Now it looks like a one-two punch with kid-gloves. Vice President Kamala Harris drew puffballs from Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe after CBS's Sunday Morning aired a soft-serve scoop of her hubby, "Second Gentleman" Douglas Emhoff. This show has been on a streak of puffball interviews with liberals this year.  CBS reporter Rita Braver offered no questions about Kamala's viral "word salads" or inquiries on why so many of her staff have quit over the last four years. There were no questions about Trump or the Republicans. This segment seemed designed just to warm up the image of Kamala and Doug.  The exchange CBS touted at the top was Emhoff denying he's an adviser to his wife. Oh come on! Nobody should believe the denials.  RITA BRAVER: I'll ask you the question that all political wives get and that is, are you also an advisor to your wife? DOUGLAS EMHOFF: No. BRAVER: No?? EMHOFF: I am her husband. She has plenty of people around her giving her advice on her role. I'm just there to support her, to be there for her. BRAVER: When she gets classified briefings, aren't you curious? EMHOFF: No. It`s surreal sometimes when I know she's in the Situation Room and I'll see something on the news, like, "Hmm, I wonder what's happening?" And then when it's not classified it could be, "Hey, you know, that might have been what was happening." Back in 2010 on this program, Jim Axelrod interviewed George and Laura Bush, and she readily admitted she was a sounding board in tough times, like after Hurricane Katrina:  AXELROD: The long knives were out, which is when the White House can be at its loneliest. How does it work, Mrs. Bush? Do you offer a point of view, criticism, when you're in the heat of it? LAURA BUSH: Sure. All of those things. But not a lot of criticism. Braver then turned to First Lady Jill Biden for her gushing over how Emhoff "connects with people." Smooch smooch. Painting by numbers, Braver touted how Emhoff's Jewish background, and avoided Emhoff's harsh attack on Trump in May as "a known antisemite, who’s had dinner with antisemites, who said there was good people on both sides after Charlottesville." BRAVER: Emhoff is not only the first second gentleman, he`s also the first Jewish person ever to be in the "big four," as the top two national couples are called. Emhoff and Harris proudly showed us a mezuzah, traditionally hung on doorposts of Jewish homes, that they placed on the Vice President`s house; and Emhoff has taken a leading role in fighting antisemitism. KAMALA HARRIS: The work that Doug is doing is really extraordinary. I mean, fighting antisemitism, especially at this moment in time when so many people are living in fear and also just, you know, concerned about what's happening in our country. EMHOFF: She said this issue found me -- HARRIS: It did EMHOFF: -- and she literally said, "And now you've got to step up." BRAVER: That was all before the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israelis. Now, Emhoff is front and center, standing in the Rose Garden with the President and Vice President.' EMHOFF (May 20): I know a lot of us are feeling alone, afraid, and in pain. There is an epidemic of hate, including a crisis of antisemitism in our country and around the world.  [To Braver] I process that to this day as a Jewish person -- the impact, the emotional, the rage, all those things that so many of us feel. Braver did not ask about pro-Hamas protests on campus or anti-Israel Democrats like AOC or Jamaal Bowman. This was the only time Braver threw a moderately challenging question -- on behalf of the pro-Hamas Palestinians:  BRAVER: What about Palestinian and Muslim Americans who say, "We`re hurting, too"? EMHOFF: All hate is bad. The work I`ve been doing has centered not only on fighting antisemitism, but fighting hate of all kinds, letting people know that a hate against one is a hate against all. That's pitch perfect with Karine Jean-Pierre talking points, always matching anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Braver ended with a question that could be seen as tricky. Have you thought about moving to California? Politicians (and their spouses) never suggest they're pondering defeat. Emhoff gave the usual "democracy is on the line" guff from the Democrats: More than a little hyperbolic? But in tune with the press corps. Second Gentleman @DouglasEmhoff to Rita Braver on @CBSSunday: “We have to win this election. Literally, our country and our world depends on us winning this election.” pic.twitter.com/F4TCl4wdAJ — Brent Baker ?? ?? (@BrentHBaker) June 23, 2024

Ezra Levant has many different titles — lawyer, journalist, author, political activist, and founder of Rebel News, “which is a lot like Blaze News in some ways,” says Glenn Beck. He’s also a target for the authoritarian Canadian government. Levant and his Rebel News team have been “outspoken” when it comes to Canada’s crusade against free speech (and just freedom in general), and it’s made him an enemy of the state. “The Canadian government has been after [Levant and his team] for a long time,” says Glenn, adding that Levant is “now having to fight the censorship bill” that Canada passed last year. “It looks like he may be facing prison time because of ‘hate speech,”’ which we know is just a catchall phrase for anything the government doesn’t want said. “Toronto, Canada, where I live, is the site of a pro Hamas encampment,” Levant tells Glenn. “There's screaming, mask-wearing thugs marching through the city every week ... besetting synagogues and residential areas. There was a Jewish school that was shot up a few weeks ago. ... It's an anti-Semitic crime wave.” However, when Rebel News “drove [its] jumbo tron truck around the city, showing some of the scenes of Hamas thugs threatening to kill people, blocking the downtown streets, [and] having a mass prayer gridlocking the city ... the police chief made an announcement on Twitter that he was investigating [the team] for a hate crime.” DYSTOPIAN: Canadian Police Threaten Journalist with JAIL Over Bogus “Hate Crime” youtu.be “The fact that we showed those things [meant] we were conducting a hate crime, and [the police chief] announced his investigation in advance, declaring it an Islamophobic hate crime,” Levant explains. “If [he and his team are] convicted ... under this provision of the Canadian criminal code, it's a two-year prison sentence.” “The very next day,” following the announcement of the investigation, “I got in the jumbo tron truck, and I drove it, and I parked it right outside the headquarters of the police chief,” Levant recounts, “and I walked into the main police police station in Toronto, and I said, ‘I'm here to see the chief.'” Unsurprisingly, “He wouldn't come down, and he wouldn't send anyone else down, so I eventually left.” However, despite the looming threat, Levant and Rebel News refuse to cower in fear. “We've been driving the truck with those same images for a few days now, and I don't know what's going to happen next,” he says. To help Ezra and the staff at Rebel News fight this absurd and unlawful attack on free speech, go to https://savethetruck.com/. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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