Clearing the tabs, clearing the tabs ... Here are a few tidbits from today that didn't really fit into longer-form posts but still could use a little visibility. Hash them out in the comments!

President Biden's Supreme Court reform proposals are "a non-starter," politically, says former deputy assistant attorney general Tom Dupree.

"The fact that this is being done in a politicized way, so soon before the election, makes me think that they may not be looking out for… pic.twitter.com/Z8BdDRsroV

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 29, 2024

"The fact that this is being done in a politicized way, so soon before the election, makes me think that they may not be looking out for the best institutional interests of the Supreme Court, but rather trying to fire up the base and score some political points."

No kidding. It's sheer demagoguery, nothing more, as I wrote earlier today. It's interesting to see CBS News point it out, though.

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NEW: When Biden is asked about Johnson saying his SCOTUS reform is “dead on arrival,” he replied, “That’s what he is”

“That he is?” the reporter asked.

“He is. Dead on arrival.”

Come again? 😳pic.twitter.com/wLUg93XZBZ

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 29, 2024

So much for that new tone and responsible rhetoric! I'd chalk this one up to Biden's incapability of forming an extemporaneous coherent retort rather than a death wish, though. 

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People holding Palestinian flags chanted “Heil Hitler” as the Israeli national anthem played at the Olympics. pic.twitter.com/9ywWGwEWW5

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 29, 2024

During a men's soccer Group D match at the Paris Summer Olympic Games, a shocking scene of antisemitism broke out when Team Israel's men's soccer team was viciously targeted by radical pro-Palestine protesters.

Ahead of Israel's match against Paraguay on Monday, a group of pro-Palestine protesters broke out into ‘Heil Hitler’ chants and held several flags as Israel's national anthem was performed at Parc des Princes. The Palestinian supporters, who have refused to condemn Hamas for their attack on Israel on Oct. 7, also made the Nazi salute during the anthem. The protesters also held up signs that read, "Genocide Olympics." 

Actually, those were the 1972 Olympics in Munich. You can look it up. 

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Was sent this video of a panel discussing the election.

One of the panelists says they are voting for Kamala Harris because “she’s a Black woman”.

The passionate response from another panelist is worth watching. pic.twitter.com/WnepVw5czN

— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 27, 2024

Transcript:

"Okay. So we are in three proxy wars with some of the most powerful leaders in the world. She failed at the border in which we have an estimation of 15 to 20 million people illegally into this country. That is literally overtaking and bankrupting Chicago to the tune of over $400 million per year and they're in a deficit. Oakland is going out of business. San Francisco, ditto. California, $65 billion deficit. New York, they're literally cutting trash in which they are the rattiest dirtiest city, and they've taken up resources as far as free healthcare, free hotels, to the tune of $600 a day. They're literally taking over your schools. Your taxpayer dollars are going to fund the migrant crisis. She was supposed to be in charge of this."  

"We have a failing economy every single day. I see people getting on the internet talking about $30 an hour is the new minimum wage because inflation is f*cking out of control. At one point, it was at almost 10%, depending on what city that you went. She has no policy, no record to stand on."  "One of the biggest things that she did in her career was lock up more black men than ever before. But we sitting here and voting her in office on identity politics, the very person that she was under as far as the president of the United States of America, she called him racist during a debate, which shows you how fake she is."   

"And the only thing that we can stand on from a policy perspective is whether or not she's black and she's a woman? "  

"We did that during the Obama administration and he didn't do anything for black people. As a matter of fact, y'all complain because the only person that he did, or the only group of people that he really stood for is the alphabet community. And that's his landmark thing that he's still standing on today. So the only thing that we have to stand on is identity politics. That sh*t didn't work with Tiffany, Henyard in Dolton, Illinois. It didn't work with Karen Bass. It didn't work with Lori Lightfoot in Chicago. It didn't work with Brandon Johnson that then took over her position of Chicago. It didn't work with Andre Dickens in Atlanta. It didn't work with Eric Adams in New York. It doesn't work across the country. Every single democratic city is a hellhole. And we sit here talking about identity politics?"

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And one more time, as a follow-up to that ... 

Don't listen to what she said, read it, and then let me know your takeaway.

"I am meeting with a lot of folks. And the work that we have begun is the work that is going to be ongoing. There is no question, and I said this from the beginning, that our approach to this issue has… https://t.co/DN7F5NzJJx

— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) July 28, 2024

"I am meeting with a lot of folks. And the work that we have begun is the work that is going to be ongoing. There is no question, and I said this from the beginning, that our approach to this issue has to be with a commitment to a long term investment and it has to be a commitment to consistency, the United States has to be consistent. There were times when were more engaged and we saw good results, less engaged, and we can see where the work and the partnerships then deteriorate. So I am committed to ensuring that we engage in an active way on the root causes, on addressing the cause and effect, and also being partners in the western hemisphere, understanding that we have a responsibility and if we ignore that responsibility it will visit itself upon us in a very domestic way."