Kamala Harris has made her vice-presidential pick, and it is Tim Walz. In doing so, she forewent the popular Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, reportedly her second choice, who is currently presiding over a crucial swing state with two-thirds of independents approving of him. Any number of reasons could be given to choose Walz, a former teacher and very Midwestern-looking white man, over the young Shapiro, but one clearly stands out: Shapiro’s Judaism and adamant support for Israel. In the 2000s, much was made of Cuban Americans and how crucial they were to what at the time was the crucial swing state of Florida.  American Cuban policy was disproportionately distorted through the lens of the small minority of emigres who came to disproportionately populate Florida and the city of Miami—and who split very evenly between Democrats and Republicans. They were the “swing minority” of the time. Judging by the Democrat senator’s action, she and her campaign see a new minority in the new swing states—the Rust Belt of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota that have a large contingent of Arab Americans.  The states themselves, although cycling back and forth between Democrats and Republicans, also have constituencies that elected “Squad” members like Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.  Notably, both these congresswomen have been vocal in their disdain for Israel, with Omar saying, “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,” and Tlaib calling Israel’s actions in Gaza “genocide.”  Tlaib’s district has 74,449 people who speak Arabic, nearly 10% of the entire district. Omar’s district has some 32,000 people who speak Somali or other languages from that region of Africa. Many of these voters are livid about America’s participation in Israel’s war against Gaza, with 64% of Muslim voters saying their sympathy “lies entirely or mostly” with the Palestinians (less than 2% support the Israelis). Shapiro, unfortunately, expressed support for bills that would penalize college students for speaking out or protesting against Israel, even boycotting Israeli-made products, as the boycott, divestment, and sanction movement prescribes.  He said of the protesters: “We have to query whether or not we would tolerate this if this were people dressed up in KKK outfits or KKK regalia.” Comparing anti-Israel protesters to the KKK is not the best way to curry favor with the Arab American constituency. In truth, however, Shapiro may simply find himself on the wrong end of the contemporary understanding of identity politics that has entrenched itself in progressive Democrat politics.  Growing up in the ’70s and ’80s an age when antisemitism was a crucial issue and Holocaust survivors were assimilating into American culture, Shapiro dealt with a cultural context in which more Americans supported Zionism, or the right of Jews to live in their ancestral homeland, with criticism over Israel’s policies being less prominent.  One 2021 survey found that 38% of Jewish Americans under the age of 40 believe Israel is an “apartheid state,” while only 13% over 65 do.  He perhaps thought the Democratic establishment would have his back as he decried the antisemitism of the campus protesters. In a move of profound confidence (and maybe even arrogance), he revised his employee code of conduct to bar state employees from demonstrating “scandalous and disgraceful” behavior, right after he sent a May 8 email to colleagues calling for “moral clarity” against “antisemitism” and “hate speech.” Unfortunately, to a particularly mobilized group of progressive anti-Israel voters, accusations of antisemitism are seen as an impediment to their rights to freely demonstrate against what they see as Israeli-committed genocide and American support thereof.  Witold Walczak, the legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, criticized Shapiro for likening protesters to true antisemites: “If an employee off the job posts, ‘From the river to the sea,’ is that something the governor would consider disgraceful and scandalous?” he said.  Shapiro is also harmed by the fact that he himself is Jewish. Although politics is separate from one’s religious beliefs, Walz, who is Lutheran, is less likely to face immediate scrutiny over his reported support for Israel, saying that support for Israel is “not a Democratic or Republican issue,” according to the Minnesota Post. Certain segments of the Democratic Party are even engaging in speculation of the notion of having too many Jews so close to the president. NBC News reported on the condition of anonymity a Jewish official expressing what he believes are real voter concerns over this issue.  “The two closest people to the president being Jewish—what long-term impact does that have on us?” the official said, referring also to Harris’s husband, Jewish-American lawyer Doug Emhoff. This is a wild speculation, but it has basis in history: Winston Churchill once warned his prime minister, David Lloyd George, who was serving as minister of munitions, not to appoint an overbalance of Jews to the Cabinet. In a letter to Lloyd George, he wrote, “There is a point about Jews which occurs to me—you must not have too many of them.” If Harris skipped over Shapiro, a longtime friend and correspondent in the National Democratic Attorneys General Association, because he is Jewish and a supporter of Israel, she would be acknowledging a reality in the Democratic Party: Critical votes in swing states would be lost if she appointed someone perceived to be on the side of Israel.  