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Kamala Harris has attempted to convince Americans on the campaign trail that rather than growing up the silver-spooned daughter of an affluent couple afforded the luxury of routinely flying back and forth between pricey homes in two countries, she was alternatively the product and a member of the middle class.
A critical component of this narrative is Harris' claim that she worked at McDonald's in 1983 — a claim not reflected in her past résumés and for which the vice president has produced no evidence.
Democrats and the liberal press have attacked President Donald Trump and others who have suggested that Harris' origin story is bogus. The New York Times dutifully did its part on Oct. 20 but accidentally torpedoed the narrative by naming its only other source besides Harris: a hardcore Harris booster.
At the outset, the Times' Heather Knight and Nicholas Nehamas likened doubts about Harris' politically expedient and unsubstantiated claim to birtherism, then shifted the burden of proof onto Trump:
Vice President Kamala Harris has recalled her stint at a Bay Area McDonald’s 41 years ago in introducing herself to voters — a biographical detail relatable to millions of Americans who have toiled in fast-food restaurants. But former President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly accused her of inventing it. Lacking a shred of proof, he has charged that she never actually worked under the golden arches — recalling his earlier false claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
President Donald Trump masterfully trolled his opponent while tapping into classic Americana last weekend, donning an apron and serving up french fries to supporters at a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania.
'They don't want to report it because they're fake!'
"Now I have worked at McDonald's," Trump told reporters at the drive-through window. "I've now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala. She never worked here."
In the lead-up to his brief stint as a fry cook, Trump repeatedly mocked Harris over her summer job claim, writing on Sept. 1, for instance, "Kamala said she worked at McDonalds — She never did. Lie!"
"She said she worked and grew up in terrible conditions, she worked at McDonald’s. It was such — she never worked there!" Trump told a crowd in Indiana last month. "And these fake news reporters will never report it. They don't want to report it because they're fake! They're fake!"
According to the Times, "Mr. Trump's seeding of doubts about Ms. Harris's story, while insidious and outside the lines of traditional fair play in politics, advances his goal of portraying Ms. Harris as a fraud."
The first time Harris publicly mentioned ever having allegedly worked at McDonald's was reportedly in 2019, when pandering to striking workers in Las Vegas. Harris suggested in September that she worked at the restaurant during college, echoing a campaign ad from the previous month. On another occasion, Harris suggested that she worked at McDonald's to help pay for law school, which she attended several years after leaving Montreal.
The Times produced no verifiable evidence of Harris' claims. Instead, it took the word of Harris, her campaign spokesman, and hearsay from a woman named Wanda Kagan.
As the Washington Free Beacon has noted, the Times portrayed Kagan as a family friend who heard about the McDonald's gig from Harris' deceased mother. The liberal paper neglected to inform readers that Kagan, the only source backing the McDonald's claim besides Harris and her campaign, is herself a Harris booster who has in recent weeks and months actively supported the Democrat's candidacy.
The Times noted only that Kagan was a "friend who had known Ms. Harris as a teenager and remained in touch with the family for years afterward" — a "close friend of Ms. Harris' when they attended high school together in Montreal, [who] said she recalled Ms. Harris having worked at McDonald's around that time."
The reality is that Kagan is much more than an old friend.
The Beacon noted that Kagan served as a surrogate for Harris during the Democratic National Convention, telling MSNBC in August, "It's an emotional and chilling ride, and I'm just overwhelmed with happiness for my friend, and I'm happy to be alive to be able to witness her now fighting for the people of America."
Earlier this month, Kagan posted a video from a Harris campaign event, captioned, "Blessed to be on the stage with @Vp, and the first one she toasts. Cheers to brighter future with @kamalaharris as president!"
Kagan, the partisan whose hearsay is holding up the Times' rebuttal to Trump's criticism, previously told PBS News that she lost touch with Harris after high school.
"I lost touch after she went to college and then I went to college. But then I stayed in touch with her mom still, and — but then I still had a pretty unstable life again, so I was moving a lot, and so I lost her mom's contact number," said Kagan, adding that she didn't reach out directly again until Harris was San Francisco's district attorney.
If secondhand information from a partisan who wasn't in touch with Harris during her college years is the extent of the Times' evidence, then perhaps it is not Trump who "lack[s] a shred of proof."
Spokesman Charlie Stadtlander told the Beacon the Times' Oct. 20 article "was a thoroughly reported and edited piece of independent journalism."
