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During a devastating ABC interview, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo dismissed damning news from the Biden administration as lies from former President Trump.  Raimondo spoke with ABC News anchor Kayna Whitworth at the 2024 Democratic National Conventional on Aug. 21. During the interview, Whitworth confronted Raimondo with the news that Biden’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) had recently downwardly revised job numbers from March 2023 to March 2024 by 818,000, before showing former President Donald Trump talking about the downward revision on the campaign trail. The sitting Secretary of Commerce ridiculously tried to claim Trump was lying before admitting that she knew nothing about the recent BLS revision. Oof!  When asked if she was worried that these numbers would be politically damaging, Raimondo said, “No, when I hear that, first of all, I don't believe it because I have never heard Donald Trump say anything truthful.” How she could say this while apparently not knowing the numbers her own boss’s administration put out is pretty amazing.  Whitworth immediately corrected Raimondo telling her for the second time that the brutal statistic was originally from the BLS. This was too confusing for the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. She responded, “I don't, I'm not familiar with that,” before changing the subject to praise Vice President Kamala Harris. Shortly before admitting she had no idea that the Biden-Harris administration had so epically screwed up the job numbers, Raimondo also told Whitworth that businesses longed for “predictability” and thus couldn’t countenance turning from Biden and Harris back to Trump.  Major media personalities panned Raimondo over her flub but also went after the leftist media and the Biden-Harris administration for routinely making hay off of fake job numbers in the past.  After playing a montage of legacy media hosts beclowning themselves on Biden’s behalf, Fox News host Laura Ingraham took them and Harris to task for promoting past job numbers that had ended up being downwardly revised later. Ingraham went on to emphasize how absurd Raimondo’s claims of ignorance were, “What! I didn’t even hear this before. She’s not familiar with which one the Department of Labor or the Bureau of Labor Statistics? She is the commerce secretary.” Syndicated radio host Mark Levin went after the Biden-Harris administration and the negligent and compliant legacy media on the Aug. 21 edition of his show:  “The Labor Department is run by politicians. So for a year, you’ve been told about all this job growth, that the economy’s going gangbusters, that they inherited this terrible economy and turned things around. No, they haven’t, it’s all a lie! It’s all a lie. And they’re going to get more lies out there and more propaganda and they don’t figure we’ll catch up with on time. Because they have their media boys and girls helping them out.”  Conservatives are under attack! Contact ABC News (818) 460-7477, CBS News (212) 975-3247 and NBC News (212) 664-6192 and demand they report fairly on how Bidenomics is crippling the American economy.

NBC’s Today came out firing Thursday thoroughly pleased with how their friends at the Democratic National Convention programmed the night prior, deeming it an “unforgettable” and “supercharged” night “heavy on star power” with vice presidential nominee Tim Walz giving off “Midwest dad energy” hounded by Republicans and Oprah Winfrey “expand[ing] the tent” for Democrats. “Tim Walz introduces himself to the nation with a high-stakes speech, stressing his small-town roots and personal story...while his party rolls out a lineup of stars and politics, Hollywood and music, to make the case for Kamala Harris,” co-host Hoda Kotb proclaimed in a tease.     Co-host Savannah Guthrie later stated from Chicago that Walz “leaned into that role of coach to energize voters”. She was followed by Peter Alexander bragging Kamala Harris gets to follow “an unforgettable evening here for Democrats” where Walz “[took] the handoff” for Democrats amid there were “[t]housands of signs sharing Coach Walz’s name”. Amid soundbites of Walz’s speech, Alexander rhetorically fluffed Walz’s pillows like someone working at a five-star hotel: “Walz introducing himself to America, emphasizing his heartland roots...and how his years as a schoolteacher informed his political career...while going after the Trump/Vance agenda...and contrasting the party’s definitions of freedom.” After stating “Coach Walz” closed with “a final pep talk,” Alexander shifted from Walz to the celebrities being the apple of his eye: The night’s surprise guest, Oprah Winfrey, with a speech drawing a line from pioneers of the civil rights movements to Harris and calling for unity....referencing J.D. Vance’s comments about childless cat ladies...but focusing on Harris...The night featuring a parade of rising Democratic stars, celebrities. The so-called analysis with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker and senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson was an embarrassment. Welker gushed about Walz having “delivered” and “cast himself as the coach” and “relatable dad” with “optics” and views on guns that “independent, moderate voters” will love. Jackson picked up on Winfrey’s speech and comically argued it’s being done “to both expand the tent” and leave everyone inside feeling “supercharged.” Jackson predictably hailed it as “very sweeping, very much about the ideals that Democrats want to be fighting for”, but took a bizarre direction by tying her to so-called Republicans who spoke at the convention, including former Georgia Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan, who “said that actually means you’re a patriot.”     