Another great post from The Establishment Bar
Kamala Owes You Nothing
Posted by T.LaFauci
August 04, 2025
One hundred and seven days.
For one hundred and seven days, Kamala Harris gave her blood, sweat, and tears to her country. She was asked to do the impossible; to somehow assemble a team to traverse the country in three-and-a-half months, when the average major party nominee had two-plus years to do so. She was asked to bring together a fractured party at the Democratic Convention less than a month after Joe Biden had recommended her as his successor. She was asked to crisscross the country, prioritizing the seven key swing states. She was asked to give interviews to legacy media while simultaneously giving interviews to social media influencers and podcasters. She was asked to debate Donald Trump, a task where truth-telling and traditional debate preparation would be thrown out the window. And she was asked to think ahead and to create a transition team along with the 4,000 presidential appointees that would make up her new administration.
Had she won, she would have been revered. Historians would be writing books left and right. Her campaign and its tactics would have been a model for all future Democratic campaigns. Bringing in Liz Cheney. Giving social media influencers access to the Democratic National Convention. Doing progressive podcasts. Ignoring traditional media. Not bending the knee to a seemingly desperate Joe Rogan. Every decision she and her team made over the 107 days would be seen as brilliant. Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign would go down as the Democratic Party’s greatest gamble, and greatest success, at a time when the party simply had to do everything possible to prevent a second Donald Trump administration.
But she lost.
She lost because 89 million Americans couldn’t be bothered to get off the couch and vote. She lost because of hundreds of thousands of Gaza groupies who were too naive to realize they were being used as a patsy by foreign adversaries. She lost because of the high cost of eggs, due to the ongoing avian flu epidemic, which was seen as more important to everyday Americans than reelecting a criminally indicted authoritarian hellbent on punishing his political enemies. She lost because our media once again normalized Donald Trump, and our major newspapers bent the knee by withholding critical Harris endorsements. And she lost because a majority of Latino men were convinced that their White-adajacentness would protect them while Donald Trump went after the “bad” immigrants instead of them and their families.
So, when Kamala Harris reemerged last week and said she has no interest in running for governor of California, we should be neither surprised nor shocked that her reason for doing so is due to how fractured and broken our political system has become. During a recent interview, Harris said:
“That has been my career and recently I made the decision that I, just for now, I don’t want to go back in the system. I think it’s broken,” Harris said in an interview with CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”“I always believed that, as fragile as our democracy is, our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles, and I think right now, that they’re not as strong as they need to be,” Harris added.
“For now, I don’t want to go back into the system. I want to travel the country. I want to listen to people. I want to talk with people. And I don’t want it to be transactional where I’m asking for their vote.”
“…Perhaps it’s naive of me, someone who has seen a lot that most people haven’t seen, but I believed that on some level, there are many, there should be many, who consider themselves to be guardians of our system and our democracy who just capitulated. And I didn’t see that coming,” she said.
I admit that I was stoic about the outcome of the election.
until I saw that report from a guy on CNN. He did an analysis of Harris voters.
What was the most important subject for Harris voters?
SAVING DEMOCRACY.
That broke me down into tears.
We, the 92%….
As Malcolm X said years ago..
The most disrespected and unprotected person in America – the Black woman.
THAT group…
felt Saving Democracy was the most important subject for the election in November 2024.
I cried hard after that segment.
The former Vice President owes us NOTHING.
I can’t wait to read the book.
Randi White (@RandiWhite) posted at 1:05 PM on Fri, Aug 08, 2025:
It’s clear that she’s doing what everyone else should be doing, focusing on NOW/‘26 and not 28.
We don’t make it to ‘28 without winning 26. So having a “who should be the Dem nominee for potus” race is tone deaf.
(https://x.com/RandiWhite/status/1953880365593944568?t=b5nscrFHBmnTtJRU04NC3w&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 1:42 PM on Fri, Aug 08, 2025:
We need a Democratic governor of a blue state to openly call Texas’ Greg Abbott a fascist dictator, just to see what he does.
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1953889669437174158?t=tL38SDcYSIlJuvuCE-dvJg&s=03)
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 2:03 PM on Fri, Aug 08, 2025:
A Georgia court allows two prominent GOP election deniers to serve on the election board of the state’s largest county.
