It was all a crazy dream

Reason: "The Border Czar Illusion"

It was all a dream: "President [Joe] Biden is putting Vice President [Kamala] Harris in charge of addressing the migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, senior administration officials announced on Wednesday," Axios reported in March 2021.

Now that Harris is running for president—and that the border is a mess, with migrant encounters hitting a record high at the end of last year and Biden implementing strict asylum restrictions last month to attempt to curb them—a lot of this reporting has been memory holed. It's embarrassing to Harris, and we can't have that, now, can we?

"Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign," reads the new Axios headline from yesterday, published by the same reporter who penned the March 2021 piece.

Old school reference here:

Questions for Kamala

Boston Globe: "Four policy questions Harris must answer ASAP to avoid being defined by Trump"

They are:

1. How would a Harris administration handle the Middle East?
2. Does she still believe that those crossing the border illegally didn’t actually break a law?
3. Does she still believe in Medicare for All?
4. Does she still support the Green New Deal? And what about fracking?

Good questions!

Here's another: when you realize that Biden was in cognitive decline?  "92% of voters blame Kamala Harris for Biden health coverup: poll." 

GMTA I guess

Me, a week ago: "How do you solve a problem like Kamala?"

PJ Media this morning: "The Morning Briefing: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Kamala?"

The new question, I think, is "will Kamala debate?"  She says she will but will have to defend her voluminous past statements while facing an opponent who will surely come armed to the teeth with facts about her disastrous role in protecting the border. 

Just making stuff up

DEI hire Kamala Harris is willfully lying about Project 2025, both in substance and its connection to Trump: "Harris Campaign Admits to Misleading Voters on Trump, Project 2025."  

I don't know either, man

Red State: "What was that?"  Biden's speech clarified exactly nothing.  It was just another campaign speech.

Joe Biden is so selfless and patriotic for dropping out of the race for no specific reason while having the greatest presidential term in modern history.

That’s literally the line they are going with. Incredible.

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 25, 2024

Self-indulgent crap

Biden's speech tonight sucked.  He didn't want to say it but he's dropping out because Trump was kicking his ass and instead painted himself as the savior of democracy.  All ego all the time.  Now go away.

Extra - The Corner: "Biden Still Hasn’t Explained Why He Dropped Out of the Race." 

Orwell would blush

Prepare the memory holes!  The media is on the case.  Hot Air: "The Gaslighting Is Off the Charts."

Kamala Harris is a DEI hire

Shot: "Florida lawmaker says calling Kamala Harris a 'DEI hire' is like using the 'N word, racial slur'."

Chaser: "Joe Biden himself called Kamala Harris a DEI Vice President just two months ago."

“To me, the values of diversity, equality, inclusion are literally — and this is not kidding — the core strengths of America,” Biden said in the address, according to a White House website transcript. “That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. And it starts at the top with the Vice President.”

Oops.

Extra - Federalist: "Why Is It Offensive To Call Kamala A DEI Hire?" 

More - Get ready for four months of this horseshit: "Democrats brace for ‘Godzilla of racial and misogynistic campaigning’ against Harris"

“I call her laughing Kamala. You ever watch her laugh? She’s crazy,” Trump said at a Michigan rally on Saturday, shifting his focus on her as President Biden faced increasing pressure to drop out of the race. “She’s not as crazy as [former House speaker] Nancy Pelosi. Crazy Nancy.”

The Trump campaign had floated a new nickname for Harris in early July: Cackling Copilot Kamala Harris. But with Harris on track to be the Democratic nominee, Trump on Monday flipped to labeling her “ ‘Dumb as a Rock’ Kamala Harris” on his social media site. Other Republicans, including Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee, called Harris a “DEI hire” as vice president, a reference to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

This is such weak sauce.  What is misogynistic here?  What is racial?  It's just the same ol' special pleading for Kamala.  This is all they got.

Democrats with bylines back to their old ways

Charles C. W. Cooke: "It Was Fun Having a Press Corps for a Month."

I wonder if America’s press might be willing to spare at least one of the journalists who are now trying to turn Kamala Harris into the second coming of Jesus Christ and keep him working on the Continuing Story of Joe Biden, who, if they hadn’t forgotten, is still the serving president of the United States — and will be for the next six months. I had predicted that as soon as the media got what it wanted — which was improving the electoral fortunes of the Democratic Party, and nothing else besides — it would drop its sudden interest in telling the truth about Biden’s health and move on, but Good Lord, when one sees it happen those predictions don’t make it any less jarring. If one were to plot the last three years on a timeline, one would end up with an extremely long line marked “Defend Joe Biden,” followed by a short line marked “Get Joe Biden Out Because He’s Losing,” followed by a new line marked “Defend Kamala Harris.” That trajectory marks many things, but none of them are journalism.

"Get Biden out because he's losing?"  Is that why Biden is leaving the race?  Or is it his health?  Why exactly is Biden dropping out of the race?

If we had any honest journalists in Washington, they would ask this question.

She seems nice

Open the Books: "VP Kamala Harris Had 92-Percent Staff Turnover During Her First Three Years" - "Chaos reigns on the vice president’s staff. And Harris tried to hide it by claiming that her office is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." 

It's not so shocking

Ace: "Shocker: The Cover-Up of Biden's Dementia Began In... October 2021."

Basically everything that Conservatives have been saying for the past three years (and more) was absolutely correct.  

Anybody see the movie "Dave"?

This 1993 movie is about a President who is incapacitated and a small inner circle of aides finds a look-alike to carry out policies in his stead.  It's kinda like "Weekend at Bernies" but with Kevin Kline.