Guthrie and Welker received a fever pitch in the level of eye-rolling partisanship as they fawned over Democrats “trying to corner the market on joy and hope” like in 2008 and seemed detached from the left’s previous strategy of “warn[ing] people about the threat that they say Trump poses to democracy” was nonsense (click “expand”): GUTHRIE: Well, it’s interesting, because, look, people are taking their shots at Donald Trump, either by name or implicitly. There’s no question about it, but does seem that Democrats are trying to corner the market on joy and hope.  JACKSON: Mmmhmm. WELKER: Yes!  GUTHRIE: Michelle Obama herself said, you know, hope is making a comeback. Of course, that was — hope was Obama’s theme in 2008. WELKER: Here’s what is so interesting about that. It seems as though the Democrats have realized that the message from the Biden campaign, trying to warn people about the threat that they say Trump poses to democracy, was not working. GUTHRIE: The negative argument. WELKER: The negative argument, so we’re hearing all of this positivity, joy, hope, reminds you of 2008. Barack Obama. They are trying to make the case that that will energize voters. JACKSON: And watch for Kamala Harris to make that case tonight. Campaign officials are saying it will be about lightness versus darkness. WELKER: Yeah. JACKSON: What they see as this sort of dark, ominous, grievance-filled campaign from the Trump/Vance team and a real contrast to that in her remarks tonight. GUTHRIE: The other thing is patriotism.  WELKER: That’s right. GUTHRIE: I mean, the chants of USA breaking out all through this convention hall this week — I mean, that is not always the kind of chant you hear about a Democratic National Convention. WELKER: It’s not and I think what’s fascinating about it, Savannah, is patriotism. She’s not necessarily going to cast this against the backdrop of her historic candidacy. JACKSON: That’s right. WELKER: Instead, again, just as Hallie was saying, she’s going to try to have a message that helps to expand the tent, that helps to reach out to those undecided voters.  In the second half hour, correspondent Tom Llamas channeled Jackson’s Wednesday story on the Obamas with a pathetically syrupy celebration of Walz. Llamas sounded like he was auditioning to work for Walz with lines such as describing Walz as “Midwest nice, but he’ll also fight for what he believes” in. Notice how Llamas was both crestfallen that “the attacks from Republicans are becoming more personal” (as though he never knew politics were rough and tumble) and brushed aside any questions about Walz’s character that emotes “Midwest dad energy” (click “expand”): LLAMAS: So he loves Minnesota, flannel, and he’s slowly becoming Vice President Kamala Harris’s attack dog. People say Governor Tim Walz is Midwest nice, but he’ll also fight for what he believes. And as the country gets to know him more, the attacks from Republicans are becoming more personal. This as millions watching last night also got to know his son in a moment you’re about to see. DNC ANNOUNCER: Governor Tim Walz! LLAMAS: Overnight, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz walking on to the biggest stage of his political life. The 60-year-old accepting the Democratic nomination for vice president and introducing himself to voters across the country. WALZ: We’re all here tonight for one beautiful, simple reason. We love this country. LLAMAS: Walz embracing his rural upbringing, which he says helped to shape his values. WALZ: That family down the road, they may not think like you do, they may not pray like you do, they may not love you like do, but they’re your neighbors and you look out for them and they look out for you. LLAMAS: Born in Nebraska, Walz enlisted in the National Guard at 17, serving for more than two decades. During that time, he also taught social studies in high school and coached football. Last night, some of his former players showing their support. His wife, Gwen, a teacher at the same school. (....) LLAMAS: Democrats, including former President Obama, calling Walz as warm and authentic as his favorite article of clothing. BARACK OBAMA: You can tell those — those flannel shirts he wears don’t come from some political consultant. They come from his closet, and they have been through some stuff! LLAMAS: Walz bringing what many online are calling Midwest dad energy to the campaign. [HARRIS-WALZ CLIP] LLAMAS: A former student said that Walz showed his character when he became the faculty adviser for the school’s first LGBTQ group. JACOB REITAN: Tim is out of central casting when it comes to a good and decent person. LLAMAS: But all of the attention has also brought scrutiny, with the Trump campaign accusing Walz of exaggerating aspects of his life story, saying he lied about his couple’s experience with IVF. The couple used a different fertility treatment, saying Republicans are playing semantics. The Trump team also seizing on this comment he made in reference to his military experience WALZ: We can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war are the only place, where those weapons are. LLAMAS: The campaign later clarifying that Walz never saw combat and simply misspoke. Now, the former football coach highlighting the urgency of this campaign. To even further drive the point home, NBC didn’t even have Alexander return to rerack his first hour report. Instead, correspondent Jacob Soboroff merged with a highlight reel of his travels on the convention floor interspersed with recap of the speakers. This nonsense including fawned over Walz as the “[f]ormer schoolteacher and football coach cheered on by his family, including his emotional son, Gus” with a lead-in “heavy on star power” and “talk show giant Oprah Winfrey” calling Harris “a trailblazer”. To see the relevant NBC transcript from August 22, click here.

