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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Harris the Safe Bet May be High Risk

Guy Benson says the choice of Harris was predictable as “Team Biden has been running a prevent defense-style campaign for months. They believe they are ahead by a significant margin and have thus kept their shaky, gaffe machine of a candidate off the grid to the greatest extent realistically possible.” But, he explains, Harris isn’t the moderate the media is painting her as, but rather on “the party’s far left edge” (Townhall). Harris is already filling the air with lies (National Review). Mollie Hemingway looks at the horrendous character assassination Harris used against Kavanaugh (The Federalist). Alexandria Desanctis explains “She is without question the most radically pro-abortion candidate to run for president or vice president in the history of our country” (National Review). Red State’s Jennifer Van Laar has seen too much of Harris in her time in California (Red State).

Uber Could Shut Down for Year Due to California Law

From the story: In a new four-page declaration, Brad Rosenthal, Uber’s director of strategic operational initiatives, said that if the company has to reclassify the bulk of its workforce as employees rather than contractors, it will “force Uber to dramatically restructure its entire business model and its relationships with drivers and riders.” In a call with investors Wednesday, Lyft CEO John Zimmer said the company would likely also suspend operations in the state for similar reasons.

NBC News

Wisconsin State Agency Tells Employees to Wear Masks in Zoom Meetings

Even if you are home alone (The Hill). Senator Jim Talent explains “In dealing with a pandemic, the right goal is to reduce the total human harm over the life of the pandemic. That includes serious illness and death inflicted by the disease itself, but also harm from other illnesses that would have been treated but for restrictions imposed by the pandemic, as well as the secondary but very real human deprivations that occur when the normal patterns of life are disrupted (National Review).

Biden Hits His Peak as Democrats Keep Him Hidden

From Jim Geraghty: For Biden, these days may be as good as it gets. As November approaches, he will have a tougher time campaigning almost entirely via Zoom calls from Delaware. His fellow Democrats are not hiding their concerns that three 90-minute debates offer ample opportunities for stumbling blocks. Traditionally, presidential campaigns tighten near the end. Nate Silver ominously declares that Biden’s chances of winning are about the same as Hillary Clinton’s chances at this time four years ago.

National Review

District Attorney Confirms: Many Rioters in Portland Won’t be Prosecuted

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt says they have made policy changes so hundreds of rioters will be back on the streets to keep the riots going. Only the more extreme cases will remain.

NY Post

Former Colonels Claim Trump Might Try Coup If He Loses

The conspiracy theory that has been around every president at least since the Clinton years, but never quite like this. And this time the media is actually pushing it (Hot Air). Byron York says other similar conspiracy theories are bouncing around (Washington Examiner). And apparently Jamie Lee Curtis believes Trump supporters are stealing mail trucks to win the election (Washington Examiner).

Cancel Culture Overtakes Colleges and Universities

Pepperdine’s Pete Peterson writes “academia’s proudest boast for the last hundred years has been its devotion to free inquiry. These days, however, it is hard to keep up with the instances of faculty members denounced and often punished for thought-crimes. Significant numbers of academics have, in effect, made a U-turn on free speech. Instead, they now favor censoring those whose views — past or present — can no longer be “tolerated.”

Washington Times

Jerry Jones Says Fans Can Come Watch Cowboy Football

From the story: Gov. Greg Abbott said in June that he would allow 45,000 people into the stadium, so Jones is well within legal bounds to do so. AT&T Stadium can seat up to 100,000 while the main seating capacity is 80,000, giving fans more than enough social distancing space.

Red State