Southwest
Kamala Harris was our border czar. In Texas, we saw what that means
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The dizzying ascent of Vice President Kamala Harris, from the most extreme leftist in the U.S. Senate, to also-ran 2020 presidential candidate, to vice president of the United States, to presumptive 2024 presidential nominee, and — for all we know — de facto president of the United States in the accelerating dotage of President Joe Biden, has little precedent in American history.
There are a lot of firsts in her resume, for better and worse alike, but for those of us in Texas, one matters more than the others: she will be the first White House border czar to contend for the presidency.
Here in Texas, we live with Harris’s border — and it is, in a word, a disaster.
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You may have heard by now that this is fake news. Harris, insists compliant regime media, was never a “border czar.” The title doesn’t even exist, they say: there’s no federal title including the word “czar” anywhere. But all this is disingenuous and misleading on two counts.
One is rhetorical: The colloquial use of “czar” for a federal senior official focusing upon a specific subject matter has been commonplace for decades. (Searching WhiteHouse.gov turns up dozens of examples, including from the Biden administration.) Members of Congress certainly thought Harris was a border czar.
The other reason it is misleading, and downright deceptive, is that the White House actually staged a formal presidential event in March 2021 to announce the vice president’s assumption of responsibility for — well, let’s let President Joe Biden tell it:
“I’ve asked her, the VP, today … to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.”
The historical record is clear and indisputable: whatever you want to call it, she owned it. The real fake news is the accusation of fake news. Harris was tasked by the president of the United States to deal with “stemming the migration to our southern border.” So, given that responsibility, what is her record?
There’s a reason she won’t run on it.
By any metric, the Biden-Harris border record, with Harris at the helm, has been the worst in American history. The numbers speak for themselves. There have been 8,114,601 encounters at the southwest border under the Biden-Harris administration, excluding known and unknown “got-aways.” More than 460,000 individuals from over 77 nations, including nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, have been paroled. Additionally, more than 680,000 entries have occurred through the CBP One app.
But those numbers tell only part of the story. Coming down to the human level, in the streets and communities where Americans actually live, what Harris has presided over is this: families ravaged by fentanyl, streets rendered unsafe by crime, epidemics of homelessness aggravated by tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and the looming end of rule of law.
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The last item is no hyperbole: Harris has gone on record in favor of decriminalizing illegal border crossing, and has even agreed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished. Combined with her (admittedly non-border) record raising bail funds for summer-2020 rioters, we have a fairly clear picture of a radical leftist who simply does not believe in the basic principles of law and justice that are the essential prerequisites for American life and society.
This is really what’s at stake in our ongoing border crisis — whether or not America remains a nation with rule of law, and moreover one that prioritizes its own citizens as the proper object of governance. Harris has given her answers, and they are no and no.
Presumably she did so because it is advantageous in the ideological hothouse of American progressivism, which has almost entirely captured the Democratic Party — excepting the handful of Democrats, faithful to their communities, who voted to censure her border-czar record in late July. But it is not advantageous to us, the Americans who must live with her leadership and its failures.
As Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said in his speech at the Republican National Convention, never before has an election mattered as much as it does now, when we are facing an invasion on our southern border. As Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott stated the following day, a president’s most sacred duty is to secure our country, and America needs a president who will secure our border. Harris’s record on this issue shows a lack of effective action, further underscoring the urgent need for strong leadership to address these challenges.
Coming down to the human level, in the streets and communities where Americans actually live, what Harris has presided over is this: families ravaged by fentanyl, streets rendered unsafe by crime, epidemics of homelessness aggravated by tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and the looming end of rule of law.
Kamala Harris wants to be president of the United States. Texas knows her record, up close. Come and see it. Come see the trafficked millions who cross, known and unknown, illegally, into our country. Come see the border communities that live in fear of both crime and direct attack from the southern bank of an unsecured border. Come see the cartel lookouts who watch your every move, and occasionally warn you to leave the American soil on which you stand. Come see the human cost of the Harris border.
