Crickets from Harris, Biden, Kamala’s tax cuts are really hikes and other commentary
Gold Star families: Crickets From Harris, Biden
On the third anniversary of Abbey Gate, “several family members of [the] fallen soldiers said that all they’ve gotten in the past three years is radio silence” from the Biden-Harris team, reports National Review’s Audrey Fahlberg. The president “never once reached out to any of our families. Kamala Harris has never reached out,” said Cheryl Juels, aunt of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee; the only person who has reached out to our family over and over again — and all 13 families — is Trump.” The dad of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz: “I personally have never heard from Vice President Harris since Day One of her taking office.” And: “We haven’t heard anything from her at all,” said Alicia Lopez, mother of Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez. “On the contrary, we have received multiple calls and messages from President Trump and his campaign.”
Libertarian: Kam’s Tax Cuts Are Really Hikes
Kamala Harris vows to cut middle-class taxes, but what’s known about her proposals suggests families will “face a tax hike in a Harris administration — albeit an indirect one,” warns Reason’s Eric Boehm. “Nearly all Americans would face a higher federal tax burden” if Harris follows through on “Biden’s plan for $5 trillion in tax hikes — including a $1.3 trillion increase of the corporate income tax.” Recall, “higher corporate taxes are passed along to consumers, employees, and investors in the form of high prices, lower wages, and lower investment returns.” Yet Donald Trump’s plan for new tariffs also “would cost Americans,” because: Whether you tax corporations or imports, those “taxes are paid by people in the end.”
From the right: Durov’s a ‘Hero,’ Not a Villain
Since Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris Saturday, the West has somehow presumed him “guilty,” yet Durov,” roars Shaun Maguire on X, is actually a “hero.” He created “a platform that enabled citizens to communicate with each other transcending borders and autocratic regimes.” Indeed, “Telegram has played an essential role in many pro-democracy protests”; “Durov has been the enemy of autocratic governments his entire adult life. And many Western governments are rapidly descending towards autocracy, so Durov is now their enemy as well.” The charges against him “could be levied against any social media platform.” Alas, liberal values “are under attack in the West to a magnitude that very few people understand.”
Elex watch: Dems’ Deceptive Kamala Portrait
Democrats have “updated” Mario Cuomo’s adage that “you campaign in poetry” but “govern in prose,” argues The Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker: In campaigns, they “present themselves as a kind of idealized version of themselves as mainstream Americans,” seeking merely to bring “unity and compassion” to a nation in need of reform. “Once in office they act as if they have a mandate to remake a benighted country, to reorder an unjust system, to replace American exceptionalism with European social democracy, and to rewrite the nation’s values with the precepts of their cultural Marxism.” Think a President Kamala Harris would resemble the wholesome “Candidate Harris” depicted at last week’s convention? If so, “then it isn’t poetry you’ve been reading. It’s a fairy tale.”
Gaza war: Hamas’ Tunnels Are Key
The IDF’s rescue of a hostage from a tunnel in Gaza on Monday is “a moment for celebration,” notes Commentary’s Seth Mandel, but also “for a reality check”: The tunnels “remain operational and must continue to be a focus of the war.” Not only does Hamas hide hostages in them; without the tunnels, the terrorists “would be unable to rearm and resupply in perpetuity” across the Gaza-Egypt border, or Philadelphi Corridor. Handing the corridor to Hamas and Egypt means endless war, yet the Biden-Harris folks have been pressing Israel to abandon it. Sorry, but you “are either for Hamas rearmament or you are against it.” The tunnels are “the instruments of rearmament and hostage taking. The Israeli-Palestinian future depends on their dismantlement.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
