Baltimore Man Receives Life Sentence for the Murder of Tech CEO Pava LaPere

Jason Billingsley/Baltimore PD/MEGA

A Baltimore man received a life sentence for the brutal 2023 murder of tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, authorities announced.

Jason Billingsley, 33, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder on Friday. He received three life sentences for killing Pava LaPere, raping April Hurley, and attempting to murder Hurley and her male friend.

The New York post reports,

A career criminal, Billingsley was released from prison after a first-degree sex offense conviction before he went on a brutal rampage in Baltimore.

“This defendant should have never been released into the community following a first-degree sex offense conviction to inflict immense trauma, pain, and sorrow on so many individuals in such a short amount of time,” said State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates.

“These cases inspired our legislation to eliminate diminution credits for first-degree sex offenders.”

On Sept. 19, 2023, Billingsley posed as maintenance staff and knocked on the door of the apartment of Hurley and her friend in the early morning hours, Bates said.

Billingsley kicked the door in, held Hurley down, sexually assaulted her and slashed her throat, the state’s attorney said.

Billingsley poured accelerant on the couple and the apartment and set it on fire, according to Bates. They both survived.

Six days later, LaPere was reported missing before cops found her body on the roof of her Mount Vernon apartment building, along with a brick.

Surveillance footage captured Pava LaPere, co-founder of EcoMap Technologies, standing up from the lobby couch at 10:32 p.m. to let Billingsley in.

They were then seen entering the elevator together.

At 11:08 p.m., Billingsley exited the building alone. The medical examiner determined her death was a homicide caused by strangulation and blunt force trauma.

Instagram / Pava LaPere

Pava LaPere, once honored on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for social impact, started her eco-focused company straight from her dorm room at Johns Hopkins University.

Police found LaPere’s body on the roof of her building.
Instagram / Pava LaPere

On Friday, April Hurley and LaPere’s family stood alongside State’s Attorney Ivan Bates at a news conference to discuss Jason Billingsley’s guilty pleas and his life sentences.

“Every day, I have flashbacks and triggers that cause terrible anxiety, pain and stress,” Hurley reportedly said.

“I will never be the same person.”

“If it weren’t for God and my will to be alive, I wouldn’t be standing here today,” she said.

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SHOWDOWN: President Trump’s Lawyers Dismantle Jack Smith’s Superseding Indictment in Joint Status Report

President Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith presented opposing arguments for how the January 6 case will proceed in a joint status report filed late Friday night ahead of a status conference scheduled for September 5.

On Tuesday Jack Smith indicted President Trump AGAIN in DC following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

As TGP reported last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith opted out of holding a ‘mini trial’ before the November election and is ‘carefully revising’ the January 6 case against Trump following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling according to a leak to Bloomberg.

Jack Smith’s prosecutors presented evidence to a new grand jury in order to recalibrate the case after the Supreme Court ruled Trump is immune from prosecution for ‘official acts’ as president.

The grand jury indicted Trump on the same four charges that were unveiled last August: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Trump’s lawyers argued that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for alleged ‘crimes’ committed while he served as US President.

In Jack Smith’s indictment last August, prosecutors asserted that President Trump sought to use the DOJ to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In the new 36-page indictment, Jack Smith’s prosecutors claim Trump’s actions were not ‘official acts’ because his rally was privately funded and “privately organized.”

Jack Smith dropped Trump’s top DOJ official Jeffrey Clark from the superseding indictment based on the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

In the new indictment, Federal prosecutors argued that Trump used his X/Twitter account for “personal purposes.”

In the joint status report filed Friday night, Jack Smith argued that presidential immunity set forth in Trump does not apply to the categories in the superseding indictment that federal prosecutors will introduce at trial.

“The Government proposes that it file an opening brief in which it will explain why the immunity set forth in Trump does not apply to the categories of allegations in the superseding indictment or additional unpled categories of evidence that the Government intends to introduce at trial and will proffer in its brief,” Jack Smith’s prosecutors wrote in the joint status report reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.

