The attacks on Donald Trump continues. And I don’t mean just the figurative attacks.
Karin Jean Pierre will not be the press secretary for Kamala Harris.
And it has been 25 days since Kamala Harris has become the nominee and she still has not been asked a question.
Some Thoughts
Everyone is Against Them
According to Fox News:
Former President Trump’s campaign confirmed to Fox News on Saturday that some of its internal communications were hacked.
Liberal media outlet Politico had reached out to the campaign after the news outlet started receiving internal Trump documents.
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” said Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign.
“On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a Vice Presidential nominee,” he added.
Cheung noted that the hack allegedly by Iran came, “after recent reports of an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump around the same time as the Butler, PA tragedy.”
He added: “The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House. Any media or news outlet reprinting documents or internal communications are doing the bidding of America’s enemies and doing exactly what they want.”
The documents sent to Politico included a 271-page “dossier” the Trump campaign had put together on his eventual running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, that dated back to February, the outlet said.
It included Vance’s past stances on issues, statements and previous criticisms of Trump in a section called “POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES.”
The Trump campaign didn’t say if they had contacted law enforcement over the hacking.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-internal-communications-hacked-vance-dossier-foreign-sources
https://nypost.com/2024/08/12/us-news/virginia-police-looking-for-suspect-who-burglarized-trump-campaign-office/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Dumbass of the Day
If You Can’t Beat Em…
The AP reported:
Vice President Kamala Harris promised Saturday to work to eliminate taxes on tips paid to restaurant and other service industry employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, has made, and marking a rare instance of political overlap from both sides.
Harris made the announcement at a rally on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where the economy relies heavily on the hotel, restaurant and entertainment industries. Trump vowed essentially the same thing at his own rally in the city in June — though neither he nor Harris are likely to be able to fully do that without actions from Congress.
“It is my promise to everyone here that, when I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America,” Harris said. “Including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.”
But leave it to right wing media to pour a little water on this exciting news. The Daily Wire reported:
The Biden administration announced a new program to “improve tip reporting compliance” to the IRS more than a year before Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign promised to eliminate tip taxes.
The IRS and Treasury departments introduced a new tip reporting program last year called the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program. The stated goal of the program is to “improve tip reporting compliance.”
“The proposed SITCA program is designed to take advantage of advancements in point-of-sale, time and attendance systems, and electronic payment settlement methods to improve tip reporting compliance,” the IRS stated in a February 2023 announcement. “The proposed program would also decrease taxpayer and IRS administrative burdens and provide more transparency and certainty to taxpayers.”
The program is currently optional for employers to enroll, but the program’s intent is to become the “sole tip reporting compliance program for employers in various service industries” and eliminate several other tip reporting processes, according to the IRS.
The White House and Joe Biden are also in on this tip thing. Here is KJP stating that in yesterday’s press conference:
I just want to point out on February 7, 2023, Joe Biden announced a plan to crack down on tips by using the IRS to increase the taxation. So instead of taxing tips, they were just going to raise taxes on those who work for tips.
https://apnews.com/article/harris-walz-nevada-trump-las-vegas-ac21118dbb24290e46d32ad9669507d4?taid=66b82cbc0b31f40001ecba93&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://www.dailywire.com/news/before-kamala-harris-copied-trumps-pledge-to-scrap-the-tip-tax-biden-harris-admin-moved-to-enforce-tip-taxation?topStoryPosition=2