With four day to go until the election and the news breaking faster than Yankees fans’ hearts, we’ve thrown open the doors for a special serving of Al’s Afternoon Tea.

Let us open with a bit of wisdom offered last night by the Sage from San Francisco, Kamala Harris.

Understand the difference here, moving forward. Moving forward, understand the difference here. What we are looking at is a difference in this election. Let’s move forward and see where we are.

Kamala: "Understand the difference here, moving forward. Moving forward, understand the difference here. What we are looking at is a difference in this election. Let's move forward and see where we are."

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— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 1, 2024

The White House Press Office (Illegally?) Altered the Presidential Record of Biden’s “Garbage” Comment, to the Great Ire of White House Stenographers

Political staffers for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris altered the official presidential record of Biden’s “garbage” insult to change its meaning, and the federal workers who serve as White House stenographers are furious about that. In an email obtained by The Associated Press, the official White House transcriber called it a “spoliation” of the record for the press office to change “supporters” to “supporter’s” to make it appear Biden was referring only to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe rather than all Trump supporters.

(Which is absurd in any case, because if Biden actually did mean just the comedian, “supporter” would have been singular.)

According to the AP:

The supervisor, in the email, called the press office’s handling of the matter “a breach of protocol and spoliation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices.”

“If there is a difference in interpretation, the Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently,” the supervisor wrote, adding, “Our Stenography Office transcript — released to our distro, which includes the National Archives — is now different than the version edited and released to the public by Press Office staff.”

Given how devastating the quote would be politically, the White House was in a rush to get the doctored transcript out ASAP. The supervisor was not impressed.

“Regardless of urgency, it is essential to our transcripts’ authenticity and legitimacy that we adhere to consistent protocol for requesting edits, approval, and release,” the supervisor wrote.

The move by the White House to alter the transcript to protect Harris from the fallout is, according to journalist Michael Shellenberg, a “direct violation of the Presidential Records Act.”

New Harris Ad with George Clooney Urges Men to Lie to Friends and Family About How They Vote 

George Washington (at least in Parson Weems’s telling) once said, “I cannot tell a lie.”

Abraham Lincoln was nicknamed “Honest Abe.”

Kamala Harris: “Lie to your spouse, your family, and friends.”

Fresh off the heels of Julie Roberts voicing a campaign ad urging wives to lie to the Trump-loving rubes to whom they are married about who they are voting for, actor George Clooney has voiced a companion ad urging males to similarly lie to their families and friends.

It’s time to put your love of your family over your love of Trump. No one has to know what you do in the voting booth. #liberal #progressive #progessivechristianity #voteblue #HarrisForPotus2024 pic.twitter.com/LFdyho2nTQ

— Vote Common Good (@VoteCommon) October 30, 2024

What makes Clooney’s effort particularly odious is the fact that he personally knew Joe Biden was utterly mentally shot after a fundraiser with Barack Obama, but kept silent while Biden’s team insisted the president was fine and the GOP had doctored the footage to make him appear to be senile.

Clooney only spoke up in the wake of the disastrous presidential debate in June, after it had become clear that Biden was going to lose and bring  down all the Democratic candidates with him. Clooney then did Obama’s dirty work, penning an op-ed calling on Biden to give up the nomination, admitting he had been a mess at the fundraiser. The op-ed was a clear signal that’s what his pal Obama wanted.

It’s also proof that Clooney was neck-deep in covering up Joe Biden’s mental decline. He misled the American people. And now he’s urging Americans to lie to each other. 

Diddy’s Friends Love Kamala

Speaking of celebrities, Jennifer Lopez campaigned with Kamala Harris last night in Las Vegas — the same J-Lo who was P. Diddy’s girlfriend when the rap mogul was allegedly trafficking young girls and sexually abusing children. Why are we not surprised Lopez is supporting the woman whose open-border policies have been facilitating the trafficking of young girls and the large-scale sexual abuse of children?

But J-Lo is hardly the only celeb who has ties to Diddy that is endorsing Kamala Harris.

Notice anything about all the celebrities that endorsed Kamala Harris?

Cardi B
LeBron James
Martha Stewart
Taylor Swift
Ellen DeGeneres
Beyoncé
Ben Stiller
Oprah Winfrey
Madonna
Jay Z
Jennifer Lopez
Leonardo DiCaprio

Spoiler Alert: All in Diddy’s Circle pic.twitter.com/ftsEhvVpsC

— Ole Murica (@OleMurica) November 1, 2024

CNN Guest Declares J.D. Vance Has “Mommy Issues”

The struggles J.D. Vance survived as a child due to his mother’s substance abuse have been the subject of a bestselling book and a popular Hollywood movie. Now, they are the subject of ridicule. On CNN host Abby Phillip’s show, guest Travis Smiley declared that Vance has “mommy issues.”

Smiley was responding to Vance’s comment on Joe Rogan that conservative men have more testosterone than liberal men. He then claimed Vance’s “mommy issues” lead him to push policies that hurt women. Which policies are those, we wonder? Not wanting them to shred to pieces the unborn children in their wombs — which not only leads to bad outcomes for the children, but also for the women? Not wanting them to be raped and murdered by the illegal immigrant thugs Harris and Biden have been importing into our nation at taxpayer expense for the last three years? Wanting lower prices for all Americans? Better health?

A guest on CNN just said that @JDVance has "mommy issues" to the laughter of host @abbydphillip.

JD Vance's mother, Beverly, struggled with drug addiction in his early life.

What a gross and disgusting thing to joke about. pic.twitter.com/LDM7PT8GmM

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 1, 2024

While we’re talking about vice presidential candidates, this is kind of amusing. Alpha News went to Tim Walz’s hometown of Mankato, Minnesota to see what the locals thought of their boy. It turns out they don’t think much of him. Apparently, the news outlet couldn’t find anyone in the traditionally blue county who is planning to vote for him. “Don’t care for the man,” said one resident. 

God Answers Prayers in Strange Ways. Just Ask RFK, Jr.

At a campaign event last night, Robert Kennedy, Jr. declared, “I asked God for 19 years to put me in a position to end the chronic-disease epidemic and bring health back to our children. And in August, God sent me Donald Trump.”

To RFK Jr.’s credit, he did not respond, “Really, Lord? Him?!?!” the way a lot of other people have.

The Shot … the Chaser …

Spreading false information about voting times or locations is a serious offense. The Justice Department is vigilant in prosecuting those who try to mislead voters. #KnowYourRights pic.twitter.com/52GmxFQvDN

— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) October 31, 2024

and the chaser …

Jimmy Kimmel: "If you want to vote for Trump, vote late. Vote very late. Do your voting on Thursday or maybe Friday." pic.twitter.com/Il1Ch6S0eE

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 31, 2024

Last year, social media influencer Douglass Mackey was sentenced to prison for making a similar joke to Hillary Clinton supporters in 2016. 

The only crime Jimmy Kimmel will be charged with in any venue, though, is impersonating a comedian.

Have a great weekend and hold onto your hats. These next couple of days could be crazy, with last-minute bombshells and lies abounding in the final leg of the race. 

Al Perrotta is The Stream’s Washington bureau chief, coauthor with John Zmirak of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration, and coauthor of the counterterrorism memoir Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself Against Terrorism.