Former Vice President Kamala Harris “rebuffed” a request from the Vance family to allow their children a tour of the vice president’s residence ahead of the inauguration, according to Vice President JD Vance.
Vance revealed the apparent snub during an appearance on the inaugural episode of the Katie Miller Podcast that aired on Monday. Harris, branded as &#8220;Momala&#8221; during the presidential campaign, reportedly denied the Vance children an early chance to see the house they would live in for the next four years.
“I think that, normally, it&#8217;s customary for the outgoing vice president to show the incoming vice president&#8217;s family the house,” Vance said. “We have three little kids, so I guess at the time our kids were, like, 7, 5, and, you know, 2 – I guess Mirabel turned 3 right before the inauguration.”
“Usha really wanted to show [the children where they would be living], so what we actually proposed is, recognizing the weirdness of the politics, can Usha take the kids over and just show them where they&#8217;re going to be living for the next 4 years, and they were rebuffed,” Vance said.
Instead, Vance and his wife introduced their children to the vice presidential residence through photos.
“A friend of ours in Cincinnati had a book about the vice president&#8217;s residence, and so we would show the kids what it would look like, but that&#8217;s as close as they ever got to it” before the inauguration, Vance said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a> says after the election, since it&#8217;s usually &#8220;customary for the outgoing VP to show the incoming VP&#8217;s family the house,&#8221; he proposed bringing their kids over so they could see their home for the next four years — but Kamala &#8220;rebuffed&#8221; that request. <a href="https://t.co/YC58At8Iqf">pic.twitter.com/YC58At8Iqf</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1955041787292094548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Harris snubbed the vice president, as well. Traditionally, the sitting vice president has invited the incoming vice president to the residence ahead of inauguration, though Harris skipped the custom with Vance.
Harris has often brought up her role as “Momala” to her stepchildren, Cole and Ella, gained through her marriage to her husband Doug Emhoff. The nickname was agreed upon one night by Harris and Ella a couple years after Harris and Emhoff were married.
Harris wrote about the experience in a Mother’s Day <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a27422434/kamala-harris-stepmom-mothers-day/">piece</a> in Elle in 2019. The nickname has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/kamala-harris-stepmom-cole-ella-emhoff.html">referenced</a> repeatedly in news articles and profiles to tout Harris’ family’s support for her career in politics.

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Kamala Wouldn’t Let Vance Kids Tour The Veep’s House Before Inauguration, VP Says

Kamala Wouldn't Let Vance Kids Tour The Veep's House Before Inauguration, VP Says

JD Vance

Vice President

Washington D.C.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) turned out a scathing critique of former Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 presidential bid, saying that she&#8217;d relied too much on the counsel of billionaires who had steered her away from speaking on behalf of American workers.
Sanders spoke with CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and she asked him to address a comment he&#8217;d made about Harris at a recent rally in West Virginia.
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“How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crisis facing working families?”<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSanders</a> says that one reason Kamala Harris lost in 2024 was because “she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working class.” <a href="https://t.co/QRnwxO8znQ">pic.twitter.com/QRnwxO8znQ</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1954533959892631883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Bash began with a clip of from the rally, in which Sanders told the audience, &#8220;One of the reasons, in my view, that Kamala Harris lost this election is she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working-class of this country.&#8221;
&#8220;Ouch,&#8221; Bash reacted before she asked Sanders to clarify.
&#8220;Well, no, I think, I mean, I don’t think that that’s — I like her, she’s a friend of mine, but her core consultants, you know, were heavily influenced by very wealthy people,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crises facing working families? You know, more income and wealth inequality today than we’ve ever had. You have 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck. You’ve got a health care system which is broken and dysfunctional, and despite spending so much, we’re the only major country not to guarantee health care to all people. How do you not talk about these issues?&#8221;
&#8220;She talked about affordability —&#8221; Bash prompted.
Sanders objected: &#8220;Well, but in a vague — I don’t want to rehash that campaign, but I think the clue to Democratic victories is to understand that you’ve got to stand unequivocally with the working class of this country. You need an agenda that speaks to the needs of working people.&#8221;
Just two months before the election, Sanders sang a different tune. He claimed then that Harris was being &#8220;pragmatic&#8221; in hiding her own Marxist tendencies so that she could win the election.
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Welker: &#8220;Do you think Kamala is abandoning her progressive ideals?&#8221;
Bernie: &#8220;I think she is trying to be pragmatic and do what she thinks is right in order to win the election.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/qtwmgui7vd">pic.twitter.com/qtwmgui7vd</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1832777676811034816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bernie Turns On Kamala In Scathing Critique Of 2024 Bid

