PrairiePundit

 Stephen Kruiser: ... One of the most effective ads that the Trump campaign has produced this cycle juxtaposes Kamala Harris's campaign trail laments about the economy with the giddy cheerleading for Bidenomics that she did before she was running for president. A clip of an oh-so-serious Harris talking about financial problems facing America is quickly followed by one of her beaming and proudly proclaiming that Bidenomics is working. It's a great ad that firmly yokes her to the economic policies of Biden's that she's so desperately trying to run away from. As we are all painfully aware, the evidence that Bidenomics is not working in any way that benefits American citizens is overwhelming. If the American electorate didn't have so many registered voters who have lost their minds, this election wouldn't even be close, and Donald Trump would coast to victory. News hit this week that two familiar establishments on the American retail landscape are succumbing to the

 NY Post: Vice President Kamala Harris angrily dodged questions on border policy, Iran and President Biden’s fitness for office in an contentious interview with Fox News host Bret Baier — as more polls showed her losing the initiative in the race for the White House. The 26-minute interview with the Democratic nominee kicked off with a tense grilling by Baier on immigration policy — with Harris repeatedly refusing to say that terminating former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy was a mistake. Baier’s first question schooled Harris about the effects of the current administration’s more permissive policies, which allow many illegal border-crossers to await asylum rulings inside the US, before asking how many migrants had been allowed into the US after crossing illegally. ... When Harris declined to offer a figure, Baier said that “it’s a rough estimate of 6 million people released into the country” before pressing her: “Looking back, do you regret the decision to termin

 Red State: In a race too close for comfort , with everything on the line, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a masterful debate performance on Wednesday night. Facing off against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), the current senator pummelled his opponent on issue after issue. Allred wasn't ready for primetime, contradicting himself at multiple points and walking right into numerous receipt-laden traps set by Cruz. Cruz came into the debate planning to expose Allred for the radical he is, not the moderate he claims to be. I think it's safe to say he succeeded. ... Allred is a liberal and most of Texas is not.  The race should not be as tight as it allegedly is.  Cruz has been a good Senator for Texas. 

 Real Clear Investigations: When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime. But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022 by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults. The Bureau – which has been at the center of partisan storms – made no mention of these revisions in its September 2024 press release . RCI discovered the change through a cryptic reference on the FBI website that states : “The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion in CIUS, 2023.” But there is no mention that the numbers increased. One only sees the change by downloading the FBI’s new crime data and comparing it to the file released last year. After the FBI released its new crim

 DC Daily Journal: ... Death, taxes, and MSNBC giving the most unhinged takes you’ll find on cable TV news. These are what you can rely on to be true for the rest of your life. The Donald Trump-obsessed networks have seemingly learned nothing about how to calm down their rhetoric and approach their opposition to Donald Trump in a rational and reasonable, level-headed way. No, instead they are still marching forward with the tired talking point that Donald Trump is literally a fascist and the “next Hitler” who needs to be stopped before he tries to wipe out anyone who isn’t rich and white. Yes, this is what they are still saying after he already had one term in office and didn’t do anything resembling a fascist movement. That word “fascist” is so charged and carries such a negative weight behind it that they will never let go of it. If you call someone a fascist, even if it’s not true, some people will still believe it because they are (rightfully) extremely scared of dangerous authorit

 American Action News: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for stopping hundreds of Jewish passengers from making a connecting flight, according to a Tuesday DOT press release. Following alleged misconduct from some passengers, Lufthansa prohibited 128 Jewish passengers from boarding their connecting flight, most of whom were wearing “distinctive garb typically worn by Orthodox Jewish men,” the press release stated. However, many of the passengers were not traveling together and did not know each other, leading the DOT to issue the penalty — the largest the agency has ever issued against an airline for a civil rights violation. “Most passengers who were interviewed by [the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection] stated that Lufthansa treated them all as if they were a single group, and denied boarding onto [the flight] to everyone for the apparent misbehavior of a few, because they were openly and visibly Jewish,” the DOT’s consent o

Daily Mail: A dangerous Venezuelan gang has taken over at least four apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas , as it expands its reach in yet another America city, DailyMail.com can reveal. Dubbed the 'epitome of evil', Tren de Aragua (TdA) is known to run drug smuggling, child prostitution and human trafficking rings in South America, with its members crossing over into the US in recent years amid a wave of Venezuelan migrants. The tattooed mobsters have since unleashed a wave of crime across the country from Miami and Texas to Denver and New York. The gang's activities in the American cities are back in the spotlight after ABC News’ Martha Raddatz claimed the instances of gang members' presence in apartments was limited to a 'handful' of complexes in Aurora, Colorado . Just last week a small army of police officers raided an apartment complex in San Antonio and arrested 19 individuals - including four gang members . Law enforcement sources confirmed TdA h

 The Federalist Wire: ... Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) received the lowest rating in the Cato Institute’s latest report card on governors’ fiscal management of taxes and spending. Walz, who is currently running as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate in the 2024 election, has been leading Minnesota since 2019. The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank that advocates for limited government intervention, fewer regulations, and lower taxes, recently released its biennial report, evaluating the fiscal policies of all 50 governors over the past two years. In this year’s report, Walz scored a 19 out of 100, the lowest rating in the nation, and was given an “F” grade. The next-lowest score went to Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY), who received a 29. “He has overseen substantial spending increases and pushed many tax hikes,” the report stated. “Minnesota’s general fund budget increased from $51.9 billion in the 2022–2023 biennium to $70.5 billion in the 2024–2025 biennium, a 36 percent incre

 National Review: In her first formal interview with Fox News, a 25-minute long sit down on chief political anchor Bret Baier’s show Special Report, Vice President Kamala Harris had trouble answering questions about what Americans find to be the most pressing electoral issues — including immigration, the economy, and President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race. The pair began by talking about immigration, a top issue for American voters. When Baier asked Harris how many illegal immigrants her administration has released into the United States, Harris dodged, and said, “Bret, let’s just get to the point. The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired.” “We recognized from Day One that, to the point of this being your first question, it is a priority for us as a nation and for the American people, and our focus has been on fixing a problem, and from day one, then we have done a number of things, including to address our asylum system and put mor

The Biden-Harris attempt to throttle US energy production and push for the disastrous Big Green agenda has fortunately failed. US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA “We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil.” Yeah. And you had nothing to do with. At all. In just four years, you and POTUS created the single worst regulatory and legislative environment in our industry's 160 year history. You've put into place 250 separate actions designed to put us out of business. You wanted to put our CEOs in jail, confiscate our capital and prevent our investors from getting any return. And while we were digging ourselves of the hole you put the economy in, through the summer of 2022, you and your boss went and shook the tin cup at OPEC "please give us more..." To you - Saudi and Venezuelan crude is great - and US or Canadian crude is bad. And in spite of all that