Kamala Harris was born in California, but her mother emigrated from India, and her parents were born in this village (details here, story here). Her father, a native Jamaican, is a retired Stanford economics professor; her mother was a biomedical scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. S[...]
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August 16th, 2024 - 10:58 pm § in Kamala Harris, Politics
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kamala poster
The creator of Obama’s “Hope” poster drew one for Harris called “Forward.” Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 16th, 2024 - 5:50 pm § in America, Business, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Kamala Harris, Politics, Republicans
Trump economics vs. Harris economics
Americans entered the 2024 election season deeply frustrated with the economy despite abundant jobs, low unemployment, and no threat of recession. Most of their angst stemmed from inflation, but housing shortages and unaffordability also contributed. Meanwhile, consumers went on a post-pandemic spen[...]
August 12th, 2024 - 5:49 pm § in Kamala Harris
Warrantless entry
A Massachusetts hair salon owner has complained that “members of law enforcement” barged into her salon and used the bathroom without permission during a Harris campaign event at a theater next door (photo, left; read story here). Not only did she feel violated, but they apparently left [...]
It’s only “persona vs. issues” — really? are you sure?
Frank Luntz (photo, left), a Republican pollster, thinks Trump is better on issues, but his “persona” is driving voters to Harris (read story here). He says, “If it’s about issues, Trump is much more likely to be successful. If it’s about attributes, Harris is much more likely to b[...]
J. D. Vance is still awful
On CBS‘s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, August 11, 2024, J. D. Vance “brushed off concerns about former President Trump’s praise for … Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing there is ‘nothing wrong’ with such remarks,R[...]
The Democrats’ Tim Walz strategy
For this post, I’m relying on a series of Politico articles on August 6, 2024, linking to each. It was Harris’s decision, but she had plenty of input from her party. She was lobbied to pick someone who served in the U.S. House, where Walz spent 12 years before becoming Minnesota’s [...]
August 3rd, 2024 - 7:40 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, News Media, Politics, Republicans
Is Harris husband’s affair a big deal?
The tabloid Daily Mail thinks it is. They ran a big story here. Doug Emhoff (photo) admits he cheated on his first wife, but according to Politico, Harris knew about it she married him, and the Biden campaign knew about it when vetting Harris for vice president (see story here). “The incendiar[...]
Is this now Harris’s race to lose?
I don’t like predicting elections, and won’t try, because elections are unpredictable. So I won’t answer that question. Making news is a Bloomberg poll released Tuesday, July 30, 2024, showing Harris has pulled ahead of Trump in all seven battleground states (see story here). But p[...]
Vance fails to explain how he’ll solve the migrant and drug problems
J. D. Vance hopes to be vice president in a second Trump administration. In an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (details here), he said he wants a role in solving the border and drug crises. How does he plan to solve them? On the border, he said “I’d basically do the [&helli[...]