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According to political analyst Mark Halperin, if former Vice President Kamala Harris slams former President Biden in her new book, Biden’s team is poised to level her publicly.
Just after Biden signed a book deal for his memoir, Harris announced her upcoming book &#8220;107 Days,” which revolves around her 2024 presidential run for the presidency. Halperin made his comments on 2Way’s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp7wJWVNlbI">The Morning Meeting</a>.
“I’m gonna break a little news here,” Halperin boasted. “We talk all the time about what did Kamala Harris know and when did she know it about his cognitive decline. I will tell you, and this has never been reported, barely at all, if the Biden people decide that Kamala Harris is coming after Joe Biden, wait until you hear the Palin-esque stories about how much they tried to help her be prepared to be vice president and be in a position to run, and how much they decided, ‘Not happening. She’s not up to this.’ And if the Biden people feel threatened, you will hear stories about Kamala Harris as vice president that will not make her look good.&#8221;
“There’s a closeness to the couples,” he stated, “It’s not like they’re at war currently, but I’m tellin’ ya, if Joe Biden feels threatened, if his people feel threatened by her, this is going to escalate in a big way and she will have a hard time defending against the stories if that dam bursts. They were extraordinary in trying to help her do the job of vice-president; they gave her every opportunity. They found in some instances that she had some issues.&#8221;
“The folks in the Biden administration, including the president himself, were very protective of her, did their best to make her a success, did their best to make her ready to be president either if Joe Biden left office prematurely or if she decided she wanted to run,” Halperin said. “If you look at her public schedule, you&#8217;ll see she had, I think, an unprecedented number of meetings with world leaders. Certainly, every opportunity, whether they were in Washington or when she traveled overseas, she met a lot of world leaders. They tried to get her up to speed, but she was not quite ready for prime time. Let me put it that way.”

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Political Analyst Says If Kamala Slams Biden In Her Book, His Team Will Level Her

