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Undaunted, Unafraid, ‘Serene’: Trump
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Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention (RNC) Thursday that, despite the pain and near-death experience of Saturday’s assassination attempt, he felt “serene” because “I had God on my side.”
President Trump began by thanking Americans for the love and support they’ve shown. “As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life. So many people have asked me what happened,” he said. “And therefore I will tell you exactly what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time, because it’s actually too painful to tell.” Yet he said he felt God’s presence that day,
A large explosion rocked Tel Aviv overnight Thursday amid the war with Hamas.
The blast happened approximately one block from a U.S. embassy branch office.
Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was at the scene and shared video on X of him standing on broken glass that had shattered off a storefront. Yingst reported that emergency crews were checking a partially residential area to see if anyone had been injured by the blast. "I'm being very careful about the details," Yingst said, adding that he hadn't been able to speak with any sources yet because it's the middle of the night there. "We're trying to determine what exactly took place."
Washington — As President Joe Biden isolates at his Delaware beach home after testing positive for Covid-19, he is growing increasingly isolated from many corners of his Democratic Party as he faces deepening questions about whether he should continue his reelection campaign.
The announcement of Biden’s positive test on Wednesday came as calls from his party for him to step aside in the 2024 race are growing louder.//snip//“Defending Biden’s fitness for office is an untenable position for down-ballot Democrats,” according to a memo a leading Democratic research firm released Wednesday. It details that voters are “likely to see other Democrats’ defense of him as fit as dishonest” by a wide margin.
The University of Florida President Ben Sasse has announced his departure from the school due to his wife's recent health issues.
In a message posted on X, Sasse explained that his wife, Melissa, had been diagnosed with epilepsy in recent months and has been struggling with some memory issues.
Sasse said, "First, I’m a husband and dad. Second, I’ve been blessed to serve as president of the best dang public university in America – Go Gators! – and I’ve loved the challenge of giving this university everything I’ve got. But here’s the bottom line: Those callings are significantly at odds with each other right now.
Austin Private Wealth, LLC, a Texas-based financial planning company, is being scrutinized after a social media post went viral that claimed they had put options on as many as 12 million shares of DJT shares just one day before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
The investment firm denied the allegations and has now blamed a filing error for this controversial action. (Snip) If Trump did die in the assassination attempt, his company would have become worthless. It’s stock would have become Zero in a day. The people who bought Put Options would have made billions in profits.
Donald Trump's poll numbers look pretty good against Joe Biden. He leads in the battleground states, and Democrats fear that he's headed for a landslide victory.
Of course, this is no reason to become complacent. According to reports, Biden may be dropping out as soon as this weekend. The Biden campaign denies this, but what else is it supposed to say?
With the possibility of a new Democrat nominee emerging, it's necessary to ask why Democrats are pushing Biden out now. It's not like they haven't known about Biden's cognitive decline for years. Independent journalist Kyle Becker posted an interesting theory about why Democrats are fighting over Biden's candidacy now,
Joe Biden and his team have tried fending off calls to withdraw from the race without making it personal -- until today. After Barack Obama began pushing for Biden to get out through the pages of the Washington Post, the gloves came off. Scranton Joe has turned into Snarling Joe and is blaming the entire Democrat establishment for getting Donald Trump elected in the first place (via RedState):
We’ve become all too familiar with leftists calling for violence against President Trump and his supporters over the last 8 years. However, after last weekend’s failed assassination attempt against Trump at his Pennsylvania rally, it’s time we take these illegal threats against the former president and his supporters more seriously.
Over the last week, a popular far-left live streamer named Destiny (a man with a female name) went on a vitriolic rampage against the murdered Trump supporter, Corey Comperatore, who was hit with a stray bullet fired at President Donald Trump.
It only took a matter of hours for blue-haired leftists like Destiny (pictured below)
I hate to say I told you so, but ... I told you so.
Joe Biden and his team have tried fending off calls to withdraw from the race without making it personal -- until today. After Barack Obama began pushing for Biden to get out through the pages of the Washington Post, the gloves came off. Scranton Joe has turned into Snarling Joe and is blaming the entire Democrat establishment for getting Donald Trump elected in the first place (via RedState):
“Can we all just remember for a minute that these same people who are trying to push Joe Biden out are the same people who literally
Holy Whiplash, Batman! 'Multiple Sources'
State Biden to Withdraw From 2024 Race
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State Biden to Withdraw From 2024 Race
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It seems like only moments ago we reported that a source inside the Biden campaign, an unnamed "senior White House official," indicated President Joe Biden's defiance--that he intended to remain in the race, and that he was in it to win it.
Newsmax's Mark Halperin has the scoop; say hello to Captain Whiplash: [Tweet]
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BREAKING NEWS: Multiples sources outline the apparent state of play on Biden at this time:
* plans to announce withdrawal from nomination as early as this weekend, with Sunday most likely
* Jon Meacham polishing up remarks
* Biden with NOT resign the presidency
* Biden will NOT endorse Harris
Joe Biden sat down for an interview with Black Entertainment Television (BET) host Ed Gordon to pander to black voters.