Wednesday's Morning Joe was enraptured by Michelle Obama's line from her DNC speech: "hope is making a comeback."  But remind us: who's been in charge for the last—apparently hopeless—four years? Oh, right: it was the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President—what was her name again? That irony was lost both on Michelle Obama and the Morning Joe crew. Thus, Mika Brzezinski observed that people "are just feeling like very, very brought down by the past, I don't know, four to eight years, the Trump years, Covid, the impact that it's had on our kids."  So the Biden-Harris years were a real downer? Mika? After weirdly insisting the country is not divided, Willie Geist wished: "Let's have hope make that comeback."  So if hope needs to make a comeback, it was absent during the last four years, Willie? Al Sharpton said that the Michelle/Barack speeches "reignited in us hope that we are better than this, and we can do better than this, and we can strive to make this country better."  So things must get better than they were under Biden-Harris, Rev? And who better to achieve that than . . . Harris?  Beyond hope making a comeback, there was additional irony in Michelle's speech. She spoke of "this country we love" and "this great nation." Such a Super Patriot, that Michelle! You know, the woman who declared that before her husband won the 2008 Dem nomination, she had never been "really proud of my country." Here's the transcript. MSNBC Morning Joe 8/21/24 6:06 am EDT WILLIE GEIST: The roll call was fun and the energy was real and the arena was packed. But then that was just the opening act. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: That was just the first. GEIST: The headline was Michelle and Barack Obama. MIKA:  And boy, did Michelle bring it. One of the most popular figures in the Democratic party, former First Lady Michelle Obama, gave a powerful 21-minute speech taking on Donald Trump on issues of race and gender. In her remarks, she touched on her family's history and the importance of this election. MICHELLE OBAMA: Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn't it? Yeah. You know, we're feeling it here in this arena, but it's spreading all across this country we love. A familiar feeling that's been buried too deep for far too long.  You know what I'm talking about! It's the contagious power of hope. The anticipation. The energy. The exhilaration of, once again, being on the cusp of a brighter day. The chance to vanquish the demons of fear, division, and hate, that have consumed us and continue pursuing the unfinished promise of this great nation. The dream that our parents and grandparents fought and died and sacrificed for.  America, hope is making a comeback. . . .  MIKA: Michelle Obama, Eddie Glaude, rocked the night. But she was speaking to not just the young people across the nation. I think it's people across the nation who are just feeling like very, very brought down by the past, I don't know, four to eight years, the Trump years, Covid, the impact that it's had on our kids. She really brought people up and said, come on, it's on us. Let's go. EDDIE GLAUDE: Absolutely. The line, hope is making a comeback. MIKA: Yeah. GLAUDE: And she did it with her arms out --  that sleeveless outfit, you know? It was wonderful. GEIST: President Obama made that same speech, effectively, that same message and point when he said we don't want to live in this country that Donald Trump has been showing us. The picture he's been painting for the last decade. We don't want to be divided. In fact, we're not. It's something we say on the show all the time. When you coach Little League or go to church, we're not the way Donald Trump says we are. So let's not be that way. Let's have hope make that comeback. AL SHARPTON: I think that the electricity you saw here last night, and in my opinion, electrified people around the country, is that we're not dealing with grievance, and we're not even dealing with the fact that some of us are in unfair situations, as we consider it. But they reignited in us hope that we are better than this, and we can do better than this, and we can strive to make this country better.

