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Kamala Veers Left

John Hinderaker — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:24:24 +0000

() As far as I can tell, Kamala Harris has no particular political convictions. She blows with the wind like a weather vane. Not surprisingly, these days she is blowing toward the socialist Left.

Kamala Harris on Friday signaled she’d support abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court – an indication that the former vice president has moved further to the left since her disastrous 2024 presidential campaign.

“I know this is going to be controversial coming from me, in particular,” Harris said in remarks at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville, Tenn., before laying out part of her potential 2028 platform.

“We need to revisit the Electoral College. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court, to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts.

Actually, there are 94 federal judicial districts, but who’s counting? No one expects accuracy from the likes of Kamala Harris.

“We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.,” the former vice president argued.

This is the radical Democratic Party agenda, as it has existed for some years–add more reliably liberal states to pack the Senate, pack the Supreme Court with new seats to be filled by Democrats, and so on. I am not sure what Harris has in mind with regard to the Electoral College, as there is zero prospect of a constitutional amendment that would change how we elect our President and Vice President. I suppose that is merely a sop to her party’s far-left base.

The ruler of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, memorably said that “Democracy is like a streetcar. You ride it until you arrive at your destination, then you step off.” So you only have to win one election.

Today’s Democrats are following the Erdoğan model. If they achieve power over the executive and legislative branches in 2028 or any successive election, they do not intend to give it up. Ever. They will institutionalize their own power, and to be on the safe side, all measures that would allow honest and open elections have been, or will be, blocked.

There is virtually no chance that Kamala Harris will be the Democrats’ nominee in 2028, as that would more or less cede the election to the Republicans. But her radical turn reflects the fact that there is no longer a center-left in the Democratic Party. The Democrats are a socialist/Communist party, and anyone who doesn’t get with the program will soon be driven out. Whether that far-left party will be allowed to seize power–forever, if they get their way–is the great political question of our time.

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Dems’ Dumbest Idea Ever?

John Hinderaker — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:52:59 +0000

() I know, it is a stiff competition. But this one is a contender. New York State Democrats have introduced legislation that “Requires food retail establishments provide a ten percent discount when a customer uses a self-service checkout kiosk.” They are proud of this, as though it made some kind of sense:

New York Democrats introduce bill requiring 10% discounts on all items at self-checkout. pic.twitter.com/VsPn8Sp9L9

— Democrats Deliver (@DemzDeliver) July 31, 2026

I am not sure what their thinking was. Force grocery stores (and maybe fast food restaurants? I don’t know what the definition of “food retail establishment” is) to employ more checkout employees? Reduce grocery costs? I really don’t know.

What I do know is that grocery stores operate on exceedingly thin margins, generally 2%-3%, or even less. So if you force them to discount their products by 10% if they use a self-service kiosk, you have effectively banned self-service kiosks. Is that really what the Democrats have in mind? I personally dislike self-service kiosks and almost never use them, but there is a reason why grocery stores have adopted that technology: they are in a highly competitive industry, and it saves money. If New York’s Democrats ban money-saving technology, what will happen? Grocery store prices will, to that extent, rise.

Sometimes you wonder, can Democrats possibly be that stupid? Nearly always the answer is, yes, sadly, they can indeed be that stupid. No one should ever vote for a Democrat.

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Real or Fake?

John Hinderaker — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:27:43 +0000

() Troy Jackson has replaced Graham Platner as the Democrats’ Senate candidate in Maine. Jackson is basically Platner without the tattoo. There is also this difference: it has come out that Jackson’s “partner”–apparently they have never actually gotten married–is his second cousin. That isn’t particularly shocking, but it has given rise to a number of memes.

And also this:

omg pic.twitter.com/jCjmd0yXrd

— Magills (@magills_) July 31, 2026

Did Troy Jackson actually post that comment back in 2023? @TroyJackson207 is his real Twitter handle, but I haven’t done any detective work to confirm that it was actually him. I will say that it is funny, and if Jackson actually did it, it raises my opinion of him considerably.

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Defending the DNC

John Hinderaker — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:35:23 +0000

() The Democratic National Committee has been in the news lately, for all the wrong reasons. But never fear: the DNC has a spokesman who explains that all will be well. He is Scott Brown, Deputy Director of DNC Studios. His defense is heartfelt, and I think the cat, in particular, will help to dispel the Democrats’ image issues:

I work at the DNC. Just needed to get this off my chest. pic.twitter.com/94OE9HlPcO

— Scott Brown (@ScottBrownDC) July 31, 2026

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Dan Rosen speaks

Scott Johnson — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:36:57 +0000

() My friend Daniel Rosen is the United States Attorney for Minnesota. I covered his June 16 press conference announcing grand jury indictments handed up in connection with the violent opposition to Operation Metro Surge in “Antifa anti-ICE brigade charged.” The long Department of Justice press release is posted here along with the 95-page indictment. Dan urges everyone to bypass the press and read the indictment.

The press conerence was wild. The press displayed its hostility to the proposition that the anti-ICE protests might have gone one toke (or three) over the line. The press supports the “protests” in ways large and small but insufferably inane. The National Lawyers Guild — the old Communist front group — seized on the opportunity to call its own press conference following Dan’s outside the courthouse. I thought it was news that the NLG is still alive.

Liz Collin of Alpha News called on Dan to discuss the indictment. The related Alpha News story is posted under the headline “Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor speaks out on Antifa indictment, political violence” (“We allege that it’s criminal conspiracy. That is the heart of the indictment—and it’s criminal because what it’s all about is not peaceful protest”). I have embedded the video below.

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