Jessica Alba bashed by fans for ‘super creepy’ video with Kamala Harris

 Jessica Alba was bashed by fans for posting an awkward video of Kamala Harris speaking to her about the power of Latina small businesses — while she stood beside her in a matching pant suit, looking uncomfortable.

Many of Alba’s 20.6 million Instagram followers slammed the post, which garnered over 12,000 comments, for being “super creepy,” a “train wreck” and a “desperate move.”

“I feel so sorry, Jessica has lost her mind,” one wrote of the actress, who has a net worth of $100 million.

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Users also mocked the fact that Jessica Alba and Kamala Harris were both wearing similar pant suits with one commenter asking, “Did they get their matching pant suits at JC Penny?”instagram @jessicaalba

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Many of Alba’s 20.6 million Instagram followers slammed the post, which garnered over 12,000 comments.instagram @jessicaalba

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“Cringe doesn’t even touch how painfully embarrassing this is,” another added.

“I thought this was an SNL skit,” another quipped of the clip, which was jointly posted to Harris’ Instagram page.

In the video, Harris — who has 18.5 million Instagram followers — starts off by saying, “First of all, Latina small businesses are the fastest growing in the country,” to which Alba replies, “Yes they are, yes they are,” and snaps her fingers in the air.

“But included in that is that we don’t lack for people who have ambition and have aspirations and dreams and an idea that is a great idea and work ethic,” the presidential candidate continues, and Alba just shakes her head in agreement. “But not everybody has access to the capital.”

Alba responds, “So true.”

Others pointed out that Alba, 43, looked “uncomfortable.”

“This is soo desperate and Jessica Alba standing there looking lost doesn’t help,” one commenter observed.

Some said they would not only unfollow Alba, a California native of Mexican heritage, but would stop supporting her baby and beauty company, Honest Co.

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Some said that Alba didn’t seem to be comfortable during Harris’ monologue — and made comments like, “I am sorry your management put you up to this” and “Your face speaks for itself.”instagram @jessicaalba

“Been following you for years, but finally unfollowed, enjoy your paycheck,” one said.

“Never buying Honest products again because of your support for this woman and the damage she has done to our country,” another said.

Harris was criticized in some comments for not detailing her plan to support small businesses.

“Again she says she’s going to help small businesses but has failed to explain how,” one said.

“How will you get the small businesses funding or capital? How?” another asked.

“So she speaks to a millionaire actress instead of a real Latina small business owner who started from nothing,” added another.

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Alba poses with her husband, Cash Warren, Harris, and producer Jamie Patricof and his wife, Kelly Sawyer Patricof.Facebook Jessica Alba

The vice president, a California native of Jamaican and Indian heritage, was also roasted for her monologue about Latina women.

“Is she Latina now,” one quipped, while another added, “Soon she will be Japanese.”

Some also detected another one of Harris’ ever-changing accents.

“There she goes changing her voice to have a fake accent. Stop it Scamala,” one said.

Instagrammers also poked fun at their clothes, with comments like, “Did they get their matching pant suits at JC Penny?”

https://nypost.com/2024/10/05/entertainment/jessica-alba-bashed-for-super-creepy-kamala-harris-video/

Harris’ years of public smears, snubs to Catholics leaves her underwater with critical voting bloc

 Vice President Harris is facing the wrath of Catholic voters after years public hostility towards them, insiders say.

“Kamala’s definitely been impacted negatively by a lack of support from Catholic voters,” said Ryan Girdusky, a GOP strategist and Catholic. “She’s polling worse than Joe Biden among a very important demographic. They are the largest single church in America, the Catholic vote will help decide the presidency.”

A survey from the Pew Research Center last month showed Harris underwater with Catholic voters, with 47% support to Trump’s 52%. The numbers were exactly flipped in 2020 when Biden, a Catholic, beat Trump, according to exit polling from the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton lost Catholics to Trump in 2016 by a 52% to 45% margin.

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Democratic U.S. Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris speaking at a podium to a congregation during a drive-in church service at Millennium Centre in Southfield, MichiganGetty Images

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Vice President Harris is underwater with Catholic voters.REUTERS

Almost a quarter of battleground Pennsylvania voters identify as Catholic, according to Pew. Other must-win states like Nevada and Michigan are 25% Catholic and 18% Catholic respectively. Arizona, another critical state for both teams, is 21% Catholic.

Harris made headlines last month when news emerged that she would skip the Archdiocese of New York’s annual Al Smith Dinner.