The anti-Israel protests have made their political mark and have ushered in a new identity politics movement that will reset our country’s social politics for the next generation and beyond. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Josh Shapiro, Another Victim of Unforgiving Identity Politics appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. AppCensorship, a project that monitors and reports about censorship on major app stores, is warning that Google’s decision to start removing what it considers low-quality apps could lead to consequences other than “improving quality and user experience.” An article on the project’s site notes that while some users see Google’s move as a positive and justified step, others see the potential for censorship “baked in” the decision. The second point of view is all the more important given the amount of apps that Google removes from the Play Store over a year. The giant’s newest transparency report cites the number as 2.28 million – 59% more compared to the 1.43 million in the previous period. But AppCensorship writes that the transparency report itself – and large media outlets reporting about it – all focus on the numbers without engaging in what the project calls a complete picture that would include discussion around (removal) policy, analysis, and critical examination. Otherwise, the article warns, we may be looking at the media “lending them (app removal statistics) a degree of credibility disconnected from substantive scrutiny.” As far as Google is concerned, the activity around the Play Store is proof that it is improving security, but also the app review process, and incorporating “advanced machine learning.” On the flip side are fears that, as the article put it, Google may be using “its influence and high market share to dictate the global app environment.” Just like major media companies, Google is barely scratching the surface in its transparency reports. The numbers are there, but it isn’t clear what’s driving the huge rise in app removals in such a short period of time – the desire to increase security, or perhaps, “a heightened stringency in its own enforcement protocols” – AppCensorship wonders. The transparency reports also don’t delve deep into what kind of apps get removed, with the media parroting Google by stating they are “malicious” or “privacy violating” and leaving it at that. In this setup – much as it does when censoring content on its massive platforms – Google is able to remove apps without providing detailed explanations or justification to the public. And this is where concerns that the policy of removal of huge numbers of apps could be another avenue to censor. According to AppCensorship, the other part of the app store duopoly, Apple, is no better when it comes to transparency – specifically in its transparency reports. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Google’s App “Quality” Crackdown Raises Censorship Concerns appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Popular political commentator Steven Crowder has announced that his YouTube channel has been “effectively” banned until the November election, and is urging his audience to watch his shows on Rumble instead. Last Friday, the channel received strikes on eight videos, including one from 2023. A screenshot of Google’s notices shows that eight of the videos received strikes for “harassment and cyberbullying” and one for “hate speech.” Judging by the titles and descriptions, the videos deal with the upcoming election and are critical of the Biden-Harris administration – particularly of the latter’s past and present policies and conduct – as well as of mainstream media, and Google itself. The strikes were issued on August 2 and will expire on October 31 – 5 days before election day. According to Crowder, all but one of the videos were livestreams published since Biden had to withdraw from the presidential race, making Kamala Harris the Democrats’ candidate. Crowder sees this as the beginning of the giant’s “election policy” where it is clearly taking sides, and not only that, but suppressing “any and all opposition to their narrative.” He also revealed that his channel has reached out to YouTube in the hope of getting some answers. In the meanwhile, he accused Google of interfering in the election through censorship and withholding information that it doesn’t want to be easily available to users. This is tantamount to Big Tech, possibly except for X, “doing their part” to sway, or as Crowder put it, “rig” the election. He announced that on election night, his show will be covering the ballot by using the same news agency sources as legacy media, but also their own analysts in order to provide an alternative to the way elections are covered by those outlets often accused of open bias. According to Crowder, this project has been in the works for months, and YouTube is aware of it – and not happy about it. So much so, that he believes the giant video platform will make sure it isn’t discoverable. For that reason, Crowder called on his viewers to follow the show on Rumble. