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On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we wade through the muddled mess of President Joe Biden’s 11-minute address to the nation Wednesday night, which somehow managed to say two minutes’ worth of words and leave everyone confused for hours. Rebecca Downs from Townhall.com stops by to chart out the worst of the performances from “the Squad” in Wednesday’s address to a joint meeting of Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Aldo Buttazzoni from PragerU also joins the cast to address the changing political trends with Generation Z and the inside scoop on changing the minds of those under 25. Back by popular demand, Jerry Lopez brings us a slew of the worst social media posts imaginable, in no small part due to the high-octane news cycle, in “Awful Tweets.” Catch the live radio show and livestream weeknights at 7 p.m. EDT on The Daily Signal’s YouTube, X, or Facebook. The post WATCH: ‘Biden’s Last Day in Office’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Six House Democrats voted in favor of a resolution condemning President Joe Biden’s administration and Vice President Kamala Harris for their “failure to secure the United States border” on Thursday. HR 1371 was introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to formally condemn “Border Czar” Harris’ immigration policy after she was tasked with reducing illegal immigration over the southern border early in the Biden administration. The resolution passed the House with 196 Democrats voting against it and six Democrats joining 214 Republicans in favor of it. By every metric, Kamala Harris has failed to secure our borders, instead advancing Far Left Democrats’ failed open border policies and the needs of illegal immigrants over the safety of Americans. My resolution condemns Kamala Harris’ role as Joe Biden‘s open border czar and… pic.twitter.com/Uzzn54N7Yq— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) July 25, 2024 Democratic Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, Mary Sattler Peltola of Alaska, Jared Golden of Maine, Donald Davis of North Carolina, Henry Cuellar of Texas, and Yadira Caraveo of Colorado voted in favor of the resolution. The resolution was co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Neal Dunn of Florida, Greg Lopez of Colorado, and Mike Bost of Illinois. “Kamala Harris, every elected Democrat, and their stenographers in the mainstream media will run from their record, but they can’t hide,” Stefanik said in a post on X. “House Republicans will hold Kamala Harris accountable for her role as Biden’s Border Czar leading to the most catastrophic border crisis in modern history.” The Biden-Harris administration has overseen record influxes of illegal immigration. Since Biden took office, Customs and Border Protection has encountered nearly 8 million migrants, with over 83,000 encounters between ports of entry along the southern border in June alone, according to CBP data. During former President Donald Trump’s term, every month saw fewer encounters on the southern border compared to June 2024 numbers, with some exceptions in fiscal year 2019, according to CBP data. The House resolution highlights Harris’ dismal immigration track record, pointing out that it took the “Border Czar” over 90 days on the job before she finally made her way to the southern border on June 25, 2021. The resolution also pointed out the surges in violent crime that have occurred due to the illegal immigration that has taken place under Harris’ watch. The resolution brought attention to innocent Americans like Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin. All three women were allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants. “Kamala Harris failed as Border czar leading to violent crimes, rapes, and murders of innocent Americans,” Stefanik said in a statement on X. “We will hold her and Far Left Democrats accountable.” Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post 6 Dems Vote in Favor of Resolution Bashing Biden and ‘Border Czar’ Harris’ Failures appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute. The study compared the three worst periods of decline in Canada in the last 40 years—1989, 2008, and today. They found that unlike the previous recessions, Canada is not recovering this time. Something broke. In fact, according to the Financial Post, since 2019, Canada’s had the worst growth out of 50 developed economies. On the ground, that means inflation-adjusted Canadian wages have been flat since 2016. So, yes, something broke. And it’s nowhere near over: Canada’s per-person real gross domestic product is still falling, and with a looming U.S. recession—the U.S. takes 75% of Canada’s exports—Canada could crash again before it ever recovered. In previous videos I’ve talked about the disaster that is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Canada. In short, incomes are West Virginia level, house prices are Los Angeles level, and Canadian taxes are halfway to the Soviet Union. It’s not rare for a middle-class family in Canada to pay half their income in taxes. Meanwhile, since the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s official food inflation is up 25% and energy is up 30%— partly thanks to a carbon tax. And keep in mind, the sales tax in most Canadian provinces is 13% to 15% on everything you buy. Canadians post TikToks about trying to stretch a loaf of rye bread through the week or selling off their possessions to afford groceries. The