Political Analyst Says If Kamala Hits Biden In Her Book, His Team Will Level Her

Joe Biden

Lina Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden and one of the administration&#8217;s most far-left members, billed taxpayers for a luxury car service while barnstorming the country on the eve of the presidential election, according to an inspector general probe.
As part of a &#8220;Charge Card Act review,&#8221; the FTC&#8217;s inspector general <a href="https://oig.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2025-07/2025-07-08_Final_Redacted_Version_FTC%20OIG%20management%20advisory_ground%20transportation.pdf">found</a> &#8220;unusually high expenses for travel,&#8221; including nearly $19,000 for booking a private car service during 16 trips to other cities, plus additional costs for using the service to get around Washington, D.C. It found that Khan had used the service for &#8220;ease of transportation,&#8221; without addressing &#8220;a less expensive alternative.&#8221; On one trip to Denver, Khan spent $1,128 on a private chauffeur service when she could have rented a car for $407, it said.
Some of the expenses billed to taxpayers may have come as she was accused of using her government position to campaign for Democrats ahead of the November 2024 election.
On October 2, 2024, <a href="https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/ftc-lina-khan-campaigns-with-democrats/">Punchbowl News</a> said Khan was &#8220;zig-zagging&#8221; the country to appear with Democrat politicians, where &#8220;Khan&#8217;s events with lawmakers have nominal policy themes&#8230;but the timing so near the election is hard to ignore.&#8221; That included an event in Chicago with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and in Wisconsin with Rep. Mark Pocan. The car service fees highlighted by the inspector general include October 2 travel in Chicago at $1,021, and October 3 travel in Madison, Wisconsin, for $2,215.
The findings come as Khan, who has consistently attacked the greed of large corporations and CEOs, has prominently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/lina-khan-mamdani-democrats-small-business.html">boosted</a> the campaign of socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York.
FTC management replied to the inspector general that the spending did not violate existing rules, but highlighted a need to update the agency&#8217;s policies. The inspector general recommended &#8220;enhanced requirements for the justification and documentation of these travel expenses.&#8221;
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) faulted the politically tinged trips even before the luxury car service was known about, saying Khan had a pattern of playing fast and loose with rules. He <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-21%20JDJ%20Lee%20to%20Khan%20re%20Hatch%20Act.pdf">wrote</a> in October 2024 that &#8220;Federal law and FTC ethics rules prohibit you from participating in political events, and from using appropriated funds for any political activity&#8230; This concern is particularly significant given your history of ignoring agency ethics advice concerning the appearance of partiality, including ignoring the advice of the agency&#8217;s Designated Agency Ethics Official.&#8221;
Khan faces additional questions after she placed a Democrat political appointee into a top long-term job at the FTC in the final hours of the Biden administration, essentially infiltrating the incoming Trump administration. Nathaniel Segal worked as Special Assistant to President Joe Biden and Deputy Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris until January 18, 2025, when he was placed in a non-political FTC job after Khan personally overrode staff&#8217;s concerns, three Trump officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-aide-under-doj-investigation-falsifying-paperwork-to-get-musk-buyout">previously told</a> The Daily Wire.
As someone who had just started his job at the FTC, Segal should have been on new-employee probationary status. But he was falsely put on the FTC&#8217;s payroll as a non-probationary employee, making it harder for Trump administration officials to fire him. When the Trump administration fixed the error, which would have made Segal worry that he would be laid off, he created false, backdated paperwork to try to get paid through Elon Musk&#8217;s &#8220;Fork in the Road&#8221; buyout offer, for which he was not eligible and had not actually applied, according to the officials.
The Segal situation is now the subject of a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors, and it could implicate not just Segal, but also Khan.
Since The Daily Wire broke that story, it has uncovered more questions about Segal&#8217;s hiring, finding no record that the FTC ever advertised the job to the public (most openings are required to be advertised on USAJobs.gov). That would mean that Khan gave a civil service job to a Democrat insider without giving the public any chance to apply.
Converting political appointees to career employees at the tail end of an administration is known as &#8220;burrowing&#8221; and is only permitted with permission from the Office of Personnel Management, which said it had no record of approving the move.
Some Biden administration officials schemed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/labor-department-fires-kamala-aide-exposed-by-the-daily-wire-for-burrowing-in-trump-workforce">evade</a> those regulations by creating &#8220;three-year term&#8221; positions that would implant a Democrat operative through the bulk of the Trump administration, but which they argued didn&#8217;t count as burrowing because the job wasn&#8217;t permanent. But such positions also need to be advertised to the public, and wouldn&#8217;t be eligible for the buyout, which was designed to get rid of employees who could otherwise be on the payroll for decades.
Khan&#8217;s possible abuse of the civil service for partisan purposes is particularly egregious as Democrats claim it is a conspiracy theory for conservatives to believe in a &#8220;deep state.&#8221;
Although no job postings appear to show the FTC giving others the chance to apply to the Deputy Technology Officer job that went to Segal, they do show a frenzy of attempted hiring activity in the FTC&#8217;s tech and information departments between the election and inauguration. Those include:
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<li>A <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825540600">cyber adviser</a> at up to $191,900, posted December 21</li>
<li>An <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825528200">IT specialist</a> at up to $88,926 posted December 23</li>
<li>A &#8220;Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Mission Success Manager)&#8221; at up to <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/827928800">$195,200</a> posted January 15</li>
</ul>
Khan, now on the faculty of Columbia University, did not return a request for comment.

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Socialist-Praising Biden Honcho Billed Luxury Travel To Taxpayers, IG Finds