Trump’s lawyers came out swinging in the status report, dismantled Jack Smith’s superseding indictment and asserted that President Trump will move to dismiss the Special Counsel’s improper appointment and use of non-appropriated funds.

President Trump’s proposed pre-trial schedule:

“President Trump holds the right to challenge the new indictment, and the underlying grand jury process, as a matter of law,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.

“Here, President Trump is considering several challenges to the Superseding Indictment, each of which should be resolved in his favor as a matter of law and would obviate the need for further proceedings,” Trump’s attorneys wrote.

“We believe, and expect to demonstrate, that this case must end as a matter of law,” they said.

Trump’s lawyers argued that the former president is immune from prosecution following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

Additionally, Trump’s attorneys pointed out that the Supreme Court already determined that his communications with then-Vice President Mike Pence were “presumptively immune.”

“Namely, in Trump, the Supreme Court held that President Trump is “at least presumptively immune from prosecution for” all alleged efforts “to pressure the Vice President to take particular acts in connection with his role at the certification proceeding.”” Trump’s lawyers said.

However, Jack Smith kept Trump’s communications with Mike Pence in his superseding indictment.

“In addition, while continuing to strongly maintain that many classes of conduct alleged in the Superseding Indictment are immune—including, but not limited to, Tweets and public statements about the federal 2020 Presidential election, communications with state officials about the federal election, and allegations relating to alternate slates of electors—President Trump may file a motion to dismiss focused specifically on the Special Counsel’s improper use of allegations related to Vice President Pence, along with other potential key threshold motions,” Trump’s lawyers said.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee, will decide how the case proceeds after the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.

A status conference is scheduled for September 5.

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Lula’s Leftist Party, PT Brasil, Continues to Posts on X Despite Ban of Ordinary Citizens Using the Platform in the Country

Brazilian tyrannical Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and X owner Elon Musk

Guest Post by Miriam Judith

The hypocrisy of these leftists never ceases to amaze… but wow, Lula’s government may have just taken the cake.

In one of the most brazen examples of “rules for thee, but not for me,” Brazilian President Lula’s ‘Workers Party’ continues to post repeatedly on X, despite yesterday’s implementation of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ nationwide ban against the social media platform.

Hundreds of millions of citizens are now blocked from accessing their accounts after Lula’s feud with Elon Musk reached a tipping point on Friday when the socialist tyrant implemented the ban. Supposedly, the only way around this firewall is by using a VPN, however, if anyone is caught accessing the platform, they face heavy fines.

The ruling specifically mentioned Proton VPN, Express VPN, NordVPN, Surfshark, TOTALVPN, Atlas VPN, and Bitdefender VPN. De Moraes imposed fines of up to $8,874 a day for any user found using VPNs in Brazil.

Repeat offenders would likely face even worse repercussions. As has been demonstrated thoroughly, Brazil’s current government has proven it will go that extra mile to silence dissent.

This, however, is of no concern to the tyrants within the Lula regime. Since going into effect, ‘PT Brasil‘, the X account representing the ruling socialist party, has not skipped a beat in delivering its regularly scheduled lineup of propaganda.

Brazil President Lula’s political party is still posting on despite suspension orders.

• Is the ban only for the public and not politicians?

• Are they using a VPN to post?

• Are they being fined as per the orders?

Dictator Alexandre de Moraes has taken Brazil hostage. pic.twitter.com/Xq7e72Zgqy

— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) August 31, 2024

The account has repeatedly posted on its page since the ban, highlighting the blatant hypocrisy of world leaders who place themselves above the laws they create. Not only is this currently playing out in France with Telegram, but it should be remembered that the Biden regime activated its assets in the CIA, Military, State Department, and DoD to ensure a ‘safe and secure’ victory for Lula over Bolesnario.

HUGE! US State Department Pushed “Voting Machine Semiconductors” Prior to Brazilian Election – Then CIA Pressured Populist Candidate Jair Bolsonaro to Keep His Mouth Shut When He Lost! – Elon Musk Responds!

