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→ Democratic platform forgets to remove Joe Biden’s name
The Democrats’ new party platform has everything: a land acknowledgement, Nick Fuentes, and 150 mentions of Donald Trump. The party, currently gathered on the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, commonly known as “Chicago”, will vote tonight to officially approve the new suggestions.
They started with a land acknowledgement. pic.twitter.com/vPjrgR7n36
— Erika Sanzi (@esanzi) August 19, 2024
The sprawling 92-page document, which was released to the public only this morning, was drafted before Joe Biden exited the race and thus awkwardly mentions the President 287 times, including 19 mentions of a second Biden term, compared to only 32 mentions of Kamala Harris, many of which in fact refer to the “Biden-Harris Administration”.
The document also contains a lengthy ode to the police, a remarkable change in tone from the 2020 platform’s call to “overhaul the criminal justice system from top to bottom”. In addition, it mentions Donald Trump’s meeting with “white supremacist, antisemite, and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes”. Have any Democrats actually read it?
→ Led By Donkeys get their own exhibition
Fresh from a chortle-inducing prank on former PM Liz Truss last week, Led By Donkeys are getting their very own exhibition. The self-described “political accountability collective” have risen to prominence through a series of publicity stunts and videos, taking in targets as varied as Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and David Cameron. Now their work will be exhibited in Bristol next month, coinciding with the publication of their book Adventures in Art, Activism and Accountability.
“The first ever exhibition of the work of Led By Donkeys is taking place in Bristol. The exhibition at 17 Midland Road…”
-That should have been Midwit Road. https://t.co/06KjjgHDVa— Kristian Niemietz (@K_Niemietz) August 18, 2024
Founded in 2018, Led By Donkeys began life as an anti-Brexit movement but has broadened its oeuvre to include other Tory foibles. Following last week’s Truss stunt, the group claimed it would hold the new government to account, and that “Labour is fair game”. Plenty of material to look forward to, no doubt…
→ Conservatives mock Kamala Harris for ‘drinking problem’
A number of prominent Right-wing X accounts are spreading a rumour that Kamala Harris is an alcoholic. Ever since Donald Trump ally James Blair announced on X that there were “a lot of rumors out there about Kamala having a serious drinking problem”, the platform has been deluged with clips of the VP fixed with captions suggesting that she is obviously drunk, and that her supposed alcoholism is an open secret in Washington circles. It remains entirely unclear which high-level Democrats are leaking this valuable intel to Right-wing X accounts.
This is extremely serious. Someone with an unhinged drinking problem has a chance to become the President of the most powerful country on earth.
Kamala Harris has been rumored for years to show up drunk to important meetings as VP. In this clip you can hear the alcohol in her… pic.twitter.com/hoV3LAfNvY
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) August 18, 2024
The eagerly-spread allegation is perhaps the Right’s answer to the spurious couch rumours that have plagued J.D. Vance. However, it’s unlikely to pick up much steam outside the conservative echo chamber, as it’s neither salacious nor particularly unusual. Some of America’s most beloved presidents have been notorious booze hounds. Could this fix her relatability problem?
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SubscribeA clip where Kamala Harris urges people to get a nice big bottle of cheap white wine doesn’t prove she is an alcoholic!
And holding fund raisers in wine bars proves nothing either…
If she had a drink problem, the media would have reported it by now.
The Washingtonian magazine article ‘“Kamala Harris Knows Her Wine” simply shows that she is a conossieur…
If you want Kamala-approved wines, there is https://jackandkitty.com/kamala-harris-wine-secrets/
Sounds like shes doing the populist ” I’m just like you common folk”promotion. I expect she’ll be declaring her fandom of Maddona and Blondie next.
If she had a drink problem, the media would have reported it by now.
You mean the way they were all over Biden’s senility?
Agreed. Sounds like nonsense to me – unworthy of serious journalists. I do think the regime media would hide it though, if it were true.
I’ve recently learned that Boris Johnson lives in a village,or at least one of his houses,I expect he has several,is in an Oxfordshire village with a acclaimed Donkey Sanctuary. Was he led by inner impulses? Does anyone notice the difference?
The party, currently gathered on the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, commonly known as “Chicago”
Is there any way we can give Chicago back to the Anishinaabe?
That was frickin hilarious.
She does slur
Good grief. UnHerd’s reportage desk was struggling yesterday.