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Steven Crowder Promotes Rumble Following YouTube Censorship appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio hosted Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Morning Edition with A Martinez. The whole interview was dedicated to praising “thoughtful” and “optimistic” Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, who Kamala Harris chose to be her running mate on Monday. Martinez began the interview by asking Klobuchar, “How can he actually help Harris's campaign?” Klobuchar responded, “Tim Walz is someone who can govern, who leads, who brings people together in our state in his red plaid shirt -- Democrats, Republicans, Independents.” Things got personal quickly as Klobuchar continued, “I know him. He's a good friend. My mother-in-law brought them a Parmesan chicken dinner when their son was born.” She went on to talk about how her “husband's hometown [Mankato] is where Tim taught high school football.” Klobuchar also mentioned that it is a “very big deal” to look into “other people’s background[s] for these jobs.” Seeming to be highly impressed, she added on “Not a lot of vice presidents have stood in a deer stand in 10-degree weather in Minnesota. Tim Walz has done that.” (Paul Ryan, the Republican veep pick in 2012, was also a deer hunter in Wisconsin winters.) Martinez asked her what she knows “about his personality that maybe no one else knows.” Unsurprisingly, Klobuchar took this as a moment to commend Walz and bash Trump:   Just that he is exceedingly optimistic, and we need that in our country right now with that dark cloud of Donald Trump constantly cutting people down and trying to divide. Tim got us through the pandemic in a big, big way in terms of always being an optimist, always looking to the future and what was ahead. But she wasn’t finished as she continued to describe Walz as a man who is “thoughtful and a nice person” who also “cares about people.” She added that he’s “genuine” and professed that “Tim Walz, who speaks without notes, who's as blunt as can be, but also as positive as can be is exactly what the country needs right now.” For the last question, Martinez asked Klobuchar, “What are some of the main policy initiatives that he has championed in Minnesota that you might expect the campaign to be talking about while they're on the trail?” She responded again that he “took our state in a big way through the pandemic and stabilized things,” meaning it was locked down with heavy restrictions. Klobuchar concluded the free advertising for the Harris campaign by hyping his support for abortion, “He is someone that made sure that we enshrined in law a woman's right to make her own decisions about her health care. He believes that women should make that and not politicians.” Click "Expand" to view the transcript: NPR Morning Edition A Martinez  8/6/2024 10:57 AM ET A MARTÍNEZ: Vice President Kamala Harris has announced he's chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Harris and Walz are expected to make an appearance at an event in Philadelphia this evening. Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota backed her home state's governor to join the Democratic ticket, and she joins me now to discuss. Senator, one of the things when I ask someone what makes a great VP candidate, they always say three words - do no harm. But Senator, you know Tim Walz, how can he actually help Harris's campaign? AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): Well, we have a lot higher standard than that. Tim Walz is someone who can govern, who leads, who brings people together in our state in his red plaid shirt - Democrats, Republicans, Independents. He represented a rural district for years in Congress, was one of only two Democrats elected there in 100 years. On the Ag Committee, Veterans’ Committee, Armed Services, grew up in a little town in Nebraska on a farm and signed up for the Army National Guard at age 17. So, what Kamala Harris has done here with her leadership, has brought someone in that she can trust. I know him. He's a good friend. My mother-in-law brought them a Parmesan chicken dinner when their son was born. That's how far back we go. My husband's hometown is where Tim taught high school football. But she's brought someone she can trust and then someone who can lead and someone who understands the Midwest and rural America. So that is, I think, a very big deal when it goes when you look at other people's background for these jobs, not a lot of vice presidents have stood in a deer stand in 10-degree weather in Minnesota. Tim Walz has done that. MARTÍNEZ: Not many. I would imagine that, yeah, not many on that list. What do you know about his personality? And you're friends with him. What do you know about his personality that maybe no one else knows? KLOBUCHAR: Just that he is exceedingly