If the current administration supports this tinpot tyranny and its Orwellian censorship then what does that say about the state of our nation and the future it bears as we head into the most consequential election of our lifetimes?

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Swedish Disco Legends ABBA Try (and Fail) to Silence Trump from Playing Their Music

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Swedish pop group ABBA has joined the parade of musicians hypocritically attempting to silence President Donald Trump.

The group, famous for their 70s disco hits, has demanded that Trump stop using their songs at his rallies, citing the so-called “unauthorized” use of their music.

Yet, despite their public outcry, the Trump campaign has stated they have the proper licensing to use ABBA’s music, making the band’s tantrum nothing more than another shallow attempt by out-of-touch celebrities to meddle in American politics.

In a statement obtained by Associated Press, it insisted that no request for permission had been received, and therefore, no license had been granted.

“ABBA has recently discovered the unauthorized use of their music and videos at a Trump event through videos that appeared online. As a result, ABBA and its representative has promptly requested the removal and deletion of such content. No request has been received; therefore, no permission or license has been granted.”

However, this claim was promptly refuted by the Trump campaign, which pointed out that they had indeed obtained a license through agreements with BMI and ASCAP, the organizations responsible for issuing blanket licenses for music use.

“The campaign had a license to play ABBA music through our agreement with BMI and ASCAP,” the Trump spokesperson told the AP.

This latest move by ABBA places them in a long line of virtue-signaling artists who have tried to weaponize their music against Trump, including Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, Celine Dion, and Foo Fighters.

The Gateway Pundit’s Kristinn Taylor reported Saturday that the rock band Foo Fighters threatened President Trump with “appropriate actions” after their 1990s hit “My Hero” was played while Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took the stage at a rally in Glendale, Arizona Friday night.

Now, news has emerged suggesting that they should be the ones facing said “appropriate actions.”

One news outlet has uncovered the truth, and it turns out the Foo Fighters lied. The Independent reported Saturday that The Trump campaign DID have permission to play “My Hero” at the rally after the band sold their rights to BMI.

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Radical Michigan Dem Congressional Candidate Is Shamelessly Running to “Secure Southern Border” In Tight Race Against Republican Tom Barrett

Former Michigan State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. is a far-left committed Democrat. He’s running for Congress in central Michigan, in a district that covers the state’s capital of 112,000 people, Lansing. The district is rated R+2 by political insiders, meaning that it generally skews in favor of Republicans, but only slightly.

Hertel is the former legislative liaison for Michigan’s far-left Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Hertel helped Whitmer pass a budget-busting $86 billion state budget filled with handouts for Communist Chinese battery plants, abortions, driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, and more far-left priorities.

Hertel’s wife Elizabeth is Governor Whitmer’s Director of Health and Human Services who shut down the state for COVID, part of Whitmer’s illegal and unconstitutional far-left COVID powergrab. The Hertels were COVID tyrant hypocrites who left the state during the lockdowns for a vacation.

The district was held by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a deep-state far-left Democrat who beat her Republican opponent in 2022, Tom Barrett, 52-46. Some referenced that previous race as the nation’s most expensive Congressional race. Slotkin is currently running for U.S. Senate against Trump-endorsed Mike Rogers. Hertel is running against Trump-endorsed Tom Barrett, running as the Republican again.

President Trump held another blowout rally in this district on Thursday in a small town 15 miles southwest of Lansing.

Now far-left Democrat Hertel is sending out mailers that talk about his commitment to securing the southern border, saying “Prices are out of control. The southern border is a mess.”

Hispanics only constitute 2.45% of the district, so they are an expendable minority to the Democrats. Democrats in the midst of a so-called “Hispanic Panic” because far-left policies have kept the borders open for so long that major urban areas are turning into gang wastelands as a result of open borders, defunding the police, and expanding social welfare programs.