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Zohran Mamdani

CBS late night host Stephen Colbert jabbed at former Vice President Kamala Harris when she refused to say who she believed was leading the Democratic Party going into the 2026 midterm elections.
Harris joined Colbert on Thursday to promote her new campaign memoir — titled &#8220;107 Days&#8221; — and after pointing out the fact that both Harris and former President Joe Biden were removed from the campaign scene, Colbert asked who would step in and lead the Democratic Party in the immediate future.
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Kamala Harris was asked by canceled Late Show host Stephen Colbert who the leader of the Democrat Party is…
She couldn’t name a single person.
Even she couldn’t pretend someone was in charge.
The Democrat Party is a ship with no captain, no compass, and no clue. <a href="https://t.co/Vt3csPOstq">pic.twitter.com/Vt3csPOstq</a>
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesleyHuntTX/status/1951285199578308914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You&#8217;re no longer – you&#8217;re not running for office right now, you&#8217;re stepping away from that life right now,&#8221; Colbert began. &#8220;Um — who&#8217;s leading the Democratic Party? I&#8217;m just curious.&#8221;
&#8220;There are lots of leaders, and — and — and —&#8221;Harris began, but Colbert stopped her.
&#8220;There&#8217;s generally a leader of the Democratic Party,&#8221; Colbert challenged, prompting laughs from the audience. &#8220;You know, like, &#8216;Oh, that&#8217;s the leader of the Democratic Party.&#8217; Who comes to mind?&#8221;
&#8220;I think there are a lot —&#8221; Harris said again, and then corrected herself before Colbert could interrupt again. &#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna go through names, &#8217;cause then I&#8217;m gonna leave somebody out and then I&#8217;m gonna hear about it.&#8221;
&#8220;But let me just — let me say this,&#8221; Harris continued. &#8220;I think it is a mistake for us who want to figure out how to get out and through this, and get out of it, to put it on the shoulders of any one person, it&#8217;s really on all of our shoulders.&#8221;
Harris announced earlier in the week that, after giving it a lot of thought, she had decided <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-will-not-run-for-governor-in-california">not to run</a> for governor in her home state of California. Speculation continues to swirl that she may run for the presidency again in 2028.

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‘There’s Generally A Leader’: Colbert Presses Kamala To Name Dem Top Dog

'There's Generally *A* Leader': Colbert Presses Kamala To Name Dem Top Dog

Stephen Colbert

Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor in her home state of California — and while she did not rule out any future campaign plans, she hinted that, at least &#8220;for now,&#8221; her place was not in any elected office.
Harris commented, &#8220;My statement on the California governor&#8217;s race and the fight ahead&#8221; — as she shared her announcement in a post on X.
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My statement on the California governor&#8217;s race and the fight ahead. <a href="https://t.co/HYzK1BIlhD">pic.twitter.com/HYzK1BIlhD</a>
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1950633431945379888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Over the past six months, I have spent time reflecting on this moment in our nation&#8217;s history, and the best way for me to continue fighting for the American people and advancing the values and ideals I hold dear,&#8221; Harris said in a statement, going on to say that she valued her time in the multiple elected offices she&#8217;s held — from California Attorney General to Vice President — and planned to continue working as &#8220;a public servant.&#8221;
&#8220;In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their governor. I love this state, its people, and its promise. It is my home. But after deep reflection, I’ve decided that I will not run for Governor in this election,&#8221; she announced.
She went on to say that she planned to continue supporting other Democrats as they ran for office, adding, &#8220;For now, my leadership — and public service — will not be in elected office. I look forward to getting back out and listening to the American people, helping elect Democrats across the nation who will fight fearlessly, and sharing more details in the months ahead about my own plans.&#8221;
Harris did not mention the possibility of a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/kamala-harris-wont-run-for-california-governor-00484884">second run</a> at the White House in 2028, but rumors have swirled about that possibility since she lost her 2024 bid to President Donald Trump. Her decision not to run for California Governor may fuel more speculation on that topic — and it certainly changes the landscape for potential gubernatorial candidates in California, many of whom were expecting her to enter the race.

Kamala Will Not Run For Governor In California

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Gavin Newsom

President Donald Trump railed against former Vice President Kamala Harris in a social media post on Saturday, claiming that she paid for several of her big-name endorsements — namely singer Beyoncé and longtime television host Oprah Winfrey — in her failed bid to win the presidency in 2024.
In a post originally shared via his Truth Social platform, the president argued that paying for political endorsements was illegal and said that all of those involved — whether they were paying or taking payments for those endorsements — should be investigated and prosecuted.
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&#8220;I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!),&#8221; Trump began.
He want on to add that they also reportedly paid &#8220;Three Million Dollars for &#8216;expenses,&#8217; to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV &#8216;anchor,&#8217; Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING!&#8221;
&#8220;These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention to this matter.&#8221;
While it is documented that a number of celebrities — including Winfrey and Beyoncé — received payments through their production companies, ostensibly for operating costs, they have denied being paid simply to appear.
&#8220;I did not take any personal fee. However, the people who worked on that production needed to be paid and were. End of story,&#8221; Winfrey said in May.
Tina Knowles, Beyoncé&#8217;s mother, said it was a &#8220;lie&#8221; that her daughter was paid to appear on behalf of the Harris campaign.