cost of living is hitting harder with time. Canadian bankruptcy filings jumped 40% last year, while the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reports nearly half of Canadians have zero emergency savings. Statistics Canada reports the country’s violent crime rate is up 40% since 2014. An Ipsos poll found 7 in 10 Canadians agree that “Canada is broken”—rising to 8 in 10 ofthose between ages 18 and 34. The Angus Reid Institute found fully 42% of Canadians are considering moving to another country. This is all a shock because it happened so fast. It’s night and day from the last crisis in 2008, which Canada weathered much better than America. What changed? Trudeau. Specifically, his campaign to convert Canada from a mixed economy like the U.S. into a government-dominated economy like the sick men of the European Union. Under Trudeau, business investment plunged by a third while government spending nearly doubled to almost half of GDP. Government workers in Canada are growing almost four times faster than the private sector, and 1 in 3 Canadians now work for the government, raking in 30% more in salary and benefits than the taxpayers they lord over. Another 1.7 million Canadians—roughly 1 in 10 households—are on welfare. Of course, that makes it very difficult to win an election in Canada on a small-government platform: You’re up against the government-provided livelihoods of 40% of voters. Meaning, you’ve got to win some 80% of everybody else. Near-term, things will get worse because Canadians are stuck with Trudeau through the next election in 2025. Conservative Pierre Poilievre is ahead in the polls for now, but Canada’s government-funded media is doing everything they can to destroy him, so the lead’s already narrowing. That means more inflation, more decline, more mass migration, and rising crime in what was once a paradise. Read the full article with charts and all the gory details at profstonge.com. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Canada’s Standard of Living, Economy Is Suffering Downturn. Blame Trudeau. appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Democratic Party elites have all but coronated Vice President Kamala Harris as their new presidential nominee, after pushing President Joe Biden out of his own reelection campaign. But even so-called mainstream media outlets warn that she may not succeed against former President Donald Trump. A recent New York Times analysis piece ranked Harris as the least likely to beat Trump out of a slate of 10 Democratic stars and stalwarts. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was rated as the most likely Democrat candidate to beat Trump, followed by Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Harris, meanwhile, was rated as the riskiest choice to oppose Trump and a less exciting candidate for the Democratic base than Whitmer, Kelly, Shapiro, or Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Eight NYT writers and contributors were asked to assess the potential nominees. Left-wing journalist Ross Barkan noted that Harris has “a feeble electoral track record—she struggled badly in 2020 and barely, before then, won her first attorney general race in California.” But he observed that the backing of a unified Democratic Party may give Harris a potential boost in voter enthusiasm. Ex-Republican Josh Barro wrote that Harris “has no demonstrated appeal to swing voters, and she cannot run away from the Biden-Harris record on inflation and immigration. Her best arguments are that she’s not old and she’s not Trump.” However, Barro anticipated that those two qualities may appeal to Democratic voters. Ross Douthat, a contributing editor at National Review, summarized Harris by saying: “A mediocre politician from a deep-blue state with low national approval ratings, she may find a way to win, but she would be nobody’s top choice were she not the top choice of the president. Relief at Biden’s exit will generate a lot of professed enthusiasm, but it will be fake.” Pamela Paul, former editor of The New York Times Book Review, called Harris “one of the weakest elements of [Biden’s] administration” and “a fundamentally weak candidate.” “She fizzled out early in her first presidential run and floundered in the vice presidency,” Paul said. A YouGov poll published Sunday found that Harris’ popularity as a nominee is low, even within her own party. Overall, a mere 37% of American voters responded that Harris should be the Democratic Party’s nominee. Among Democrats, 60% said they supported Harris as their nominee, with a total of 40% either opposed to her or unsure of her. A paltry 30% of independent voters said they approved of Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee, while 36% wanted “someone else,” and 34% were “not sure.” Numerous other polls have shown that, even bolstered by what Trump team pollster Tony Fabrizio called the “Harris Honeymoon” polling bump, the vice president is trailing behind the Republican nominee. A Morning Consult survey showed Trump leading Harris by two percentage points (47% to 45%) nationally. A Quinnipiac poll found similar numbers, with Trump leading Harris 49% to 47%. However, Trump’s lead over Harris is even more commanding among independent voters: 55% to 41%. Even among young voters (ages 18 to 34), Trump leads Harris by nearly 20 points, according to Quinnipiac. This despite the vice president’s inundating the internet with TikTok and Instagram videos of herself dancing at political events in what Axios called an