Meanwhile Venezuelan gangs are taking over apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado and the Democrats are calling it “imagination”

Whistleblowers confirm Biden-Harris is preventing border agents from using DNA to identify repeat illegals entering America and committing violent crimes.

Illegals let into America by Biden-Harris are storming onto school buses in Southern California, where parents are worried their kids are about to be abducted.

These stories are shaping a voter base hostile to Democrat policy records.

So it’s not surprising that Curtis Hertel’s mailers lack any mention except for the return address of the Democrat Party.

In fact, Democrat Hertel tries to take credit for standing up to the Biden administration on border security.

This is not a confident and bold left-wing political campaign.

Hertel also takes credit for working with Republicans, though the track record in Lansing’s prior legislative session is far-left legislation where 1-2 RINOs were bought off typically with pathetic legislative bribes.

Hertel says he “brought people together to get things done for us” and doesn’t list out the details of those accomplishments:

Hertel was able to bipartisan repeal all of Michigan’s pro-life laws to make it easier to kill unborn kids with the bipartisan support of two RINO Republicans: Rep. Donni Steele and Rep. Thomas Kuhn.
Hertel was able to help subsidize the Chinese Communists in their plans to build a Gotion semiconductor plant in rural Michigan and quietly import thousands of Chinese worker-slaves with the bipartisan support of RINO Rep. Curt Vanderwall.
Hertel was able to work with RINOs like Rep. Mike Mueller to vote to help expand casinos in Michigan, on the idea that bankrupting even more Michigan gambling addicts spurs economic growth.
Hertel was able to help repeal part of the 2nd Amendment by mandating a ‘safe storage’ law making it a criminal offense to store guns where a homeowner could quickly get access to them, with the support of RINO Republican Leader Matt Hall. 
Hertel as a Senator sponsored a major violation of the 2nd amendment with a mandated ‘universal background check’ as part of SB 76, which passed with not a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate.

But these are the kind of lies that very few voters look into, so they are easy and consequence-free for Democrats to tell them.

Also conspicuous is that the Democrat, the party of diversity, is hypocritically sending out all-Caucausian mailers. Whereas the left has been militant about injecting diversity into every television commercial, every movie, and every social interaction possible, Democrats are now sending out racially segregated mailers where diversity is not a virtue they are expressing. By contrast, the post-BLM riots mass marketing and campaigning has used “forced diversity” to put racial and sexual-identities in obviously-prominent positions in all communications.

Both Barrett and Hertel served together in the Michigan State Senate. Barrett was a State Senator from 2019-2023, and Hertel was in the same chamber from 2015-2023.

Democrat candidate for U.S. Congress, Curtis Hertel, Jr.

 

Republican candidate for Congress Tom Barrett

Barrett is a conservative choice for voters, but is not considered extreme.

In fact, Barrett has been criticized for surrounding himself with left-wing staff and consultants.

Despite being ambiguous about election integrity and the obvious systemic voter fraud in the 2020 election, leftists attacked Barrett for it anyway and asked for Biden to imprison him.

The election in Michigan is on Tuesday November 5, 2024. Under new Democrat laws, early voting can start up to 28 days before election day, October 8th. Absentee ballots will be sent out starting 40 days prior to the election date, in less than a month on September 26th.

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“The Bible is Gonna Be Back in Classrooms Here” – Oklahoma State Superintendent Promotes Patriotism in Fox News Interview (VIDEO)

Patriotism and faith are constantly under assault from the left in our nation. Fortunately, there are some public servants that are fighting back and encouraging patriotism and faith.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters appeared on “Fox and Friends” on Saturday to discuss the importance of patriotism. He said that new policies would be put in place to encourage and protect students who want to show their patriotism.

He said that under the new policies, students would not be punished, but instead encouraged to embrace patriotism. This response was largely due to a high school student, Caleb Horst, being the target of anti-patriotic staff at Edmond High School earlier this month, forcing him to remove an American Flag on display in his pickup truck.