President Donald Trump

‘They Should All Be Prosecuted’: Trump Trashes Kamala, Celebs Over Alleged Pay-For-Play Endorsements

'They Should All Be Prosecuted': Trump Trashes Kamala, Celebs Over Alleged Pay-For-Play Endorsements

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Donald Trump

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Money In Politics

Actor Jeff Daniels is still upset over the fact that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in an electoral landslide in November. He said as much during a recent podcast appearance, going so far as to compare Harris to former President Abraham Lincoln.
“I still think about Kamala, and how I think she would have been a good choice. I don’t care what they say,” the 70-year-old said on Nicole Wallace’s show, “The Best People.”
 “Because she would have done what Lincoln did,” Daniels added. “Liz Cheney would have been Secretary of State.” 
“Team of Rivals,” MSNBC political analyst Wallace chimed in, referencing Lincoln’s strategy of appointing political adversaries to his cabinet.
“That’s what Lincoln did, surrounded himself with the people who would disagree with him, not the people who would, you know, take a knee and go, ‘Yeah, more tariffs, sir, more,&#8217;” the actor went on.
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Daniels then said the Republican Party has gotten worse because of Trump.
“It’s the madness of King George… and just the deterioration of the Republican Party,” he said. “I’m just an actor. What do I know? But when Mitch [McConnell] started stacking the courts 25 years ago, I said it on your show once. They can see it coming. The new America that is diverse and treats everyone with equality and respect, and dignity, you know, kind of like Jesus did. We’re ready for that.”
He accused “Mitch and company” of trying to stop this utopia from being achieved out of fear it would make conservatives the “minority.”
“We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule of law,” Daniels went on. “Lost it. We have normalized verbal abuse on the internet. We’ve normalized bullying. Much as the woke generation tried to, you know, change that. It’s back,” he said. “And out the window goes character, integrity.”
The “Dumb and Dumber” star added, “We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. [Trump is] everything that’s wrong with, not just America, but with being a human being.”
The actor questioned how the conservatives and others on the Right could support the president and indicated that if Jesus came back right now, he wouldn’t be happy with how things are going.

Jeff Daniels

Dumb And Dumber? Actor Jeff Daniels Compares Kamala To Honest Abe

Jeff Daniels Still Not Over Kamala Losing Election, Compares Her To Abraham Lincoln

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Entertainment

Nicole Wallace

U.S.

