans are just going, well, that doesn't really move me. LEMIRE: Yeah. And "weird" is the word Democrats have fixated on the last ten days, but it's also, it's really dark. It's a dark image -- MCCASKILL: -- Dark. LEMIRE: -- of America that Donald Trump and JD Vance are putting forward.  . . .  KAY: Sam [Stein], I don't know if you've got -- if you need a little bit more money, but I see that Amazon is not yet selling "Say It To My Face" t-shirts. So there's a big missed opportunity for you. And I'm sure they pay you a lot of money to do Way Too Early every morning, you do it brilliantly [wry smile from Stein], but if you need a little more, Say It To My Face t-shirts have to be sold, I reckon.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre excoriated former President Donald Trump after he implied to a group of black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris identified as black only for political gain. Trump made the comments while being interviewed at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday. He accused Harris, who is half Jamaican and half Indian, of only identifying as a black American later in her political career. 'Only she can speak to her experience. Only she can speak to what it's like.' Jean-Pierre initially laughed about the comments and then lambasted Trump at the White House media briefing. "As a person of color, as a black woman, who is in this position that is standing before you at this podium behind this lectern, what he just said, what you just read out to me, is repulsive. It’s insulting," she said. "And no one has any right to tell someone who they are, how they identify, that is no one's right. It is someone's own decision. I'll add this. Only she can speak to her experience. Only she can speak to what it's like. She's the only person who can do that," Jean-Pierre continued. "And I think it's insulting for anybody, it doesn't matter if it's a former leader, a former president, it is insulting," she concluded. "She is the vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris. We have to put some respect on her name. Period." 'I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black.' Trump had a contentious time at the convention after accusing his host of being biased and of delaying the interview over problems with their electronic equipment. When he was asked whether he believed Harris was on the Democratic ticket only because she's a black woman, he mused about Harris' racial identity. "I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. And, she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage," said the former president. "I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I didn't know is she Indian, or is she black?" he added. "She has always identified as a black woman," responded the interviewer. "I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she became a black person. And I think somebody should look into that too, when you continue in a very hostile, nasty tone." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An employee at a high school in Southeastern Florida has received a 10-day, unpaid suspension after she apparently violated the state's Fairness in Women’s Sports Act by allowing her teenage son to play on a girls' volleyball team.For seven years, Jessica Norton worked as a computer information specialist at Monarch High School, about 15 miles or so north of Fort Lauderdale. She also coached the girls' junior varsity volleyball team.'She knew what the law was, she made a decision not to follow the law, and that needs to have consequence to it.'But last November, Norton and several other school officials were transferred to other district sites after news broke that Norton's son, who claims to be transgender, was playing on the girls' varsity volleyball team. Norton had also allegedly indicated that her son was "female" on a form asking about his sex at birth, as Blaze News previously reported.Back in March, a professional standards committee recommended that Norton be assessed a 10-day suspension. However, then-Superintendent Licata and current Superintendent Howard Hepburn overruled that decision and recommended termination instead.The Broward County School Board, which lobbied against the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, has wrangled over Norton's case for past several weeks. On Tuesday, the board voted 5-4 in favor of a 10-day, unpaid suspension as well as removing Norton from her position as a computer information specialist.'I didn’t quit when I’m pretty sure that they wanted me to just resign and say I’m done.'Before the final vote, however, members on both sides of the issue spoke their piece.Chair Lori Alhadeff insisted that termination was the only way to deter other district employees from committing similar FWSA violations. "If we do not terminate, then others would then be left to believe that they can, too, break the law, and I have a problem with that," Alhadeff said.Board member Brenda Fam likewise insisted on terminating Norton, referring to her as an "LGBTQ+ advocate" and likening her apparent falsification of her son's records regarding gender to giving a false address to allow a child to attend a better school, an act that is a crime in Florida. "I think what happened is criminal, in my opinion," Fam said."This was not a question about her son or her family. It was an issue about what she did as an employee and how she harmed others," Fan added.Jessica Norton and her husband, Gary Norton — who both attended the meeting Tuesday — walked out of the room after Fam allegedly "misgendered" their son. Fam insisted she was just quoting from a news article.Board member Debbi Hixon also took issue with Norton allegedly falsifying her son's records but stopped short of calling for Norton's termination. "She knew what the law was, she made a decision not to follow the law, and that needs to have consequence to it," Hixon stated before noting that this was Norton's "first offense.""We would not terminate someone on their first offense."Other members expressed support for and sympathy with Norton's cause. Board member Sarah Leonardi claimed that Norton, a woman who authorized giving her son puberty blockers when he was just 11 and estrogen thereafter, had not caused any real harm to anyone. "Ms. Norton did not abuse a child. She did not harm a child. She did what she thought was in the best interest of her daughter," Leonardi said.Jeff Holness simply stated, "The child has suffered enough, and so has this family, I think we need to move forward."Following the vote, Norton expressed relief that she still had a job and defiance that she had been suspended. "I did nothing wrong. Nothing," she said."I fought for her," Norton continued. "I didn’t back down. I didn’t quit when I’m pretty sure that they wanted me to just resign and say I’m done."Norton did not indicate whether she would return to work in the district. Her son is now 16 and attends virtual school. He was previously class president and homecoming princess at Monarch High School.According to WTVJ, several of the boy's former teammates said they either knew or at least suspected he was a male but never showered or changed clothes near him. They also added that they did not have a problem playing alongside a boy.The Fairness in Women's Sports Act, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021, forbids males to play on sports teams designated for females only. The state athletic commission fined Monarch High School $16,500 in connection with Norton's son. The school could also face lawsuits in the future, should a female who did not make the team later claim she was denied a chance for scholarships, the AP reported.Blaze News reached out to Gov. DeSantis for comment on Norton's suspension but did not receive a response.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!