effort to appeal to Gen Z voters. Prior to Biden’s abandoning the presidential race, a Harris X poll found that Trump had a nine-point lead over Harris (50% to 41%) in a then-hypothetical head-to-head contest. Furthermore, polls indicate that Harris will have particular difficulty in battleground states. Prior to Biden’s dropping out of the race, but clearly anticipating the event, Emerson College asked swing state voters whether Harris “has earned the right to be the next Democratic nominee for president.” A clear majority of voters responded “no” in Arizona (58%), Georgia (58.6%), Michigan (57.3%), Nevada (54.1%), North Carolina (56.9%), Pennsylvania (56.7%), and Wisconsin (58.2%). Another Emerson College survey found that while Trump polled 46% to 43% against Biden nationally, he polled 49% to 43% against Harris in a then-hypothetical matchup. The Democratic political action committee Clean and Prosperous America also found in a series of polls that Trump is leading Harris across swing states. The former president leads the vice president by six points (46% to 40%) in Arizona, five points (46% to 41%) in Michigan, two points (45% to 43%) in Pennsylvania, and four points (48% to 44%) in North Carolina. According to the Washington Examiner, Keystone State Democrats are disappointed with Harris as the party’s likely nominee. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., criticized party elites for betraying Biden, even as Shapiro, the governor, offered Harris his full support and endorsement. The Washington Examiner reported that T.J. Rooney, former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, said that “if you thought Hillary Clinton had problems connecting with the all-important smaller Pennsylvania counties in 2016—the ones such as Erie that ultimately cost her the election—Harris, because of her views on fossil fuels, will struggle even more so.” Rooney explained that Harris’s “worldview,” especially her position on fracking, will negatively affect her chances in the crucial battleground state. Keystone College political science professor Jeff Brauer said that with Harris replacing Biden at the top of the ticket, “the chances for Democrats in this all-critical state certainly diminish.” He explained that Harris’s policies are “too liberal” and that if she is the nominee, then Pennsylvania will be an even more difficult win for Democrats. According to The Hill, swing state Democrats are also concerned that Harris’ demonstrably liberal policies could hurt Democratic candidates in contentious states and districts. “Democratic senators had worried that lack of voter enthusiasm for Biden would hurt Democratic turnout in Senate battleground states,” The Hill wrote. “Democrats don’t know for sure whether Harris as their nominee for president will drive minority and young voters to the polls in significantly higher numbers than Biden would have in November.” The Trump campaign has already started hammering Harris on her left-wing policies and positions. A recent spate of ads labels the vice president as “Weak. Failed. Dangerously liberal.” Particular emphasis is laid on Harris’s failure to secure the nation’s southern border after being named Biden’s “border czar” in 2021. “I think she is going to be, hopefully, frankly for this country, I think similar things are going to happen to her that happened to her before,” Trump told reporters Tuesday during a conference call, referring to Harris’ failed attempt to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2019. “So, if she campaigns that way now, and this is only going to be tougher—although she does have a lot of support from the fake news, there’s no question about that—but if she campaigns the way she campaigned then, I suspect she won’t be too tough,” Trump said. The former president also observed that Harris is “the same as Biden but much more radical.” “This country doesn’t want a radical left person to destroy it,” Trump said. “She’s far more open borders than he is. She wants things that nobody wants. … Take a look at San Francisco now compared to before she became the district attorney, and you see what she’ll do to our country.” Trump added: “I think she’ll be easier than Biden because he was slightly more mainstream, but not by much.” Originally published by The Washington Stand The post Likely Harris Nomination Dampens Enthusiasm of Swing State Dems appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Forbes Media Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes hammered Vice President Kamala Harris for espousing anti-energy and economically destructive policies.  On the June 24 edition of Fox Business’s The Bottom Line, Forbes panned Harris’s record and rhetoric. “[S]he says, ‘Ooh, I'm for the middle class,’ yet she pursues policies that will ruin the middle class and prevent low-income people from achieving middle-class status,” Forbes said. “Small businesses can’t afford these regulations so guess what? They go out of business,” he said, before referring to Harris’s positions on energy, taxation, spending and health care. Forbes told Fox Business’s host Jackie DeAngelis and Fox News Contributor Guy Benson that Harris’ record “gets worse when you dig into it.” Forbes added, “As I alluded to, she wants to ban fracking, so energy costs are going to go up, which means the American economy is gonna do worse. The world situation is going to do worse as we become more dependent on nice places like Russia. She wants substantial tax increases and on the health care side, it’s not just money, it’s gonna hurt people's health care." Forbes went on to bash countries with socialized medicine.  