optimistic, and we need that in our country right now with that dark cloud of Donald Trump constantly cutting people down and trying to divide. Tim got us through the pandemic in a big, big way in terms of always being an optimist, always looking to the future and what was ahead. He is also someone who's thoughtful and a nice person, cares about people, and it's just something about him and some people say, well, “I haven't heard of him.” Well, maybe that's because he's just been doing his job for all these years. Maybe because he came from a humble background and didn't think when he was growing up he wanted to be in politics. He was a high school geography teacher and I just think that kind of different background right now and genuine Tim Walz, who speaks without notes, who's as blunt as can be, but also as positive as can be is exactly what the country needs right now and Kamala Harris had, really, the foresight to think, you know this is someone different, that maybe not everyone knows, but he is someone that's a seasoned leader and can get things done for this country. MARTÍNEZ: You mentioned Tim Walz doing his job, and that may be a reason why people don't know about him nationally. What are some of the main policy initiatives that he has championed in Minnesota that you might expect the campaign to be talking about while they're on the trail? KLOBUCHAR: Sure. So, you know, the first thing is he took our state in a big way through that pandemic and stabilized things. We're now sixth in the country by CNBC rates for doing business. So he gets that mixture of standing up for workers, which he's done time and time again and working with business. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. And I think right now in the economic times that we're in, that's really important. Secondly, he's someone that has stood up for civil rights and for women. He is someone that made sure that we enshrined in law a woman's right to make her own decisions about her healthcare. He believes that women should make that and not politicians. MARTÍNEZ: All right. That's Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. Senator, thank you for sharing your thoughts on Tim Walz. KLOBUCHAR: Well, incredible to be on, and you're going to have fun getting to know Tim Walz. Thanks, everyone.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced her running mate pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), on Tuesday morning. MSNBC’s Morning Joe wasted no time in showering praise on the Governor for his apparently numerous positive qualities, insisting he would help secure the win for the Harris campaign with a “twinkle in his eye.” Co-host Mika Brzezinski announced the breaking news from the Associated Press, immediately celebrating the Governor and how “he brings to the table a background that is very down to earth and connected with people and their daily lives, as a former teacher.” However, co-host Joe Scarborough wasn’t convinced about the “interesting pick” and expected that the choice “opens up a number of issues for the Democratic ticket to now defend.” The Financial Times’s Ed Luce was on board with the “good pick” and praised the fact that Walz “talks in a way that isn't perceived by Republicans, or non-Democrats in general, to be looking down on them. He talks in a very engaging, everyday manner, very practical, very common sense.”      Luce highlighted several of the Governor’s other “normal” attributes and suggested “it's very difficult to paint him as Kamala’s equivalent of J.D. Vance.” Why? Because “Vance was, as Governor Walz put it, a weird choice who talks in weird ways.” Simply put, in Luce’s opinion, “Walz is the unweird.” Well, that’s an interesting assertion considering Walz’s very weird policies and past statements. Like the time he claimed “One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness,” or when he pledged to invest in a company that built ladders taller than former President Donald Trump’s border wall to ensure that illegal immigrants could run rampant through the United States.  If that’s not weird enough, then a quick look at Walz’s radical policies on religion and sexuality certainly were. For example, in May 2023 he signed a bill that repealed protection in Minnesota for babies that were born alive after botched abortions. He signed another bill (that went into effect in January) requiring Minnesota schools to stock period products in boys' bathrooms. Yet, Brzezinski wholeheartedly agreed with Luce’s points, adding that Walz “also brings maturity to the ticket without being too old, which I guess people talk about a lot these days, especially on the Trump side, looking as old as he has lately.” In terms of the Harris campaign itself, she further argued that “this is a younger ticket with enough wisdom and maturity to bring to the table their ideas and their vision for the country.” But Walz is no young buck as Brzezinski would have her viewers believe. He boasts the ripe old age of 60 years old, in comparison to Senator J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) 40 years. Harris herself will be 60 years old before the election in November. Former Missouri