Fox News Reported:

Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters told the Fox News Channel that his school district would be enacting new policies to allow students to show their patriotism after an Oklahoma high school student was forced to remove an American flag from his truck by school staff earlier this month.

Walters spoke on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday to declare that under new state school guidelines, no student will be punished for displaying the flag or showing their patriotism. Rather, they will be encouraged to love their country and better understand its founding.

“We’re not going to tolerate this anti-Americanism,” Walters told “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth.

“Brand new guidelines will make schools across Oklahoma ensure flags can be flown and that students recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once a week,” Hegseth said.

“What’s your stance in Oklahoma?” Hegseth asked.

“We are not gonna tolerate this anti-Americanism. We’ve seen it being pushed by the Biden administration, by the teacher’s unions, by the radical left. We are not tolerating it in our schools. We want patriots, we want our students flying the American flag. Here is the reality, that is a flag that so many have died for,” Walters said.

“We want our kids to love that flag, love this country, so we have acted swiftly to say that this will never happen again, every single school in the state will protect the students right to fly that flag,” Walters continued.

“The Pledge of Allegiance is required to be said once a week as well, right?” Hegseth asked.

“That’s right, look we need to be saying the pledge,” Walters responded.

“We need more patriotism. We have seen our schools become leftist indoctrination mills pushing hatred for country. That’s not gonna happen in Oklahoma,” Walters continued.

“What’s the response been?” Hegseth asked regarding adding the Bible in the curriculum.

“The Bible is gonna be back in classrooms here in Oklahoma. We will absolutely talk about the impact the Bible had throughout our history,” Walters responded.

Watch:

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

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Texas DPS Find 17 Illegal Aliens Stuffed in One False Compartment in a Truck (VIDEO)

This is Joe Biden and Kamala’s America.

Texas DPS found 17 illegal aliens on Friday concealed in a false compartment in a Lowe’s truck in Kinney County.

The compartment where the illegals were hiding was three feet wide. A number of them were dehydrated and required medical attention. Megel Cazanna Patterson, who was from Mississippi, was arrested for human smuggling and endangerment. The 17 illegals were referred to the Border Patrol

Watch:

#VIDEO: @TxDPS Finds 17 Illegal Immigrants Smuggled Inside False Compartment, Mississippi Driver Arrested

8/30: A TXDPS Trooper stopped a Lowe’s box truck on US-277 in Kinney County.

During the traffic stop, the driver, Megel Cazanna Patterson from Mississippi, consented to a… https://t.co/mJ4oEyFhGr pic.twitter.com/guqbTzCqjr

— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) August 31, 2024

The Texas DPS has been very involved in pursuing illegal aliens and smugglers in various counties within the State. TGP reported this weekend that the DPS Brush team arrested an illegal alien who had an outstanding warrant for kidnapping.

Watch:

TX Trooper Arrests Illegal Immigrant Wanted for Kidnapping

8/24: The @TxDPS Brush Team arrested two illegal immigrants from Nicaragua for criminal trespass in Maverick County. One of the males, identified as Jose Ramon Barberena Bustos, 55, had an active warrant out of Bexar… pic.twitter.com/vGpC3tAA4K

— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) August 27, 2024

Texas has been very successful with Operation Lone Star in apprehending illegal aliens and smugglers while seizing drugs like fentanyl, which are pouring into the US by the cartels. Since it was launched in 2021, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has used the power of the Texas National Guard and Texas DPS to fight the border invasion.

The Federal Government under Biden and Kamala has failed to protect the US from invasion. Article IV, Section 4 of the US Constitution allocates the responsibility to prevent an invasion on the Federal Government, which they have failed to do.

“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence,” Article IV, Section 4 of the US Constitution.

An estimated 15 million illegals have invaded the US under Biden and “Border Czar” Kamala.

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‘Whales, Worms, and Bears’: Panicking Dems Launch Attack on RFK Jr. Over Trump Support

Democrats are now scrambling after last Friday’s news of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump’s campaign for the general election.