Nobody has seen Joe Biden since Friday night.  It was left to his Chief of Staff to notify the Cabinet he wasn't running and the announcement was released on X by a mid-level staffer.  No video, not even a still photograph, has been produced to document this historic moment.

We need to ask: what the heck is going on here?  Can we get a picture of Joe holding up today's newspaper as proof of life? 

Extra - The Paper of Record: "America Just Kinda Curious If President Alive." 

Lawfare was all they had

Andrew McCarthy: "The Failure of Lawfare Exposed Biden."

If lawfare hadn’t collapsed, the June debate that we now see as the death knell of Biden’s reelection bid would never have happened. By the time the debate was scheduled, it was Biden, not Trump, who needed it. The Biden Justice Department’s federal trials of Trump on very serious charges had not materialized, the Georgia case had descended into total farce over Willis’s personal scandal, and the face of lawfare had become Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan prosecution, which is widely seen as a travesty that may actually have boosted Trump (particularly after the aforementioned civil trial, in which Arthur Engoron, an unabashed partisan Democratic judge, imposed a ludicrous half-billion-dollar judgment against Trump in a fraud case with no fraud victims).

With Trump relatively unscathed and not tethered to courtrooms, public attention shifted from the lawfare prosecutions to Biden’s deteriorating condition and abysmal record. His candidacy couldn’t survive it.

Biden's abysmal record is also Kamala's record.

Biden OUT

Fox News: "Biden ends bid for second term in White House as he drops out of his 2024 rematch with Trump" - "Biden quits amid rising Democrat calls to drop out after a disastrous debate"

This is an ignominious end for Biden who, even in his withdrawal letter, couldn't help but puff himself up as the greatest President since FDR.  Believe me: he's angry at YOU, America, for failing to recognize his wonderful and historic Presidency.

Also, let's be clear about this: the Democrats and the mainstream media conspired to hide Biden's decline all the way up to the election.  Once Biden was bereft of his teleprompter and note cards, it all fell apart.

Reminder - "Kamala Harris Helped Cover Up President Biden’s Infirmity".  She needs to answer for her role in the conspiracy.

Kamala Harris participated in the biggest political cover-up in American history. pic.twitter.com/O36qrXpVTq

— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) July 5, 2024

There goes Michigan

Detroit Free Press: "Michigan poll: Trump's edge takes notable leap in battleground state." - "An exclusive new Free Press poll of likely Michigan voters shows former President Donald Trump has taken a notable 7-percentage-point lead over incumbent President Joe Biden in the state, a result certain to further worry Democrats already pushing for Biden to abandon his reelection bid." 

Guess they ain't friends no more

Red State: "As Biden 'Fumes' at Pelosi and Obama, Here's What May Delay Any Decision About Getting Out."

I thought Joe and Barack were BFFs:

Running on spite

The Times of Israel: "Report: Biden won’t give Netanyahu ‘satisfaction’ of quitting before PM’s trip to DC" - "US president, isolating with COVID-19, is said to be furious with top Democrats for pressure on him to quit following debate flop, but resigned to prospect of pulling out of race."

Very on-brand for Biden.  I still think he won't step down.

Is Biden alive?

The Corner: "It’s Quiet at the Biden Beach House in Rehoboth — Too Quiet."

For a guy who claims he's still running for President, Biden hasn't had a single public appearance since Wednesday although his campaign intern is still tweeting for him.

How do you solve a problem like Kamala?

NY Post: "Kamala Harris proves again she’s not a better candidate than Biden."

The betting money is shifting to Kamala but everybody seems to forget one thing about her: she's terrible.  On the other hand, dropping her from the top spot would be a tacit admission that she was a DEI hire never ready for the Presidency.  Which is it?

Unbelievable

Wall Street Journal: "Trump Gunman Flew Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination - Discovery adds to growing list of stunning security lapses that almost led to former president’s killing."

Stunning is right.  Absolute clown show.

A show of endurance

Somebody at Reason liked Trump's speech: "Trump's Acceptance Speech Was Too Long—and Very Effective - He showed he's the boss of the GOP and that Joe Biden and the Democrats need to raise their game."

He put on a hell of a show not in spite of an overly long final soliloquy but because of it. Simply standing on his own two feet for a couple of hours while ranting, raving, joking, and raising his comically small fists was enough to raise the bar for Joe Biden and the Democrats in a way that virtually nobody saw coming even a few months ago.

He didn't even take a sip of water.

Speech is running looonnnngggg

About a half-hour ago, Trump said "I better finish strong" and then he kept on going.  The crowd is flagging as we approach midnight.

Wrap it up, man.

Greatest tag-team ever

The RNC had Hulk Hogan followed up with Rev. Franklin Graham.  What a combo.

Trump speaks tonight

Fox News says that he's completely re-written his speech and will not mention Biden at all.

As for me, I would love it if he opened with: "Friends, Republicans, Countrymen - lend me your ear."

Collapse

The walls are closing in.  Biden is now below 8% in the Presidential betting markets.

Update - 9pm EST: 4.7%.

AYFKM

Every time I think this Trump shooting story can't get any worse, the Secret Service digs a little deeper: "Thomas Matthew Crooks hid rifle in advance of Trump rally sniper attack, Secret Service source says - Would-be Trump assassin hid rifle ahead of deadly rally shooting, source says."

"Should we sweep the area for guns and bombs?"

"Nah, it'll be fine."

Get well soon, Mr. President

Fox News: "Biden tests positive for COVID, White House says - Biden presented Wednesday afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, White House says."