Democratic National Committee Blocks Release of its 2024 Election Autopsy

Politico.com:

The Democratic National Committee is refusing to release its autopsy of the party’s major 2024 losses it announced on Wednesday, breaking Chair Ken Martin’s public pledge to do so. The decision underscores the party’s challenges in grappling with its electoral setbacks as it heads into what is expected to be a stronger midterm year.

The DNC’s completed post-election review of the party’s melodramatic and botched campaign cycle is based on hundreds of interviews with operatives in all 50 states. During that process, some Democrats raised concerns about releasing the findings, according to a DNC official granted anonymity to describe the sensitive process.

The DNC wanted to avoid another public debate over how the party lost the White House to Donald Trump, and instead, turn its focus on its recent successes, according to this official. Democrats have overperformed in special elections across the country this year, and won handily in New Jersey and Virginia last month. The committee previewed some initial findings from the autopsy to top donors and other Democratic stakeholders in October.

Once again, the Democratic Party seems determined to avoid accountability. In any serious endeavor (sports teams included) losses are studied, not ignored, because learning requires honesty. The DNC’s refusal to release its 2024 campaign autopsy out of fear of a “contentious reckoning” is precisely why it must be made public. Voters deserve to know why Kamala Harris lost every swing state, including her unwillingness to break from Biden or condemn genocide in Gaza. Burying the report signals the findings were inconvenient, especially on Palestine, and that party leaders would rather preserve the status quo than listen to their base. Any wonder why they're currently polling at 18 percent?

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DNC Disburses $1.6M More to Settle Kamala Harris' 2024 Campaign Debts, Total Tops $20 Million

NYPost.com:

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is still paying off shortfalls incurred by former Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed 2024 election campaign — with at least $1.6 million paid out in September alone, according to the latest federal filings. 

 

The Harris campaign shelled out $1.49 million alone for media production and consulting, $106,312 for data services and $21,762 to rent space at a Grand Rapids, Mich. community center for an October 2024 event alongside billionaire investor Mark Cuban touting the Democratic nominee as the “pro-business candidate.” 

 

Last month’s payouts push the total debt covered since Election Day to more than $20 million, according to Axios, which first reported on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

All that money for a vacuous, DEI and Zionist candidate who campaigned with famous warmonger Liz Cheney and totally ignored working-class voters on the campaign trail and the Democrat part is still paying for their ass-backwards mistake.

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Liberal Pundit Van Jones Forced To Apologize For Calling “Dead Gaza Baby” Videos A “Disinformation Campaign”

Deadline.com:

Van Jones is walking back recent comments he made about the casualties left by the Israel-Hamas war.

After appearing Friday on Real Time with Bill Maher, during which he referred to online videos of dead babies killed in Palestine as a massive “disinformation campaign” on behalf of Iran and Qatar, the CNN host apologized on social media.

“I made a comment on Real Time with Bill Maher about the war in Gaza that was insensitive and hurtful. I apologize,” he wrote on X.

Of course, context matters. And it’s also worth noting that Jones, though a staunch liberal, has a history of frustrating his own side. As he’s one of the few left-leaning commentators willing to speak uncomfortable truths and call out liberals when they misstep or lose elections. That said, watching the full Maher segment makes it clear that Jones had a point--there is occasional misinformation about the war in Gaza coming from the Left. And he wasn’t wrong to suggest that, for some “Genocide in Gaza” protesters, the movement can feel more like a social trend or a way to stay aligned with the in-crowd than a genuine act of activism.

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