Hunter Biden is back.
There are a couple of reasons why that matters. One is that Hunter Biden is a stand-in for his father. When Hunter talks, Hunter is speaking for Joe Biden. And when he speaks for Joe Biden, he is speaking for the establishment wing of the Democratic Party.
The second reason is that Hunter Biden&#8217;s exposure of the entire Left for the fraud that it is, because of his father, is quite incredible.
It is worthwhile to remember that Hunter Biden was part of that inner coterie of people surrounding Joe Biden who knew that Joe was unhealthy, mentally unwell, and who left him in place because they were essentially playing at the presidency. When you listen to Hunter, you should understand he was at least partially the actual president of the United States for several years.
So that makes Hunter’s interview with Andrew Callaghan of Channel 5 on YouTube important.
He said Nancy Pelosi drove Biden out of the race. “You know who did not want Kamala Harris to be president and did not want her to be the nominee?” Hunter asked. “Nancy Pelosi didn&#8217;t want her to be; none of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s people wanted her to be. They wanted an open convention. They wanted a floor fight. I don&#8217;t know what the hell they wanted, but they wanted to be the ones to anoint whoever they were going to anoint to become the next president of the United States. … All I know is that they definitely did not want Kamala Harris, which undermined her, which undermined the campaign.”
He also took some swipes at people like George Clooney and David Axelrod, saying:
<blockquote>You know what George Clooney did? He was given the blessing by the Obama team or the Obama people and whoever else, and David Axelrod and whoever the f*** else. &#8230; ‘We are going to insert our judgment over yours.’ We, me, and James Carville, who hasn&#8217;t won a race in 40 f***ing years, and David Axelrod, who had one success in his political life, and that was Barack Obama — and that was because of Barack Obama, not because of David Axelrod and David Plouffe and all of these guys, the Pod Save America guys who were junior speechwriters on Barack Obama&#8217;s Senate staff who have been dining out on the relationship with him for years, making millions of dollars, the Anita Dunns of the world, who&#8217;s made $40, $50 million off the Democratic Party &#8230; I don&#8217;t have to be nice. &#8230; What right do you have to step on a man who&#8217;s given 52 years of his life to the services of this country and decide that you, George Clooney, are going to take out basically a full page ad in The New York Times to undermine the president?</blockquote>
Hunter also suggested that he was totally qualified to be on Burisma&#8217;s board. One of the kind of seamy realities about the last election cycle is that some of it was about Joe Biden&#8217;s age. A lot of it was about a widespread perception of the Biden family&#8217;s absolutely deep and abiding corruption.
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Hunter denied he had been put on the board of Burisma for any political reason, which, of course, is absolutely ridiculous. He had no experience in the energy sector. He couldn&#8217;t point out Ukraine on a map, and suddenly he was on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm?
It had nothing to do with his last name being Biden.
The last part of the interview was amusing — Hunter defending himself by making the argument that crack is somehow safer than alcohol, which is a hell of an argument.
But put all of this aside. Put aside the Biden administration and its corruption, the fact that Joe Biden was dead for several years, and that his family was essentially running the government. If you see Hunter as a stand-in for the Joe Biden moderate wing of the Democratic Party, things start to get interesting because Hunter Biden also spoke about policy.
There were two particular issues where Hunter Biden put specific focus: illegal immigration and Israel. These issues are the ones where Democrats are completely at odds with the American people, but they will not let it go. They are more likely to let go of the trans issue than to let go of illegal immigration and open borders, as well as the new flavor of the month, that Palestinians are the great victims in the Middle East, including Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, Islamic Jihad, and all the rest of the terrorist groups.
If you&#8217;re trying to figure out the direction of the Democratic Party, if you&#8217;re trying to get out the divining rod and determine which direction the Democratic Party is going to move into, the more moderate side or the more radical side, here’s the key: the moderates are already caving to the radicals.
They may separate from the trans stuff because it&#8217;s been so wildly unsuccessful for them. But the root cause of the Democratic Party is a belief that America is a great victimizer in the world, and therefore, America ought not to have borders, and also America’s foreign policy should be to abandon any strong ally, as long as it is beneficial to the Democratic Party.
“All these Democrats say you have to talk about and realize that people are really upset about illegal immigration,” he said. “How do you think your hotel room gets cleaned? How do you think you get food on your table? Who do you think washes your dishes? Who do you think does your garden? Who do you think is here, by the sheer, just grit and will that they figured out a way to get here because they thought that they could give themselves and their family a better chance, and he&#8217;s (Trump) somehow convinced all of us that these people are criminals? White men in America are 45 more times likely to commit violent crime than an immigrant.”
He actually concluded that statement by suggesting that we should actually force El Salvador to send back illegal immigrants. Which is funny, since the ones we&#8217;re sending to El Salvador are, by and large, people with actual criminal records.
This is vitally important because Hunter was Joe Biden&#8217;s partially functioning brain during the administration. This is the Democratic Party perspective on illegal immigration: America ought to be an open borders country because unfettered immigration, without any sort of real security, without any sort of concern about cultural assimilation, is an effective good.
That is something the Democratic Party deeply believes in. As we start discussing 2028 candidates understand, there will not be a Democrat on the stage who significantly calls for border security.
It&#8217;s not just with regard to immigration. The Democratic Party also realizes that the energy in its party is very much on the side of third-world-ism.
It&#8217;s the Zoran Mamdani belief that the Third World has been victimized by America and her allies, and therefore the Third World must have her revenge. Hunter was talking about the dramatic increase in antisemitism under his father&#8217;s administration and claimed the real reason for that is because of the Israelis. In other words, after Hamas murdered 1,200 Jews in Israel and took 250 hostage, a couple of dozen of whom are still being held hostage after a year and a half, it&#8217;s Israel&#8217;s fault that antisemitism broke out.
He quoted the noted hater of Israel, Tom Friedman, saying that the worst thing that&#8217;s happened to the Jewish people is the Israeli government. “Jewish people globally, the threats to their lives, the anti-Semitism that it has generated,” he said.
The worst thing that has happened to the Jewish people is the Israeli government, according to Hunter Biden. Then he bragged about how his father tried to hamstring Israel in its pursuit of getting back its hostages and ending Hamas, an actual, honest-to-god, American State Department-designated terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.
“He took away the bunker-busting bombs from the Israelis,” he boasted. “He tried to curtail Netanyahu&#8217;s thing. He forced Netanyahu to open up shipping lanes and aid lanes at the Rafah crossing to be able to get food aid in. He put pressure over and over and over again. And now, by the way, that is not even remotely happening. What is happening is that they were bombing food lines. There is no one in there to be able to record it. &#8230;There have been more journalists killed at this war in Gaza than in any other war combined, and nobody&#8217;s doing anything about it.”
This is propaganda on behalf of Hamas, because the reality is that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the GHF, which has been actually facilitating the entry of aid into Gaza, has been denying Hamas access to the food, which is why Hamas is shooting people and then attempting to insinuate itself among the population in order to shoot at Israeli soldiers, who then respond. That is the reality.
But these are the parts of the Democratic base that the Democrats are trying to woo. It is very important to them, illegal immigration, and third-world-ism. There is no systemic immunity for the Democratic Party against the radical base.
It does not exist. So if you think they&#8217;re going to nominate somebody who&#8217;s quasi-moderate in 2028, you’re wrong.
It is not going to happen.