Senator and MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill (D) had an abundance of honeyed words for Walz, listing his various accomplishments and gushing over his “wink…smile…and sense of humor”: I think what really made the difference here is he's joyful when he's on the attack. He almost, you know, like, does it with a wink, and a smile, and a sense of humor when he is going after these guys. And that's what Kamala Harris needs. She needs somebody who will keep the lightness in her campaign, who will be a happy warrior. And that is Tim Walz. He is one happy warrior. I think he's a terrific pick. Brzezinski thought McCaskill was “absolutely right” and took a turn drooling over the fact that Walz “seems to almost have a twinkle in his eye when he’s going after people,” which she harped on more than once during the segment. Jonathan Lemire also weighed in on Walz’s “impressive resume” and lauded him as “the guy who coined weird.” “That phrase which Democrats have used so effectively against Trump and Vance and Republicans, you know, that has taken off in the last ten days or so, is from the mouth of Governor Walz on our air calling them weird,” he boasted. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MSNBC’s Morning Joe 8/6/2024 09:03:56 AM EST MIKA BRZEZINSKI: We’ve got a couple of news organizations confirming it, including the A.P., “Breaking News: Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate as she looks to boost the Democratic ticket in the Midwest.” JOE SCARBOROUGH: For our viewers…Yeah. BRZEZINSKI: I was gonna say, to Ed's point, he sounds like, you know, a football coach (laughs), talking about very progressive issues. He does have–he brings to the table a background that is very down to earth and connected with people and their daily lives, as a former teacher. SCARBOROUGH: You know, it's an interesting pick. You know, I think ironically enough, people have looked at him as the safe pick. I would disagree. This opens up a number of issues for the Democratic ticket to now defend. But this is–it looks like, according to the Associated Press–and we're still waiting at NBC news to confirm it–but the Associated Press and other news organizations, Ed, have, in fact, said it's Walz. What are your thoughts? ED LUCE: I think it's–I think it’s a good pick, to be honest. I mean, I think Shapiro would have been as well. But, you know, he talks in a way that doesn’t–isn't perceived by Republicans, or non-Democrats in general, to be looking down on them. He talks in a very–in a very engaging, everyday manner, very practical, very common sense.  You know, he's a hunter. You know, he shoots. He's got a pretty normal family. He's from a blue collar background. He served in the military. I think it's very difficult to paint him as Kamala’s equivalent of J.D. Vance. J.D. Vance was… BRZEZINSKI: Right. LUCE: …as Governor Walz put it, a weird choice who talks in weird ways. Walz is the unweird. So I think it’s gonna be pretty hard–and I would echo what Jonathan said earlier. You know, the first principle of selecting a running mate is to do no harm. I don't think he's gonna do any harm. I don't think this is gonna be a ten-day story, “why did Harris pick Walz.” I think it's gonna be a three-day story, and it’s gonna be a united Democratic Party, and he’ll be a popular choice. He’s–he communicates in a very effective, very un-fake way. BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. And to add to Ed's point, as we bring in Claire McCaskill to this conversation–nobody better than Claire–Tim Walz also brings maturity to the ticket without being too old, which I guess people talk about a lot these days, especially on the Trump side, looking as old as he has lately. At the same time, this is a younger ticket with enough wisdom and maturity to bring to the table their ideas and their vision for the country. Claire, your thoughts on Tim Walz? CLAIRE MCCASKILL: I think he's a great pick! I–listen, he grounds her in a way that really matters, especially for all of the country that is not on the coast. This is not a coastal elite guy. This is not an Ivy Leaguer. This is a guy who says things like, “You'd lose your hair, too, if you supervised a high school lunchroom for 20 years.” This is a guy who can give you advice on how to fix your car. This is a guy who has served 25 years in the National Guard and who has served his country admirably.  He has been in Congress. He knows the levers of power in government and how to wield them. He's been a governor in a state that while, yes, Minnesota is blue, but it's not bright blue. I remember a time when Republicans were getting elected statewide in Minnesota. And he does have this way of communicating.  I think what really made the difference here is he's joyful when he's on the attack. He almost, you know, like, does it with a wink, and a smile, and a sense of humor when he is going after these guys. And that's what Kamala Harris needs. She needs somebody who will keep the lightness in her campaign, who will be a happy warrior. And that is Tim Walz. He is one happy warrior. I think he's a terrific pick. BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. And also adding to that joyful in his approach, I think you're absolutely right, Claire. He seems to almost have a twinkle in his eye when he's going after people. And let’s just put to the table, here, that we're hearing this from multiple news sources. Apparently the phone call hasn't been made, the actual conversation hasn't been had yet, but this is the choice.  SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. BRZEZINSKI: But it was down to two… SCARBOROUGH. Right. Yeah.  BRZEZINSKI: …amazing choices. And ultimately, some of these decisions have to be made in terms of who you feel most comfortable with, who you think you can work with, who you think will be the best fit on your team.  SCARBOROUGH: Yes! Yeah. BRZEZINSKI: That's stuff that, you know, can only be made by the candidate. (...)   09:10:57 AM EST JONATHAN LEMIRE: We're already seeing from Republicans some attack lines about Governor Walz, most importantly invoking the 2020 riots there–the Black Lives Matter riots after… SCARBOROUGH: Right. LEMIRE: …the George Floyd death. We’re seeing that. We’re seeing the people have already–Governor Desantis of Florida has already teamed Harris/Walz the most liberal ticket in history. But I think there are selling points to this pick as well. He is–he’s a former schoolteacher. He’s a national guardsman. He was in the House. He was governor.  He has a very impressive resume. He is the guy who coined weird. That phrase which Democrats have used so effectively against Trump and Vance and Republicans, you know, that has taken off in the last ten days or so, is from the mouth of Governor Walz on our air… SCARBOROUGH: Right. LEMIRE: …calling them weird. So, that–he is an effective communicator, he’s a talented politician, no doubt, and they think that that will help them in some rural areas cut down margins of defeat. But we know–as we had Steve Kornacki on yesterday–that wasn't really the case in Minnesota itself. Walz has a libertarian streak. He is someone who I think will be good on the stump as an attack dog, in a kindly manner, but there are going to be some who think Josh Shapiro should have been the pick. (...)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday called a Cobra meeting, which convenes the government’s emergency management committee. This includes London's top police officer along with the top police officers from all over England and the country's senior security agents. Nobody has reported what went on inside. When the chief law enforcement officer left the meeting, however, a journalist asked him whether officials would end “two-tier justice.” He proceeded to tear the microphone from the reporter’s hand and throw it on the ground. The English police are releasing Hamas-affiliated rioters without even writing them a ticket while putting the 'full force of the law' on their own people. This is why he reacted with such anger: They are in denial that there is a double standard in policing. They either believe they’re treating everybody equally, or they want to convince you that they are. We know this isn’t true. In England, the authorities have turned a blind eye to the Muslim population because they fear potential violent reactions. London now comprises 55% ethnic minorities, meaning the traditional establishment no longer holds a majority. What does that mean? If there is a problem, you better be very, very careful. During the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, Starmer, who was the Labor Party’s minority leader at the time, said the following: I was shocked and angered about the killing of George Floyd and the response of President Trump, of the U.S. authorities, to the peaceful protests, to people rightly demanding justice. ... The last week has shone a spotlight on the racism, discrimination, and injustice experienced by those from black and minority ethnic communities in the U.S., in the U.K., and across the world. That’s why today I’ve written to the prime minister asking for his assurance that the British government is doing all that it can to urge President Trump to respect human rights and the fundamental democratic right to peaceful protests. The Labor Party stands with black communities in our country and across the world because black lives matter. Starmer talks a lot about injustice, so let's examine England’s situation. The police haven’t investigated Muslim sex rings that kidnap young girls and cover up the crimes. They've ignored street violence mainly committed by illegal immigrants. There are "no-go zones" in predominantly Muslim and illegal immigrant neighborhoods. If you criticize crimes by illegal immigrants, you're labeled a racist and can be jailed for Facebook posts. This is a two-tier justice system. Does Starmer care about this injustice? Let’s compare what Starmer said in 2020 to what he is saying today to the residents and the people who were born in England who are standing up and calling for justice: No doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. The police will be making arrests. Individuals will be held. Charges will follow. And convictions will follow. I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves. This is