"The Times stands behind it completely," added Stadtlander.
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A writer for a mainstream outlet made a shocking revelation in lengthy post on X, detailing how he wore a wire for a Ukrainian intelligence agency during a sting operation.
Adam Zivo, who works for the National Post — one of Canada's biggest and most popular mainstream news outlets — admitted that he attempted to gain information from a potential Chinese spy while in the Ukraine.
Zivo was responding to a post by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that warned readers about potential elicitation from spies.
"Has a stranger ever tried to inflate your ego? It could be elicitation. Elicitation is a set of techniques used by foreign agents to extract information from you," CSIS wrote on X.
Zivo replied, "People are dunking on this tweet but this actually happened to me in Odesa in early 2023 with a guy who seemed to be a Chinese spy. I ended up organizing a small sting operation with two Ukrainian intelligence officers to figure out what his deal was."
Then, in response to a critic who didn't believe his claim, Zivo went into great detail about how the alleged operation began.
'I wanted to do my part to keep my boyfriend's city, Odesa, safe.'
Zivo said he ran into the man in mid-December 2022 in Ukraine, and the two exchanged stories about being Canadian, with the journalist saying he felt the "vibe" was "kind of sketchy/greasy."
After planning to meet "for a drink" in January, Zivo said the man was acting suspicious about the meeting, causing Zivo to cancel their get-together. The journalist then began researching the individual online and became more suspicious about his background and education.
"I discovered that he had attended high school in Ottawa (so the Canadian connection was genuine) and then studied Russian and diplomacy at the Belarus State Academy. This was a red flag: Chinese families that can afford to send their kids to study in Canada don't typically choose Belarus for post-secondary education," Zivo wrote.
"Immediately after graduating, the guy worked at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in a position that put him in close proximity to the President of Iran (he helpfully shared photos of himself posing beside the Iranian president on his Facebook). After that point, he pivoted and became a tire salesman (lol)," he continued.
The National Post writer explained that he wrote a thorough report about his research and his interactions with the man — later identified as "Zhang" — and went to a military checkpoint to ask to speak with Ukrainian authorities. He was referred to the SBU, he said, the security service of Ukraine.
"I spoke with two intelligence officers the next day," Zivo said.
According to Press Progress, who spoke to Zivo, the journalist was led by armed guards to a "little wooden shed," where he spent a full day using the translation app Duolingo to walk a group of soldiers through his suspicions.
During his meeting, Zivo volunteered to wear a wire to record his conversations with the Chinese man. He was to meet the man at a restaurant called Kompot, which he reportedly described as the "Olive Garden of Ukraine."
Zivo further explained in his post that he wanted to help keep Ukraine safe because his boyfriend lives there.
"After I shared my story, we agreed to do a small sting operation. I wanted to do my part to keep my boyfriend's city, Odesa, safe – around this time, we were worried about the risks of a potential Russian winter offensive."
Zivo said the "Chinese guy" tried to sell him on a Ukrainian businessman who could help him "make money and start a business."
Additionally, Zivo said the man, along with his alleged wife, tried to get him to eat a plate of suspicious brownies that they themselves would not eat.
After the dinner, Zivo claimed that "the Chinese guy left the country shortly after for a trip to Dubai," and then lost contact.
Zivo reportedly never confirmed that the man was an actual spy.
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Zivo told Press Progress that he drafted detailed reports for the National Post, CSIS, and the Ukrainian government. He also alleged that his work with the intelligence agencies was done through his own initiative and that he was not coerced to do so.
He reportedly insisted that there was "no problem" with what he did as it was to "protect fellow citizens from predatory foreign agents."
He also noted that his outlet was aware of his work as a spy.
"My actions were ethical," Zivo said. "Journalists working in war zones have a right to investigate threats to their safety, with the assistance of local security forces if necessary."
Readers did not agree with Zivo's position that he was acting within ethical guidelines.
"This is a pretty funny way to say 'I'm an SBU agent,'" one reply said.
"Have you shared in your reporting that you're also working on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency? Seems important, from a standpoint of journalistic integrity," another reader said.
Author Luke LeBrun pointed out that several of Zivo's articles about Ukraine overlapped with "his time as a foreign intelligence asset."
Zivo is still writing for the National Post. In fact, he wrote an article in support of Ukraine just three days after his revealing X post.
Aside from his clandestine operations, Zivo is also the founder and director of LoveisLoveisLove, a Canadian LGBTQ advocacy campaign.
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