One of the nominees was at the center of a 2024 controversy for refusing to certify the county’s primary election results.
https://t.co/DiuHjERLCn
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1953894980335939990?t=z87kGBLiowhv4nJcoSfQ7Q&s=03)
ICAM
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 1:37 PM on Fri, Aug 08, 2025:
they need to make preventative dental care an integral part of universal health care, however it’s achieved, in that Star Trek future where Trumpism is just a bad memory
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1953888319487774763?t=FG_4t0_nM7jUxElVoizJsg&s=03)
Couldn’t be AA, because that hasn’t been a factor in UCal admissions for 25 years.
So, we get this bullshyt.
Newsweek
@Newsweek
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California (UCLA) after an investigation found it had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for allowing “systemic antisemitism” against its students and staff, CNN …
https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1953872474585595970
People For the American Way
@peoplefor
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
https://x.com/peoplefor/status/1953838030495666259
6TH ONE THIS YEAR
WHAT KIND OF ILLEGAL SHYT MUST THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO DO THAT THEY REFUSE TO DO ?
The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
BREAKING: President Trump has fired the IRS Commissioner and US Treasury Secretary Bessent will serve as IRS Commissioner temporarily.
2:05 PM · Aug 8, 2025
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1953895303490175365
USA TODAY
@USATODAY
A crypto group claims throwing sex toys at WNBA games is a “prank,” but it’s really a coordinated campaign of harassment, columnist Nancy Armour writes.
https://x.com/USATODAY/status/1953590757404672022
Um….um….
THIS is David Beckham’s son??😳🤔🤔
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kgse9k/
Time to delete Instagram from your phone and devices.
women, be aware😡😡
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kgsr3M/
Texas Democrats had ruled out a “quorum bust” due to cost and logistical challenges, until Pritzker offered to finance and organize the operation. Now they give official press conferences in front of Pritzker’s campaign logo. thehill.com/opinion/camp…[image or embed]— Max Burns (@themaxburns.bsky.social) Aug 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) posted at 0:00 PM on Wed, Aug 06, 2025:
The DOJ’s voting section has requested copies of voter registration lists from state election administrators in at least 15 states.
That’s raising concerns that DOJ is ramping up efforts to unconstitutionally interfere in state election administration. https://t.co/1YRCuEtmvY
(https://x.com/CREWcrew/status/1953139049226461669?t=FPnd7yH099XDIPV9oMvb7w&s=03)
Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) posted at 0:18 PM on Wed, Aug 06, 2025:
REPORTER: “Why not go back and fight it out or negotiate with Republicans on these maps?”
TEXAS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR GENE WU: “Because there’s no interest in negotiations. The Republicans can only do what Donald Trump tells them to do. They have no independent thinking. They have no independent will anymore. It’s simply that by Donald Trump saying that he demands it, they must obey the king.” https://t.co/BwfdaiRDnT
(https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1953143648058577104?t=RAcfOkCufKKpVcK-zv0OMg&s=03)
THEE ENTIRE PHUCK
WTFGOP (@doggintrump) posted at 9:42 AM on Wed, Aug 06, 2025:
Im seeing people report that The US government has just removed sections 9 & 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website.
Sections 9 and 10 deal with:
– Writ of Habeas Corpus
– Congresses ability to control tariffs.
Is this true?
(https://x.com/doggintrump/status/1953104486832222376?t=Qm6nmsI4t_CYaL4Ic1hGbA&s=03)
Breaking911
@Breaking911
🚨 CONFIRMED ACTIVE SHOOTER ON US ARMY BASE: An active shooter incident has been reported at Fort Stewart in Georgia, prompting a lockdown, Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield said.
“Casualties have been reported.”
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1953124190829101256
CALL TO ACTIVISM
@CalltoActivism
🚨OH MY GOD: CBS asked Texas Rep. Ann Johnson if Democrats “ran from the fight.” Her response was epic:
“No, abandoning your job is going to Cancun during a deadly freeze.”
Then she went nuclear:
“When Trump asked Georgia GOP to ‘find 11,000 votes,’ they said no.
When he asked Texas GOP to steal 5 seats – they said, ‘Does July work for you?’”
https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1952831371505725541
Alayna Treene
@alaynatreene
NEW: White House chief Susie Wiles, JD Vance, AG Pam Bondi, FBI Dir Kash Patel & Deputy AG Todd Blanche are expected to meet Wed evening at Vance’s residence to discuss the Trump admin’s strategy relating to Epstein case
More w/ the team
https://x.com/alaynatreene/status/1952899871666508042
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
A strategy meeting to discuss messaging so the MAGA influencers and Fox can push out their propaganda to help pull off one of the biggest and obvious cover-ups in history. This isn’t a Dept of Justice, it’s a Dept of Coverups.
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1953038583893299371
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