The biased mainstream media is doing everything in its power to boost Kamala Harris and defame Donald Trump with lies. This puts moderate voters in a tough position because when they seek information about Trump and his policies, the majority of sources they’re likely to find are biased and propagandistic. How are undecided Americans supposed to know which candidate they want to vote for if they can’t find the truth? Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, who was just brought back for this election season, joins Jill Savage and the “Blaze News Tonight” panel to outline the Trump campaign’s plan to make sure the people get their information straight from the horse’s mouth. - YouTube www.youtube.com The plan, Lewandowski explains, is “to allow Donald Trump to go directly to the American people to lay out what his vision is.” “Look at how the media has treated Donald Trump over the last eight years. You know, in 2015 and 2016, he was this incredible phenomenon who just took the political world by storm, came down that beautiful golden escalator, and was in first place in a month and never looked back. And now, you know, after almost being assassinated, the media barely covers him,” says Lewandowski, adding that “most of the mainstream media won't even take his rallies anymore.” But there may be a silver lining to the media’s glaring obvious bias, according to Lewandowski. “Donald Trump has exposed the hostility of the media against conservatives,” he says. “We've seen a two-tier justice system prosecute this man for something that no one else has ever been prosecuted for.” The American people are beginning to realize that a biased and weaponized media means something dire for us all — “If they can do this to [Trump], they can do it to anybody.” In addition to going directly to the American people, the Trump campaign must also shift to take on a new opponent — Kamala Harris, who has been not so democratically installed as Biden's replacement. “Do you have the preparation to shift now for Kamala Harris?” asks Jill. “Most of the American people don't even know who Kamala Harris is, which gives us an opportunity to define her,” says Lewandowski, pointing to the fact that Harris “is saddled with the failures of the Biden Administration,” including the “10 million illegals [who] have now officially crossed the border into our country.” “She can’t run from that,” he says. “She can't run from the record inflation; she can't run from the fact that she wants to fix prices so that she tells private sector businesses what they can and can't charge; she can't run from the fact that most people can't pay their grocery bill or put fuel in their car anymore ... and she can't run from the fact that our enemies no longer fear us around the world and our allies no longer respect us.” “Kamala Harris owns everything that Joe Biden has failed on.” To hear more about Lewandowski’s plan to help Trump overcome Kamala and her media allies, 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 U.S. Supreme Court ruled in part on the side of the Republican National Committee to allow Arizona's election integrity law to stay in place just ahead of a crucial deadline for printing ballots. The 5-4 ruling allowed state officials to reject state voter registration forms unless the prospective voters provide proof of citizenship. 'A seismic win.'Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined in the dissent with liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. However, the court narrowly ruled against another part of the law that would reportedly have prevented registered voters from casting a ballot for president by mail if they had not provided proof of citizenship. The ruling comes down just ahead of Arizona’s ballot-printing deadline for the current election. The law was passed in 2022 but had not been enforced.Republican chairman Michael Whatley declared the ruling a "huge win" for election integrity. "The Supreme Court just ruled that the state of Arizona must REJECT state voter registration forms without proof of US citizenship. This follows an emergency SCOTUS appeal from the RNC. A seismic win in the fight to stop non-citizens from voting," he responded on X.Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias also declared the ruling a victory for Democrats. "U.S. Supreme Court REJECTS key parts of GOP motion to restore voter suppression law for 2024," said Elias. "A MAJOR victory for voting rights and Arizona voters. Proud of the work my team did to secure a big court victory at this critical time."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

About 40 or so uncommitted delegates and their supporters slept on the sidewalk outside the United Center in Chicago on Wednesday night in hopes that the DNC will permit a pro-Palestinian speaker to take the main stage before the convention concludes Thursday night."We didn’t come here to do a sit-in," claimed Abbas Alawieh, a delegate from Michigan and a leader of the Uncommitted National Movement, which supports a ceasefire in Gaza. "We’re just sitting here waiting for a call."The group noted that the parents of American hostage Hersh Goldberg were allowed to address the DNC main crowd on Wednesday night and hoped that a Palestinian speaker would be afforded the same opportunity."We heard Hersh's story," Alawieh continued. "We were moved by ... the humanity in that story. And we are Democrats who have a party platform that says our party values every ... life and every Palestinian life equally. And so we think we should also be featuring a Palestinian-American speaker from this stage."'I am sad to report that 32,908 Democratic Kentuckians’ voices were not upheld at last night’s roll call.'Layla Elabed, another leader of the Uncommitted National Movement and the sister of far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), went further, claiming that a pro-Palestinian speaker was the "bare minimum" that her group expected from Democrats."This has been an embarrassment for those of us who had faith in the Democratic Party that we still had voices here," Elabed said."Our values, our votes and our rightful place in the Democratic Party cannot be taken for granted," she stated on Monday night.Uncommitted Rhode