In a bold and provocative statement, billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel suggested that if the 2024 election comes down to a razor-thin margin, Vice President Kamala Harris will likely "cheat" to secure the win. Thiel, who has been a strong supporter of Donald Trump, made this claim during a podcast at the "All-In" Summit, stirring up significant controversy as the 2024 race heats up. Thiel’s remarks reflect a growing concern among conservative circles about election integrity, particularly in tight races. He emphasized that should the contest be close, Harris and her allies would resort to unethical tactics to tilt the outcome in her favor. Thiel's comments mirror the broader sentiment in certain right-wing communities that Democrats have a history of manipulating elections, a belief that gained traction after the contentious 2020 presidential election. “If you don’t want AI to replace you, be a little bit racist or a little bit sexist or or just really funny. Everybody else will get replaced.” -Peter Thiel pic.twitter.com/shbjBprsuX — ᴍᴇᴅ ɢᴏʟᴅ (@MedGold_) September 14, 2024 The tech mogul argued that unless Trump's victory is decisive, there would be little chance of a fair outcome, accusing Democrats of using every tool at their disposal, including bending or breaking rules, to claim victory. Thiel warned that if Republicans do not secure a landslide, the election results would be vulnerable to manipulation. Thiel's stark view of Harris is nothing new. He previously compared her unfavorably to former President Barack Obama, stating that Harris lacks both his political savvy and public appeal. This recent statement, however, takes his criticism to a new level by directly accusing the vice president of planning to subvert the democratic process​. Peter Thiel would gladly eat ALL THE CATS; dogs, too No pets for you! @_whitneywebb [megalomaniac • swipe left] https://t.co/BFt7ARk7OE pic.twitter.com/I5DvCKkmi4 — Jack (@banteringless) September 12, 2024 While Thiel’s accusations have not been substantiated with specific evidence, they have gained significant attention. His words have resonated with those who believe that the Democratic Party's approach to issues like voter ID laws and mail-in voting opens the door to potential fraud. Figures like Elon Musk have echoed these concerns, pushing for stricter voter regulations to ensure a fair election. The idea that the 2024 election could be rigged isn't new among Trump’s base. Many Republicans continue to challenge the results of the 2020 election, where they believe widespread fraud occurred, especially in swing states like Arizona and Pennsylvania. Thiel’s comments align with a growing push from conservative leaders who want to limit mail-in ballots, require voter ID, and enforce in-person voting on Election Day as ways to prevent alleged Democratic interference. Despite Thiel's strong words, there is little indication that mainstream media or election officials have taken these claims seriously. In fact, similar accusations in the past have been thoroughly debunked by numerous bipartisan investigations into the 2020 election. However, for Thiel and his supporters, the belief persists that Democrats are planning to "fortify" their position, as was alleged during Trump’s 2020 defeat.. With the 2024 presidential election looming, this rhetoric is likely to intensify as both sides gear up for a fierce battle. Republicans will push hard for stronger election security measures, while Democrats will continue to defend the legitimacy of their electoral victories. Thiel’s controversial statement serves as a reminder of how polarized and mistrustful the political landscape has become in the United States. The post Peter Thiel Warns: ‘Kamala Harris Will Cheat’ in a Close 2024 Election appeared first on The Conservative Brief.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Blood Is On Their Hands': Abbey Gate Survivor Describes Coming Face To Face With Joe Biden

'I made more money, I paid less taxes, gas prices were cheaper'

'Excuse me, I'm not speaking to you'

It's better than any movie script or television play I've read!

'Unusually frequent donations'

'have more of these crazy guys'

This episode is “FUNbelievable!”. Join us as we examine XUXA, the bizarre children’s variety show from 1993 starring a millionaire Brazilian media icon, who barely spoke English. Freakish human/animal sidekicks, gaggles of children running amok CONTINUE READING... The post Remember That Show? Ep. 21: XUXA appeared first on The Retro Network.