How could a man whose family has lifelong allegiance to the Democrats now support a Republican ticket for the presidency?

Needless to say, that is not a good look, and the Democratic National Committee is now looking to make up for it by attacking Kennedy via their own website, with a collection of excerpts from new sites, like MSNBC and USA Today.

The DNC is sincerely hoping you’ll read all of these quotes on RFK and clutch your pearls at the Trump ticket while happily casting your vote in November for a woman with no platform and a running mate who puts tampons in boys’ bathrooms.

With the headline, “Whales, Worms, and Bears: Trump Spends the Week Owning RFK Jr.’s Baggage” the intent of the DNC is clear: This won’t be about policy.

While the entire article — if you can call it that — is just a collection of quotes, a few do stand out that indicate the strategy the DNC is now using, which communicates where their level of desperation is in picking Vice President Kamala Harris as their candidate.

Michigan State Senate Majority Whip Mallory McMorrow said, “RFK Jr. is just Donald Trump with a Kennedy name slapped on him.”

Please stop, senator! I don’t need any more convincing that I like this guy!

As a clear nod to RFK Jr.’s skepticism towards vaccines, USA Today‘s Rex Huppke said of the new addition to the Trump ticket, “Hope you like measles and polio, America …”

In a reference to RFK Jr.’s tales of brain worms and dumping a bear in central park, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said, “Robert Kennedy Jr., the Jeffrey Dahmer of the animal kingdom, has horrified his family almost as much as Jeffrey Dahmer horrified his family by endorsing the most horrifying Republican presidential nominee in history.”

That one is a bit harsh.

Dahmer murdered and ate people; RFK Jr. endorsed Trump for president.

The reader can indulge further on the DNC’s website, but the few quotes above prove the point.

While RFK Jr. is certainly a unique individual with his peculiarities, Democrats are anguishing over his Trump endorsement.

The Kennedy name is a synonymous with the Democrats given his father’s own presidential run and, obviously, his uncle serving as the 35th president.

Pulling a bunch of quotes from leftists and sticking them on your website isn’t exactly what most would classify as a well-constructed hit-piece.

They are just throwing something at the wall to see what sticks.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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INGRASSIA: The Art Of The Choke: How Kamala Harris’ Dumpster Fire Of A CNN Interview Indicates That She’s Not Presidential Material

The takeaway of any honest viewer of Kamala Harris’ much-lambasted interview with CNN’s Dana Bash this past week is that of someone overwhelmed – burdened, one might say – by the stresses of campaigning, and for that reason, wholly unsuited to the office that she seeks.  Even though the Left would beg to differ, one can still level a criticism against a so-called “person of color” that is not based on race or gender, but rather, stands alone as an objective assessment of the candidate’s performance.

In terms of conviction, Harris cut the opposite of the image of a confident leader.  The fact that she needed Tim Walz with her in tow, who has been needled by the press as “Kamala’s comfort dog” – someone who is supposed to provide assurance for a candidate palpably in over her head, is hardly the look of a strong, independent woman.  Rather than be the change candidate, the impression was a candidate ill-equipped in every possible way to take on the solemn and sober duties of the highest political office in the land.  Not a good look for a president.

Kamala’s uncertainty began with her non-responses, which invariably devolved into “word salads” of jumbled and confused thoughts, decoupled from specifics on policy or anything resembling a novel or coherent line of reasoning.  This was immediately on display when Bash pressed Harris on her pivot on several policies, especially fracking.  In 2020, as a Democratic candidate for president, Harris ran on a platform of banning the practice unilaterally.  Her change now is obviously born of political expediency, plain and simple.  Everyone knows this gambit: she is desperately trying to pander to crucial voters in Pennsylvania and other rustbelt states, whose economies so heavily depend on the oil and gas industries.  Only a fool would deny that incontestable fact.  So too would a fool believe Kamala at her word, and think she has come to a genuine change of heart on that issue.