not protest. It is organized violent thuggery. And it has no place on our streets or online. The person he is talking about who “whips up this action online and then runs away” is Tommy Robinson, who has spent a lot of time behind bars in Britain simply for pointing out that the people going into court for raping children were Islamists. He was covering the trial, and because of that, he was thrown into prison. Meanwhile, migrant pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded a female Sky News reporter live on the air, and instead of continuing the coverage, the network said that it would cut off the live feed and send security instead. Why would you need security if it’s a “peaceful” protest? Why not just abandon your female reporter, who is now being surrounded by migrants who are saying, “Free Palestine?” Why are you afraid? What would be the problem there? Their paradigm is falling apart. Meanwhile at the BBC, a reporter remarked how Muslim counterprotesters were chanting, “Allahu Akbar,” which, he says, “people weren’t happy about.” Go figure. But, according to the establishment, they're not the problem. The white citizens of England who are standing up and saying, “What the hell is happening to my country?” They are the problem. The British prime minister insists the two-tier justice system does not exist and expects people to believe it, just as our establishment insists no two-tier justice system exists in the United States. And yet the U.S. House Judiciary Committee reported this week that the Department of Homeland Security has released 99 terrorism suspects into the United States since 2021. This is the same DHS that took a million illegal immigrants who violated our nation’s laws, boarded them on planes using taxpayer money, and flew them into the center of our country. But not to worry, the border is secure. If Donald Trump had done that, do you think there would be a problem? Why isn’t there a problem now? Shouldn't this issue transcend whoever is in the Oval Office? Half of this country only cares about their political party.The first commandment says, “You shall have no other gods before me,” but in this country, it seems we have gods called the GOP and the DNC. Policy doesn’t matter. If it’s good for the DNC, I’ll bow down. Do you want Kamala on the ticket without a vote or democratic process? May the DNC be praised. What’s wrong with people who won’t think for themselves? We still don’t have answers about what is happening. We still don't know anything. We still don't know anything about the shooting in Las Vegas. We still don't know anything about the shooting in Nashville. But it's a good thing we have those January 6ers in jail. Meanwhile, the English police are releasing Hamas-affiliated rioters without even writing them a ticket while putting the “full force of the law” on their own people. That’s happening in Great Britain right now, even though the British press is denying it. You need to know what is true, then square your shoulders to stand up for it, no matter the consequence, or your children will not have freedom. Want more from Glenn Beck? 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Yesterday saw a massive plunge in the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes, sparking a global selling frenzy and leading Americans to ask the dreaded question: Is the United States headed into a recession? Recovering investment banker and author of “You Will Own Nothing,” Carol Roth joins Jill Savage and the “Blaze News Tonight” panel to shed light on the situation. 'Fears of Recession': Trump Blames Bidenomics for the Wall Street CRASH | 8/5/2024 youtu.be According to Roth, what is commonly referred to as the "Magnificent Seven” stocks – Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, META, and Tesla – “have really been carrying the stock market for the last couple of years, gaining incredible amounts of value at least on paper.” Then, “Over the past few weeks, there started to be some cracks, I think, that investors realized — that their valuations had gotten a little bit frothy [and] that companies were going to actually have to spend a ton of money in order for their AI dreams to come true,” says Roth, “so we started to see a pullback on that.” Then the “pullback” Roth mentions was “accelerated ... last Wednesday when the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that he wasn't planning to cut rates at this particular meeting, although still leaving on the table of September as a cut.” “Then Friday came along, and we got a really ugly jobs report, so that triggered a recessionary indicator,” she explains, adding that there were also “some concerns that maybe the economy wasn't as strong as the Fed had been projecting and that they may be behind the curve when it comes to cutting rates.” “So already we were seeing trillions of value being lost from the stock market because of this. Then we have the Middle East escalation over the weekend, and then we have Japan,” Roth tells Jill. “In Japan, they have sort of the opposite situation happening that we have here. They had their rates at a negative level or zero for about 17 years, and finally they decided