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President Donald Trump crowed over the settlement in his lawsuit against &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; CBS, and Paramount on Tuesday — which stemmed from a selectively edited interview of former Vice President Kamala Harris — calling it a &#8220;BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN!&#8221;
Trump first shared the news in a post on his Truth Social platform, where he also took aim at ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos over their recent payout in a similar lawsuit.
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&#8220;BREAKING NEWS! We have just achieved a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount,&#8221; Trump posted. &#8220;Just like ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and its Corporate Owners knew that they defrauded the American People, and were desperate to settle.&#8221;
&#8220;Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement, and we also anticipate receiving $20 Million Dollars more from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming, for a total of over $36 Million Dollars,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread fraud and deceit.&#8221;
Trump went on to list a number of other media outlets that were on his radar — against some of whom he has already threatened to take action. &#8220;The Wall Street Journal, The Failing New York Times, The Washington Post, MSDNC, CNN, and all other Mainstream Media Liars, are ON NOTICE that the days of them being allowed to deceive the American People are OVER. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;
Just one day earlier, over a story linking Trump to a birthday letter he allegedly wrote to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — which he&#8217;s repeatedly said is &#8220;fake&#8221; — the White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-boots-wsj-from-press-pool-over-report-on-fake-epstein-letter">barred</a> The Wall Street Journal from the press pool during Trump&#8217;s trip to Scotland.
&#8220;As the appeals court confirmed, the Wall Street Journal or any other news outlet are not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and in his private workspaces,&#8221; Leavitt told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/journal-removed-white-house-pool-epstein-00465548" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> at the time. &#8220;Due to the Wall Street Journal’s fake and defamatory conduct, they will not be one of the thirteen outlets on board. Every news organization in the entire world wishes to cover President Trump, and the White House has taken significant steps to include as many voices as possible.&#8221;