Luckily, most people aren’t fools. This was evident by the downward trends in prediction markets and major pollsters, which had Kamala Harris riding the wave of a manufactured “honeymoon period” narrative in the weeks after Joe Biden was forced out of the race. The fallout of the CNN debacle was swift and unforgiving: Polymarkets, a betting platform, which had Kamala leading Donald Trump before the CNN interview, immediately reverted to having the 45th President ahead once again.

After Kamala Harris’ disastrous interview performance, Polymarket, a prediction market platform, put Donald Trump in the lead over Kamala Harris.

Nate Silver, a left-leaning pollster who created FiveThirtyEight, also yielded a forecast model that gave Donald Trump a five point advantage over his opponent in taking the electoral college. These polls and prediction markets indicate that Americans can detect a choke and bullshit artist when they see one, and Kamala Harris, whose acted out the Art of the Choke in realtime on CNN, came across in the worst possible way: an unapologetic liar, willing to say anything — including adopting President Trump’s own policies, and rhetoric — to get herself elected.

This is especially true given her previous, well-documented devotion to the Cult of Climate Science, which was zealous and extreme. In 2020, if it were up to her, she would have wiped the oil and gas producers off the face of a planet.  Now, of course, her handlers tell her to speak out of both sides of her mouth to pander to what they hope are gullible voters.  This explains Kamala’s garbled answer to Bash, professing that her “values have not changed,” even though she now, apparently, supports fracking – at least until November 5th.

Will Pennsylvania voters buy this?  They certainly should not.  Her explanations – paired with her off-putting, holier-than-thou attitude – simply do not make sense to anyone with an IQ above room temperature (and probably even to those below the mendoza line).  That apparently wasn’t enough. Incredulously from there, Kamala doubled down. She went on to actually describe Joe Biden as an “intelligent man,” multiple times.  This is where, of course, Kamala’s dishonesty was most illuminating: here she revealed her cards as a classic case of the lady doth protest too much.  Kamala’s lies are so brazen as to be unbelievable.

Unlike Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama before her, and to a lesser extent, Joe Biden (at least when he was still semi-sentient), Kamala is a very poor student in the art of duplicity.  She wouldn’t even likely register as an amateur by most counts.  For these reasons, her falsehoods became immediately apparent, so much so that you could almost – almost – forgive the scandalously biased Bash, representing her scandalously biased network, for not interrogating the Democratic candidate further on the nonsense.  Anyone with a pulse could detect it.

And if her lies somehow weren’t already obvious by the shiftiness of her responses, they should have been discerned by her repeated self-contradictions that riddled virtually every answer she mouthed, eroding the last of her credibility.   The clearest case of this being her insistence that Joe Biden was – and remains – an intelligent(!) man, implying that he is still capable of remaining in office as president while she campaigns, even though he was ousted in a coup – of which dear Kamala dutifully played a significant part as co-conspirator – because of his lack of mental marbles.  But heaven forbid Kamala be asked to campaign and govern as president at the same time. Don’t black (Indian? Who knows!) womXn already bear enough of the world’s burdens! Heck, in her “warped” worldview, such an ask would be tantamount to a hate crime!

If not that, what other explanation does Kamala Harris have for why she, and not ol’ Joe, was sitting before Dana Bash for an interview about hers – not his —presidential campaign? Alas, Dana Bash conveniently forgot to ask! Maybe Joe’s amnesia is contagious and infected every mainstream network!

Democrats naturally love to dress up the July coup resulting in Biden’s ouster in language to the effect of “Joe stepped down for the good of the country,” characterizing it as a noble act of sacrifice and heroism, which the press, in turn, seems to always accept as an incontrovertible article of faith.  They never fail to overlook the most natural follow-up, namely: what on earth caused Joe to step down, a little over three and a half months out from the most consequential election in modern American history, after being adamant about not doing so for months on end, in the first place?