Presidential candidates of both parties, regardless of their faith, have long been a staple at the event. Timothy Cardinal Dolan said he was “disappointed” by the decision, noting the last major candidate to skip it was Democrat Walter Mondale in 1984 — shortly before he was trounced by Ronald Reagan.

Harris’ discomfort with Catholics stretches back much further. In December 2018, when Harris — a Baptist married to a Jewish man — served in the Senate as a member of the Judiciary Committee, she grilled Brian Buescher, a judicial nominee for the US District Court in Nebraska, about his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal and charitable organization.

“Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman’s right to choose when you joined the organization?” she demanded to know. “Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed marriage equality when you joined the organization?”

During the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in 2020, her Catholicism again was litigated by Democratic senators, leading to a rebuke from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO.)

“Senator Harris and others on this committee have repeatedly questioned judicial nominees fitness for office because of their membership in the Knights of Columbus,” he chided.

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Harris has been a sharp critic of the Knights of Columbus in the past.BLOOMBERG NEWS

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Catholic voters backed Biden in 2020 — but they are turning around from Harris in 2024, polls show.Matthew McDermott
While she has been vice president The Biden-Harris administration has also targeted traditional Catholics, through the weaponization of federal law enforcement, according to a report from the House Judiciary Committee.

“The FBI singled out Americans who are pro-life, pro-family, and support the biological basis
for sex and gender distinction as potential domestic terrorists,” the findings concluded, noting that the feds had even tried to turn “Catholic clergy and church leadership” into informants.

“What is really at issue is that Democrats want to support Catholics who follow the teachings of the Democratic Party, and suppress Catholics who follow the teachings of the Catholic Church,” said Chad C. Pecknold, a professor at The Catholic University of America.

“When a political party becomes itself a pseudo-religion, we shouldn’t be surprised in how it governs.”

https://nypost.com/2024/10/05/us-news/kamala-harris-years-of-public-smears-snubs-to-catholics-leaves-her-underwater-with-critical-voting-bloc/

Homeschooling Numbers Continue To Climb After COVID-19 Pandemic: Report

 by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times,

New data from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy’s homeschool research lab show that 90 percent of states reporting data saw an increase in homeschooling in the 2023–2024 school year.

The report examined data from 21 out of 30 states that collect or report homeschool participation information. The other nine states are expected to report data in the coming months.

The 19 states that experienced growth were Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Only Vermont and New Hampshire showed a decline from the previous school year in the total number of homeschooled students.

The report identified two primary trends: sustained growth and rebounding growth. The three states with sustained growth, meaning they experienced no post-COVID-19 pandemic decline, were Louisiana, South Carolina, and South Dakota.

The other 16 states exhibited a rebounding trend, meaning they saw a post-COVID-19 pandemic decline, followed by an increase in 2023–2024.

“While homeschooling grew rapidly during the pandemic, most people thought that students would return to more traditional schools when the pandemic disruptions abated,” the report states.

“Some states did show a decline, but few have returned to normal, even four years after the onset of the pandemic.”

During the 2023–2024 school year, the number of homeschoolers in North Dakota reached an all-time high, reflecting a 24 percent increase from the previous year. Similarly, Rhode Island saw a 67 percent increase in the number of homeschoolers from the previous year. Wyoming also hit an all-time high with an 8 percent increase over the previous year.

“The big takeaway is that this is new homeschool growth that we see in last year’s state reports,” report author Angela Watson said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.

“The rebound effect is really interesting and we aren’t sure of the reason—but we know it’s not because of a global pandemic.”

Tracking accurate data on homeschoolers is challenging due to varying legislation and reporting requirements. States have different policies regarding homeschoolers; some classify them as private school students, while others do not.

“The fact that so many states are reporting highest-ever numbers seems like a big finding as well,” Watson said,

“and that these counts are going up while overall school enrollment and population is declining.”

Some states, such as Texas, do not report homeschool statistics. However, other data indicate an increase in homeschool participation in the Lone Star state.

The Texas Homeschool Coalition examined data from the U.S. Census Bureau that showed that homeschooling in Texas nearly tripled between the spring and fall of 2020, rising from 4.5 percent to 12.3 percent.

The coalition also cited information gathered from the Texas Education Agency and statewide school districts indicating that more than 50,000 students migrated from public schools to homeschooling in 2022 and 2023.

“While there is a clear growth trend in homeschooling, the reason for that growth is unknown. What is clear is that this time, the growth is not driven by a global pandemic or sudden disruptions to traditional schooling. Something else is driving this growth,” the Johns Hopkins report states.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/homeschooling-numbers-continue-climb-after-covid-19-pandemic-report