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Businessman Mark Cuban revealed during a recent podcast appearance that even though he had pressed former Vice President Kamala Harris to do more of the &#8220;bro podcasts&#8221; ahead of the 2024 presidential election, her campaign team had actively prevented her from doing so.
Cuban made the admission on a recent episode of &#8220;Pod Save America,&#8221; saying that while he and other surrogates were permitted — and encouraged — to make such appearances, campaign leadership kept Harris on the sidelines because &#8220;they didn&#8217;t trust her&#8221; to not make mistakes.
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&#8220;One of your main jobs on the Harris campaign was — they sent — you went on all the quote, unquote, &#8216;bro podcasts,&#8217; right?&#8221; the host began. &#8220;You were on Theo Vonn, you were on &#8216;Flagrant,&#8217; you went on &#8216;All In&#8217; with all the tech guys and all of that — and I heard you tell Tim Miller of The Bulwark that you told the Harris campaign they should go do those things. Why did that not happen? Like, what was the response when you said that?&#8221;
&#8220;They were afraid,&#8221; Cuban replied. &#8220;They were afraid, right? They didn&#8217;t trust her.&#8221;
&#8220;That she would make a mistake?&#8221; the host prompted.
&#8220;Yeah, and because they had her so wrapped — so wound tight — like if the cursing Kamala would have gone on the &#8216;bro-casts,&#8217; she would have killed it,&#8221; Cuban said.
The host pointed out that she had done at least one podcast appearance — &#8220;Club Shay Shay&#8221; with Sterling Sharpe — where she&#8217;d appeared more relaxed, and Cuban agreed: &#8220;You could see some of her personality come out.&#8221;
&#8220;But even like Alex Cooper [&#8216;Call Her Daddy&#8217;] that was so just — you know — pre-set, right?&#8221; Cuban continued. &#8220;That was so overly organized that it made it tough.&#8221;

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Recently released memos from former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign reveal the Democrat&#8217;s public relations struggles in the waning days of her failed White House bid.
The memos — first reported by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf in the forthcoming book &#8220;2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Left Lost America&#8221; — were written by Maria Comella, a PR consultant who also <a href="https://www.comella.co/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served as</a> chief strategist for Chris Christie&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign.
In multiple instances, Comella <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e956-d05a-afb7-ed5645b00000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Harris to &#8220;Call out the Democratic Party for missing the mark on public safety in US cities.&#8221; The memo notes that Harris should demonstrate her willingness to criticize Democrats on top of &#8220;Trump&#8217;s chaos.&#8221;
The memo also urges Harris to appear on Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast, noting that the host &#8220;will be looking for authenticity and it&#8217;s an opportunity to differentiate in style. Be honest about mistakes. There is a natural leadership contrast with Trump who can never admit when he is wrong.&#8221;
President Donald Trump joined Rogan&#8217;s show in late October, after which Rogan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-endorses-trump-for-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed.</a> In response, Harris&#8217;s campaign <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-says-harris-campaign-lied-about-her-failed-appearance-on-his-show-brings-receipts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a> that Rogan misled them in a malicious attempt to sabotage her presidential run.
Rogan retorted that the Harris campaign &#8220;never agreed to do the show. None of that&#8217;s true … They also said that they sent someone down here to the studio to do a walk-through of the set. That&#8217;s not true.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e958-da98-a3b7-f95a2eec0000">memo</a> lists former The View cohost Meredith Vieira and sports podcaster Bill Simmons as alternatives to Rogan. Harris never joined Rogan, Vieira, or Simmons, but did make an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-blasted-for-going-on-explicit-call-her-daddy-podcast-as-americans-are-dying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on the explicit podcast &#8220;Call Her Daddy.&#8221;
In accompanying memos published in the same book, Harris was urged to distance herself from then-President Joe Biden, who had only recently dropped out of the race.
Referring to the Biden administration&#8217;s disastrous border policies, the <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000197-e958-de82-a7d7-ff5cedae0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> told Harris not to &#8220;waste time defending what has happened. Acknowledge the mistake, define the problem and how we have to act moving forward.&#8221;
&#8220;It turns out it is okay to acknowledge mistakes and failures– particularly if it shows voters where the Vice President is different from President Biden,&#8221; the memo reads.
Harris infamously refused to critique Biden&#8217;s handling of the border in a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview, during which she was asked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-repeatedly-refuses-to-say-it-was-a-mistake-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-flood-into-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly</a> about the issue. Instead, she blamed the massive influx of illegal aliens on Congress.
The memos also mention issues with vocal Trump opponents, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).
&#8220;In many instances, the voices who are willing to speak out publicly in support of Vice President Harris are imperfect messengers who are viewed with a skeptical eye by the audiences you still need to persuade,&#8221; the memo reads.
The book in which these memos were published also <a href="https://www.politico.com/playbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">details</a> how Harris was urged to steer away from using the events of Jan. 6th as the crux of her argument in a late October <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-speech-ellipse-donald-trump-2024-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> in Washington, D.C.
Instead, Harris concluded her speech  by saying Trump &#8220;is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election, an election that he knew he lost.&#8221;

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