She won’t run on that record. But the record is here.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Sabrina Carpenter launches smoothie at Erewhon
Sabrina Carpenter is the newest celebrity to get her own smoothie at Erewhon.
The drink is called Short N’ Sweet, named after the singer’s forthcoming album.
The smoothie contains “a tropical fruit base with organic coconut & honey, collagen and pearl powder, and a dash of spirulina for a rich, blue color,” the upscale Los Angeles-based grocery chain posted on Instagram.
The limited-edition smoothie includes high-end healthy ingredients like Malk organic vanilla oat milk, Vita Coco Farmers Organic Coconut Water, Agent Nateur Holi(mane), KOS Organic Blue Spirulina Powder, Nate’s Organic Honey, organic mango, pineapple, dates and strawberries as well as organic tocos, vanilla collagen and coconut cream.
This isn’t the first time Erewhon has partnered with big names.
In 2022, Hailey Bieber’s Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie went viral and remains a hit to this day. The store has also partnered with Kourtney Kardashian, Olivia Rodrigo, Shay Mitchell, Mariana Hewitt, Sofia Richie Grainge and Bella Hadid.
Carpenter’s smoothie is priced at $23 and you can purchase it at any of Erewhon’s 10 locations in L.A.
The “Espresso” singer’s album “Short N’ Sweet” is set to be released on Aug. 23.
Southwest
Texas family shoots pit bulls who attacked, killed their livestock: 'I live in fear for my life'
A Texas woman is defending her husband’s decision to shoot and kill three pit bulls after the dogs attacked her livestock, killing several of her animals.
Michelle Gomez of Caldwell County said “enough is enough” to FOX 7 Austin in light of the many livestock attacks and deaths from her neighbor’s many pit bull dogs.
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Friday morning, her neighbor’s pit bulls had either scaled over or dug under her fence and brutally attacked her pig, grabbing it by the ears. Luckily, the pig survived the attack.
Over the past two and a half years, three chickens and one miniature horse were not so lucky. The animals died by her neighbor’s pit bull breed dogs before the incident on Friday.
Gomez told FOX 7 Austin that she is “in fear for [her] life.”
“The cops have always given me and told me you have a right to shoot and kill the dogs. I don’t like to kill dogs. I mean I love animals. They should not have to die by a bullet,” said Gomez.
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Over the past 30 months, over 45 service calls were made to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office regarding cruelty to animals, stray dogs, and animals at large.
The owner of the dogs had previously received two citations for nuisance animals, had paid the fines, and attended court dates.
“A citation is not enough. To remedy this, they need to pick up the dogs,” Gomez said.
The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office told FOX 7 Austin they have, “followed the laws of the State of Texas and has pursued this matter to the fullest extent possible, as the situation stands today between the neighbors in this case, and will continue to follow state law in these kinds of situations to hopefully prevent more deaths of pets and livestock in our County.”
Gomez plans to sue both her neighbor and Caldwell County after what she says she and her animals have been through.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Violent pursuit crash in Southern California narrowly misses pedestrians
Home surveillance cameras captured a violent crash at the end of a high-speed police pursuit in Sherman Oaks Wednesday that came just feet from mowing down innocent pedestrians.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were pursuing a suspect in a stolen four-door sedan.
It is unclear where exactly the pursuit was initiated, but at around 7:30 p.m., a witness told KTLA that the suspect was leading police in chase near the intersection of Greenbush Avenue and Valleyheart Drive.
Footage of the crash shows the suspect clipping what may have been a brick wall between two homes, causing the car to spin completely around before coming to a stop in a homeowner’s front yard.
Several residents out for a walk were forced to scramble out of the way as the vehicle careened into the yard, narrowly missing them.
The suspect immediately exited the car and attempted to flee on foot. A police helicopter can be heard overhead, while units on the ground arrived a short time later.
The suspect, officials said, was ultimately taken into custody.
The vehicle sustained heavy damage, with debris strewn across the homeowner’s property.
So far, no injuries have been reported.
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