Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions

This excuse:

“She’s not running for perfect, she’s running against Trump.”

— MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, Friday

We say: Ruhle argued preposterously that Americans don’t need to know Kamala Harris’ plans since Donald Trump is so awful.

No wonder Harris chose to do her first major solo TV interview with Ruhle just days later.

Afterward, Ruhle continued to cover for the substance-free veep.

She admitted Harris failed to provide “clear, direct” answers but then nonsensically claimed, “That’s OK, because we’re not talking about clear or direct issues.”

It’s tough to tell who’s the bigger gaslighter —  Ruhle or Harris.

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This remark:

“[Government has] to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can’t just spew disinformation.”

— AOC, in a video posted Sunday

We say: Just what we need — left-wing radicals like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deciding what counts as “disinformation” the government should censor. Has she ever read the First Amendment?

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This gripe:

“It is not right that the teachers and firefighters that I meet every day across our country are paying a higher tax than the richest people in our country.”

— Kamala Harris, Wednesday

We say: Harris can’t even think up her own lies. Instead, she echoes Joe Biden’s malarkey that the rich pay less tax — as she did in her “interview” with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle.

Bull: Even pro-Harris fact-checkers admit the claim’s based on the fact that paper gains on unsold stock are not taxed.

And why’s that? Because paper gains aren’t income.

They’re, well, paper gains (which could become losses overnight).

The truth? The top 1% of earners pay nearly half of all income taxes. The bottom 50% pay almost nothing.

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This story:

“Harris Cracked Down on Violent Offenders; Showed Leniency on Less Serious Crime”

— The New York Times

We say: Was the Gray Lady’s front-page report on Kamala Harris’ record as a prosecutor a paid ad or an in-kind contribution?

Back then, Harris often sought alternatives to incarceration and was slammed for opposing the death penalty even for cop-killers.

Later, she backed defunding police and a Minnesota bail fund that helped violent criminals get out of jail.

A transition committee she co-chaired for Cook County’s woke State Attorney Kim Foxx focused on police misconduct, racial inequalities and the need for police diversity.

But now she needs voters who value policing. You can’t say the Times isn’t doing its part to get them.

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board