Kamala Harris consented to a puffball panel discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists on Sept. 17, and it was announced that PolitiFact would engage in live “fact-checking.” Their Twitter feed then displayed 14 checks on Kamala’s answers. The first one was labeled “False,” and all the rest of them were “True,” “Accurate,” or basically okey-dokey. On Sept. 11, PolitiFact hit a new milestone in leftist aggression. Former President Donald Trump was thumped with a “Pants on Fire” tag for the 200th time with “they’re eating the pets” in Springfield, Ohio. He’s been tagged with flaming pants 12 times since June 1. Harris, by contrast, has zero. She was first elected statewide in California in 2010. Your two candidates this year, not exactly “neck-and-neck” at 200 to nothing. Now compare this to national politicians since PolitiFact came on the scene in 2007. Joe Biden has seven “Pants On Fire” ratings, and only one as president. Barack Obama has nine, Hillary Clinton has nine, Bill Clinton has three, and Bernie Sanders has a perfect zero like Kamala. Even Republicans don’t have anything like Trump’s 200. George W. Bush has zero, John McCain had eight, Ted Cruz has 11, Newt Gingrich has 12, and surprisingly, Mitt Romney has 19 — and 18 of those came in 2011 and 2012, when he challenged Obama for the White House. Their weirdest Romney “Pants on Fire” came when he said, “We’re only inches away from no longer being a free economy.” You can argue we didn’t have a free market back under Obama in 2012. Bryan White at PolitiFactBias.com says this harsh flaming rating “counts as substantially if not wholly subjective.” That’s not to say that some lies aren’t whoppers. It’s when they emotionally hate something that’s not as bad as they claim it is. In April, White singled out a “Pants on Fire” for Trump claiming he “did much better” in the Wisconsin election in 2020 than 2016, and “after the wrongdoing was found, people said, ‘Well, he actually did win.'” The second half is false: He narrowly lost Wisconsin. But the first half is mathematically true: Trump’s vote count in 2020 was 1,610,184 in Wisconsin, and it was 1,405,284 votes in the state in 2016. So he had more votes. He “did better.” Except that he won the state in 2016, and lost it in 2020. This sounds like a “Half True,” not a “Pants on Fire.” On Sept. 4, Trump was rated as “Pants on Fire” for calling Harris a “communist.”  It’s like CNN host Kasie Hunt noting during the Democrat convention, “she doesn’t identify as a communist.” Now flip that to the other party. Many Democrats and leftists have called Trump a “fascist.” Search PolitiFact for a harsh rating on that, and you won’t find it. What you will find is a “Half True” rating on Madeline Albright comparing Trump’s “drain the swamp” rhetoric to fascist Benito Mussolini. When Biden compared Republicans to Jim Crow segregationists over their voting-integrity legislation, PolitiFact argued the subject was too complicated for a rating. They claimed: “Some historians say Biden’s rhetorical point was justified as a way of highlighting the dangers of backsliding from hard-won voting rights.” These dramatic double standards on “facts” underlines why so many voters don’t trust “fact-checkers.” Trump has 1,051 fact checks, and 805 of them are “Mostly False” or worse — 76.6% wrong. Bernie Sanders has 176 fact checks, and 44 were on the false side — 25%. Bernie can call Trump a “fascist” and he’s all good. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post PolitiFact Throws Its 200th ‘Pants on Fire’ Tag at Donald Trump appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates marks a new chapter in the D.C. Cartel’s long march toward the bankruptcy of our nation. Although the Fed’s move to cut rates and expand the money supply may provide some relief from higher interest rates for consumers and businesses, it does so at the expense of fueling the fires of inflation. With prices for essentials rising over 20%, this move doesn’t prioritize the interests of the American people. Here are the five key things you need to know about the Fed’s rate cut and what it’ll mean for you and your family. 1. Federal Spending Real Cause of the Problem The federal government has recklessly expanded in recent years, redirecting more of your hard-earned money into the hands of bureaucrats and their allies. Federal spending either can be paid for through taxes or borrowing. Tax increases, of course, harm Americans in a direct manner by taking from your paycheck and bank account. Borrowing, on the other hand, creates a more insidious and obscure harm. The federal government can crowd out private investment and eat everyone’s lunch off the money market buffet table. As federal debt grows, it imposes a burden on every American. The Federal Reserve then faces a choice: Print more money, leading to skyrocketing inflation and price increases, or refrain from printing and impose prohibitively high interest rates on credit cards, prospective homeowners, and small business owners. Without cutting government spending, any Fed action is merely a form of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic of debt. 2. The Fed Chooses High Inflation Over High Interest Rates This dynamic means that the Fed is left with only a Sophie’s choice between high inflation and high consumer and business interest rates. For roughly the past three years, the Fed has tried to restrain the money supply to reduce inflation at the risk of increasing interest rates—and it has. In that time frame, mortgage rates have gone from around 2.8% to well over 6%—peaking close to 8%. This has meant that a typical mortgage on a median-priced home now will cost a homeowner well over $300,000 in extra interest costs over the lifetime of the mortgage. With inflation rates now down to around 3%, the Fed has chosen to waffle back to putting pressure on inflation to bring down interest rates. The Fed seems committed to this seesaw between the two as the way to manage the pain from federal deficits. 3. Decision Comes Right After Federal Interest Costs Top $1 Trillion a Year Of course, the Federal Reserve’s decision comes right after federal spending on annual interest payments broke $1—close to $8,000 per American family per year. When interest rates are high, it isn’t only consumers and businesses that face high rates, it’s also the government. Reversing the course back to lowering rates at the expense of higher inflation seems rather self-serving for the government when viewed through this lens. 4. This Rate Cut Comes Suspiciously Right Before Election The Fed’s actions always take time to permeate through the economy. And although tightening conditions can have faster impacts on sending interest rates higher, in monetary loosening it takes more time for inflation to be seen. This is because markets tend to react quickly to the specter of scarcer money by sending rates higher, but prices rise only as the newly created money fully flows through the economy. As such, the Fed’s decision to cut rates—and increase the money supply—likely will lead to a flurry of activity now, with inflation coming in well afterward. This is analogous to the hangover coming the morning after a night of drinking. The suspicious thing here is that the hangover almost certainly will happen conveniently after the election. Inflation is still above the Fed’s traditional 2% target. In fact, it is much closer to 3%, while the median rate of inflation is well above 4%. So, it seems even more arbitrary that the Fed would choose now—a close but strategic distance from Election Day on Nov. 5– to begin a drinking binge. 5. The Problem Only Expected to Get Worse Disturbingly, the problem is likely to get worse. Modest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest that we can expect to add at least $20 trillion to the national debt—ballooning it to well over $400,000 per American household. Whiplashing between high inflation and high interest rates will only continue to grow in intensity if the debt continues on this path. Unless there are serious cuts to planned federal spending and debt accumulation, this burden will continue to grow without end. Whenever the government spends a dollar, it commits to steal that dollar from a hardworking American—either through taxes, or through borrowing and money-printing. There is only one solution: We must restrain government spending before it further cripples the American Dream. The post 5 Things You Need to Know About the Fed’s Rate Cut appeared first on The Daily Signal.