Island delegate June Rose likewise called a pro-Palestinian speaker "the least [the DNC] could do.""We need meaningful policy change," Rose continued. "We as Democrats cannot oppose Donald Trump’s fascism at home while supporting Benjamin Netanyahu’s genocide abroad."Thus far, the sit-in has drawn some high-profile elected Democrats, including Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, to stop by. UAW members of like mind have also offered their support."If we want the war in Gaza to end, we can’t put our heads in the sand or ignore the voices of the Palestinian Americans in the Democratic party," the union said.Convention officials have allowed pro-Palestinian speakers to address smaller DNC meetings and events but not the main stage. As a result, members of the group Muslim Women for Harris-Walz have officially disbanded and withdrawn their support for the Democratic ticket, as Blaze News previously reported.The sit-in began just one day after 44 delegates voted "present" during the DNC roll call on Tuesday, the Daily Caller reported. Those 44 delegates represent 13 states — Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Washington — and likely included most of the 36 delegates who are also members of the Uncommitted movement.The in-person roll-call vote was largely symbolic, however, since the DNC already hosted a virtual roll call earlier this month, and Harris received more than double the 1,966 delegate votes needed to secure the nomination.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 47, addressed the jury this week for the first time in the trial over his alleged 2022 murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. Telles complained Wednesday about his imprisonment in the lead-up to the trial and stated, "I want to say, unequivocally, I am innocent, I didn't kill Mr. German."On Thursday, the disgraced Democrat suggested he'd been framed for killing the very reporter whose investigative writing was tanking his political career, the Review-Journal reported.German wrote about inappropriate relations, hostilities, and 'turmoil' inside Telles' county office, citing 'allegations of emotional stress, bullying, and favoritism leading to secret videotaping of the boss and a co-worker outside the office.' "Somebody framed me for this, and I believe it's Compass Realty," he said. According to Telles, homes belonging to the recently deceased in Clark County were being flipped for profit, and the families of the deceased were being cut out of the proceeds. The Democrat suggested he was "fighting" Compass Realty and Management over the sales. The company told the Review-Journal in a statement, "Mr. Telles is a desperate man who has been charged with violently murdering a beloved local journalist. It appears he will do and say anything to escape answering for this charge."It may be an uphill battle for Telles in court, as his defense likely will need to provide the jury with convincing explanations for why: As reported by the Associated Press, Telles' DNA apparently was found beneath the victim's fingernails; Police found hundreds of photos of the victim's home — along with German's identity records — on Telles' computer and cellphone, some of which were collected only weeks ahead of the slaying; In their search of Telles' house, police found bloody scissors, a cut-up straw hat resembling one the suspect wore, and a pair of cut-up tennis shoes which tested positive for blood; An SUV matching the description of one registered to Telles' wife was seen driving in German's neighborhood around the time of slaying; His phone sent no signals on the day of the killing and why, as KTNV-TV noted, the previous month there was no location data. What's the background? German, 69, was stabbed to death outside his home on Sept. 2., 2022. His body, which had seven stab wounds, was discovered the following day. Police subsequently released video and images of the suspect carrying a bag and wearing a reflective orange shirt and a broad-brimmed hat as well as images of the suspect's alleged vehicle, a maroon GMC Yukon Denali.Former LVMPD Sheriff Joe Lombardo indicated someone had been seen driving the vehicle "suspiciously" around the neighborhood and confirmed the suspect had used it to leave the area. The vehicle depicted was a maroon GMC Yukon Denali. Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren later noted that the vehicle was registered to Telles' wife. On Sept. 7, police executed a search warrant at the Telles' home and towed two vehicles, one of which was the Denali. After police completed their search, Telles returned home dressed in what was appeared to be a white hazmat suit. When police attempted to speak to him, Telles refused to open the door, prompting the dispatch of a LVPD SWAT team. The tactical team ultimately made the arrest and carted Telles away on a stretcher following an apparent suicide attempt. Las Vegas Review-Journal executive editor Glenn Cook said "we are relieved Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official." Following his arrest, Telles was stripped of his administrator position by court order. In that position, Telles handled the funds of people who died without a will, some of which he is alleged to have mishandled or misappropriated. Telles — a gun control advocate and an avid supporter of far-left U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) — is said to have lost his primary election in June 2022 to fellow Democrat Rita Reid partly because of German's investigative reporting. Reid previously served as the top supervisor under Telles. German wrote about inappropriate relations, hostilities, and "turmoil" inside Telles' county office, citing "allegations of emotional stress, bullying, and favoritism leading to secret videotaping of the boss and a co-worker outside the office." Telles — who was arrested for domestic violence and resisting arrest on March 1, 2020 — blasted German on social media, writing, "You'd think he'd have better things to do." According to CNN, Telles also responded to German's articles on his campaign site as well as in a letter. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

No One Believes This Cringe: Kamala and Timmy Stage ANOTHER Fake Phone Call for the DNC