Intelligence and terminal dementia normally do not go hand-in-hand.  But Kamala’s repeated insistence that Joe Biden is “intelligent,” “so smart” and “very strong” transmits the obvious truth that he’s in fact not any of those things. He is utterly incapable of handling the duties of his post because he does not have the mental capabilities to do so.

It’s a dead giveaway that a politician is lying when they must repeatedly describe an elderly man riven by dementia — now recognized universally — as “smart” and “intelligent,” both descriptions standing as attacks on reason and observable reality itself.  The truth is that Kamala aided and abetted the fraud of the century: Joe Biden’s senility. This fraud gravely endangers the entire national security of the country, all done to avoid a connection to that fraud – which, of course, is still ongoing.

That Kamala then had the audacity to say Biden, who unleashed hordes of illegal aliens into our country, helped restore our “sovereignty” and “territorial integrity” – and, on top of that, claim that the number of immigrants “has actually reduced” – takes the art of lying to a whole new, absurd level.  Adding insult to injury, she meshed her lies in an exceedingly dismissive and shamelessly condescending tone throughout.

Acting like CNN was an adversarial outlet – and the mere act of asking questions to her, as coddled up as they were, somehow crossed the line of professionalism, indicates a deeply insecure person who is easily rattled, even in a forum as cloyingly friendly as CNN’s no doubt is. In the past, this would disqualify a person’s candidacy, no questions asked, because an inability to handle a painstakingly easy, softball interview demarcates the bare minimum of what a president is expected to do.

Could you imagine a person with Kamala’s exceptionally weak character and disposition dealing with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Bashar al-Assad or Kim Jong-un?  Of course not!  Her dismissive tone betrays a fundamental ignorance about the high responsibilities of the presidency, or – maybe even worse – showcases a callous indifference to its importance, an importance which includes its venerable history and the lofty standards, imposed by tradition, upon each and every one of its officeholders.

While it’s true that it’s been a long time coming, with the exception of Donald Trump’s four year stint, in which the presidential incumbent truly lived up to the majesty of the office, it is indisputable that if, God forbid, someone like Kamala Harris were to ever occupy that position, for all intents and purposes the United States of America would be over.  She harbors nothing but scorn, disdain, and resentment for the office, and callous disregard — in the form of her odious sense of entitlement — for the institutions enshrined by our Constitutional form of government.

It’s one thing to be ignorant of history, but it’s another thing entirely to be apathetic of our cultural traditions and customs – not even pretending to care to learn more or so much as try to relate to your constituents in a meaningful, indeed human, way.  Wisdom is found in admitting one’s ignorance; Kamala Harris strikes the portrait of a cutthroat politician, full of pride and hubris and complete disregard for the well-being of those over whom she seeks — intends — to rule.

Her election would be a national disgrace and unmitigated disaster on so many fronts. Kamala’s interview with CNN reaffirms this fact – and again, not that it was needed, but underscores the extremely high stakes of this presidential election, the most important in generations. One that will determine whether the United States of America will go on, or succumb to pride and ignorance, the perennial sins that have brought mightier civilizations than ours to ruin. With candidates like Kamala Harris, who are we to believe we will not escape a similar fate?

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Elon Musk WARNS America After X (Twitter) BANNED in Major Country for INSANE REASON | Elijah Schaffer’s Top 5 (VIDEO)

Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the week in around 10 minutes.

ARTICLE 1: Elon Musk Fires Off Warning to Americans After Brazil Bans X

ARTICLE 2: JUST IN: Crowd Cheers as Protester Who Tried to Breach Security Gets Manhandled and Tossed From Trump Johnstown Rally (VIDEO)

ARTICLE 3: Tim Walz’s Own Brother Considers Joining Forces with Trump, Slams Governor as ‘Unfit to Make Decisions About Your Future’: Report

ARTICLE 4: New Complaint Filed Alleging that US Postal Service (USPS) Committed Electoral Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election

ARTICLE 5:  Court Says ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Can Be Censored By School

Please leave your opinions / comments on these stories below as Elijah reads every single one and appreciates your perspective.

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