about four months ago they're going to try to normalize,” says Roth. “This Wednesday they decided to hike their rates and that created some issues and some strength with the yen and in doing so created ... sort of an unwinding of various trades that ended up creating a contagion that spilled over into the U.S. market.” “Fortunately, our contagion, even though it was not a pretty day, was not nearly as bad [as Japan], and the good news is that this is really a breather in the market.” “You still have the Nasdaq up about 29% for the last 52 weeks, the S&P 500 up about 26%, so while it is an ugly day, and we do need to take in sort of the totality of what's going on, we can still take some comfort that we were able to only have a few percentage points lost in terms of the contagion.” “Mysteriously this morning, millions of people weren't able to trade at all. ... Are we normalizing this? What is going on here?” asks Blaze Media’s editor in chief Matthew Peterson. To see Roth’s answer, watch the episode above. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The issue of racial authenticity has become a national topic of conversation for the second consecutive presidential election. In 2020, Joe Biden opened a can of worms with his infamous line, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” At the time, Biden’s gaffe sparked a discussion on “political blackness,” a phenomenon driven home by a now-deleted tweet from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who said: “There is a difference between being politically black and being racially black. I am not defending anyone, but we all know this and should stop pretending that we don’t.” To the left, 'diversity' is when people who look different all say the same thing. Recently, Donald Trump caused a major controversy when he stated that Vice President Kamala Harris, whose mother was from India, “happened to turn black” recently. Despite the strong rebuke from Harris supporters in the media, Trump’s question touches on conversations on race, ethnicity, identity, nationality, lineage, and culture that are already brewing within the black community. One could argue we should see the fact that being black is a net benefit for a multiethnic American politician as a sign of progress. That said, the bipartisan hyper-focus on race in this election is deeply unhealthy for our politics. American voters deserve to hear about policies that advance their interests, not the identities of our elected officials. It doesn’t matter whether Kamala Harris is 1/8 black or 100% black. I wouldn’t vote for her because she represents a party that has a worldview and values that are completely antithetical to mine. Democrats believe politicians can manufacture reality by manipulating language. They believe their words can make a man into a woman, control the weather, and turn an unwanted child in the womb from a baby to a “clump of cells.” It’s also a party that believes masculinity is toxic and feminism is empowering. And based on its rhetoric and policy, her party believes women and children do just as well in life when they are supported by elected officials and unelected bureaucrats as when a man is in his rightful place as the leader of his home. When Democrats host their national convention later this month, there is no chance that a pro-life Christian who believes in traditional marriage will be invited to deliver a message on the importance of family. To the left, “diversity” is when people who look different all say the same thing. This is why choosing a Democrat to run for president is an exercise in selecting the preferred avatar for radical policies. Harris fits the left’s preferred identity categories, but Democrats can push gender ideology and abortion on demand in any skin suit. The party found a way to turn Joe Biden — a man old enough to have had actual friends in the Ku Klux Klan — into a trans “ally” who hired a man who thinks he’s a woman to be the face of our public health system. These are the types of issues that voters need to hear about this election cycle, not whether Kamala Harris is going to do DNA testing to find out her African ancestry. I can’t stand the way the left weaponizes identity for its own political benefit. Progressives use race and sex as both sword and shield — touting the historic nature of a candidate’s identity while labeling the criticism that comes with public office “racist” and “sexist.” Further, the wealthy politicians who oppose school choice have no problem consigning poor black parents to failing government schools that their children would not get within 100 yards of unless they were doing a volunteer program for “at-risk youth.” This is the sleight of hand that makes voters think the party has their interests in mind when the melanin levels of the candidates match those of the voters. The left is constantly talking about the diversity of the Democratic Party, but what good is voting for people who share your skin color if they don't share your values or promote your agenda? The representation that matters is based on political interests, not personal background. The president is on the ballot, not the one-drop rule.