Forbes listed several reasons why Harris would “ruin the middle class.” One key reason was her support for policies that would radically increase the cost of energy.    The New York Times noted on Monday that Harris opposes fracking, a popular form of energy extraction. She also supported the enactment of a carbon tax, was an original sponsor of the “Green New Deal” and used her office as California attorney general to fight offshore fracking. During her failed 2020 Democratic campaign for president, Harris endorsed a number of anti-business policies such as raising the corporate income tax from 21% to 35% and taxing stock trades. As noted by a graphic during the Bottom Line segment, she also supported increasing the estate tax. Beyond Harris’s bad ideas, she is a key figure in an administration with an appalling economic record. President Joe Biden and Harris have presided over zero growth in real wages since January 2021 when they took office. The infamous duo also led the country during a drastic increase in mortgage rates, which rose from 2.8% the day Biden was inaugurated to 7.0% on July 3, 2021. That is a 151% increase. At the same time, Americans’ savings have been devastated as the average gas price has risen by over a dollar and the country has suffered through 5.4% average monthly inflation. Conservatives are under attack! Contact ABC News at (818) 460-7477, CBS News at (212) 975-3247 and NBC News at (212) 664-6192 and demand they tell the truth about Kamala Harris’ radical rhetoric on energy and the economy.

What is amusing and simultaneously contributes to the cynicism some feel about politics is how many Democrats claimed until recently that President Biden was a different man in private than the mumbling, stumbling man everyone could hear and see in public. These include Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden apparently forgot to endorse in his withdrawal statement and then quickly tweeted his support of her as his successor. Harris should be asked about that contradiction and whether she lied about Biden’s fitness. Biden and other Democrats have been saying former president Donald Trump would be “a threat to democracy” should he win another term, but how democratic is it to potentially deny the choice of Democrat voters who selected him as their party’s nominee should they decide to do so at their convention next month? Biden and Trump traded accusations Sunday, each calling each other the worst president in history. Speaker Mike Johnson previewed what could be the main campaign theme for the GOP against Harris should she be the nominee: “ The party’s prospects are no better now with Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-owns the disastrous policy failures of the Biden administration. As second in command and a completely inept border czar, Harris has been a gleeful accomplice – not only in the destruction of American sovereignty, security, and prosperity, but also in the largest political cover-up in U.S. history. She has known for as long as anyone of his incapacity to serve.” Johnson called on Biden to resign, but that is unlikely to happen, especially since it would give time for Harris to gain experience as president. Harris may be the only person on the national political level capable of making Biden look articulate. Republicans are likely to create ads detailing her numerous nonsensical remarks. Just a few include: “It is time for us to be doing what we have been doing and that time is every day.” Or this one: “The governor and I, we were all doing a tour of the library here and talking about the significance of the passage of time, right, the significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do to lay these wires. What we need to do to create these jobs. And there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children." Beyond the likely mocking by Republicans are facts. Harris cannot separate herself from the record of the Biden-Harris administration. While Biden’s age has disappeared as an issue, their record has not. Harris’ level of incompetence can only follow his, if she wins the nomination. That is not a given. The parallels between Biden’s withdrawal statement and that of Lyndon Johnson’s in 1968 are remarkably similar. Then, LBJ, whose approval ratings were also in decline, largely due to the Vietnam War and anti-war protests, claimed his withdrawal was for a higher purpose – peace. On Sunday, Biden listed what he considers his successes as president, as did LBJ. Among them was his repeated assertion that the economy was in ruins when he became president. Tell that to people who were paying less for just about everything four years ago when inflation was 1.4 percent, not the 9 percent Biden claims. The raucous Democratic Convention (also in Chicago in 1968, as is this year’s gathering) would follow Johnson’s withdrawal with images of police beating protesters and discord on the convention floor. History might repeat. The party’s eventual nominee, Hubert Humphrey, lost to Richard Nixon in the fall election. Humphrey tried to separate himself somewhat from Johnson’s Vietnam policies, but failed because as part of the administration he was tied to those policies. Harris now faces a similar problem, or she can repeat previous falsehoods and hope Biden’s media enablers won’t expose them. Could this unpredictable political season become even more volatile? Probably.