Kamala Harris
 Kamala Harris    (politician, lawyer) | |
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| Born | 20 October 1964 |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Howard University, University of California |
| Member of | Donald Trump/Conspiracy theories, Truman Center for National Policy |
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is a US politician and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2017.
A member of the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris was a prospective candidate in the US/2020 Presidential election – briefly becoming a frontrunner – before ending her campaign on 3 December 2019, citing a lack of funds to continue.
In August 2020, Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee for the US/2020 Presidential election, running alongside former vice president Joe Biden. She is the first African American and the first Asian American to be chosen as the running mate of a major party's presidential candidate.[1]
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Views on Israel
In July 2019, Kamala Harris was interviewed on the Kyle Kulinski show, and was asked whether she considered Israel was meeting international standards of human rights. Harris seemed determined to say nothing that could be remotely construed as critical.
Her initial answer consisted of this word salad:
- “I think that Israel as a country is dedicated to being a democracy and is one of our closest friends in that region and that we should understand the shared values and priorities that we have as a democracy, and conduct foreign policy in a way that is consistent with understanding the alignment between the American people and the people of Israel.”
| Q.“Does Israel meet your human rights standards to your personal satisfaction?” A. “Overall, yes.” |
Unsatisfied, the interviewer followed up:
- “Does Israel meet your human rights standards to your personal satisfaction?”
Playing for time, Harris asked:
- “What specifically are you referring to?” before finally answering the question: “Overall, yes.”
This means that Harris sees no problem with Israel’s policy of sending snipers to systematically and deliberately kill unarmed civilians, including children, who protest their internment in the besieged Gaza Strip.
It means she sees no problem with Israel’s skyrocketing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank to make way for Jewish-only settlements – a war crime.
It means she sees no problem with Israel’s military detention and torture of Palestinian children.
It means Harris sees no problem with dozens of Israeli laws that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel solely for not being Jewish. These include laws and policies that promote the kind of housing discrimination and official segregation that is banned in the US thanks to the civil rights laws she claims to uphold.
It means she sees no problem with Israel’s recent Nation-State Law explicitly affirming superior rights for Jews over Palestinians.
Kyle Kulinski, an influential left-wing commentator and a founder of the progressive political action committee Justice Democrats, offers a scathing response.
He says that Harris brushing aside Israel’s horrific record shows that her “moral” and “ethical concerns” are “nonexistent”:
- “She’s playing the political game that people play in the United States of America to try to get ahead.”
- “It shows you that she’s unlikely to change anything,” he adds. “That’s why this is important.”[2]
Appointments by Kamala Harris
| Appointee | Job | Appointed |
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| Philip Gordon | National Security Advisor to the Vice President | 21 March 2022 |
| Sarah Gouda | Deputy Director of Speechwriting | March 2021 |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | |
| Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:American Presidents | blog post | 4 November 2020 | Craig Murray | On the US election I showed my limitations with a tweet yesterday evening predicting Joe Biden would win fairly comfortably, and Trump would concede with good grace. I was wrong. |
| Document:Internalised Danger | blog post | 6 November 2020 | Craig Murray | America urgently needs a radical dose of social and economic reform as championed by Bernie Sanders. It needs the Green New Deal, and the world needs a real commitment in Washington to environmentalism. |