Joe “you ain’t black” Biden is struggling with black voters as the 2024 election cycle goes into full swing.
Meanwhile, President Trump is making inroads with blacks.
Biden’s interview with BET was a pathetic attempt to appeal to black voters. Biden rambled incoherently as he lied about his involvement in the civil rights movement. This is one of Biden’s favorite lies (he has many).
“I got involved in the civil rights movement [unintelligible].”
Conservative journalist and political talk show host Lou Dobbs died at the age of 78 on Thursday.
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of ‘The Great Lou Dobbs,'” his social media account announced.
“Lou was a fighter till the very end — fighting for what mattered to him the most, God, his family and the country.
“Lou’s legacy will forever live on as a Patriot and a great American,” the post continued. “We ask for your prayers for Lou’s wonderful wife Debi, children and grandchildren.”
Donald Trump's former White House press secretary Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has words of advice for President Biden's top spokesperson as Democrats enter 'total meltdown' mode.
It's been a hectic three weeks since Biden and Trump's first debate, during which the 81-year-old president had a self-proclaimed 'bad night' filled with gaffes and stumbles.
Over 20 elected Democrats have since turned on Joe, publicly urging him to exit the 2024 race and allow a fresh candidate at the top of the ticket. Even former President Barack Obama reportedly told allies Biden should 'seriously consider' whether he should stay in the race, raising speculation he could drop out in a matter of days.
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Why was there no security posted on the rooftop from which the would-be assassin of Donald Trump took his shot? Not for any profound reason but because the Secret Service was afraid of its agents falling, according to Director Kimberly Cheatle. "There’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. And so, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside."
It is part of a succession of marvels that occurred on July 13, 2024. First, there was the rapid preparation of the alleged assassin, Thomas Crooks, a 20-year-old cook in a nursing home,
Defiant Biden Handlers Just Threw Obama,
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After Joe Biden allegedly contracted COVID and left Las Vegas for his Delaware beach house on Wednesday, much speculation suggested he was preparing to leave the race. Even the betting markets shifted, showing the probability of Biden dropping out at an all-time high. (Snip) Now, Biden's handlers are getting even more vicious. A report from NBC News quotes a "source close to Biden" throwing Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi under the bus before backing up over them. They even go so far as to say the three named above were responsible for Donald Trump being elected in 2016 because they pushed Hillary Clinton to the forefront.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has provided some much-needed clarity on who can and can't register to vote in the upcoming 2024 elections, with the state of Arizona the focus of a new decision on Thursday afternoon. The suit was filed by the state Republican Party and the state Senate President Warren Petersen against a pro-illegals interest group, Mi Familia Vota, and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D).
The Republican caucus of the state Senate reacted on X, calling it a massive win for election integrity: [Tweet]
The post, signed by Petersen, reads:
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of election integrity!
Bob Newhart Passes Away at 94
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Bob Newhart, whose unique comedic persona of an observant, yet unflappable, human island of serenity around whom chaos swirled endeared him to multiple generations across several decades, passed away on July 18, 2024, after what his publicist described as a series of short illnesses. Newhart was 94.
Newhart worked as an accountant until he was 30, when he started trying his hand at stand-up. Newhart first came to public attention in 1960 when his album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” won Album of the Year at the 1960 Grammys. Newhart also won Best New Artist of 1960
Whistleblowers Reveal What Secret Service
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The United States Secret Service acknowledged it had "limited resources" during briefings held before the July 13 Trump rally in Pennsylvania at which an attempted assassination occurred, according to whistleblower disclosures to the House Judiciary Committee.
The admitted lack of necessary resources, according to the whistleblowers, was due to the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., that took place before the rally from July 9 through July 11.
"Whistleblowers have disclosed to the Committee that the USSS led two briefings regarding the July 13 campaign rally on July 8, 2024, with the Western Pennsylvania Fusion Center (WPFC) and other stakeholders, to discuss the upcoming, unrelated
Former President Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt, and the next day, he’s on a plane heading to Milwaukee to address the nation. President Joe Biden gets COVID, despite being double vaxxed, and he is hiding away at his Deleware home.
This alone further exacerbates concerns that the 81-year-old president is not mentally or physically well enough to continue running in the 2024 race.
A bullet grazes Trump’s ear, missing his head by nearly seconds, and he’s golfing by 9 a.m. the next day. Biden experiences “mild symptoms” of what can basically be categorized as a cold, and he’s bedridden for the foreseeable future.
The woke indoctrination of your kids will never stop. Homeschooling is a great option.
FACT-O-RAMA! Your kids don't go to public school; they attend "government" schools.
A California judge decided that punishing a seven-year-old schoolgirl for being "racist" is A-OK.
What did the li'l bigot do? She drew a BLM picture including drawings of her diverse group of friends and added two "inclusionary" words, which this British news outlet found too vile to share on Twitter: [Tweet]
Those naughty words are "any life."
FACT-O-RAMA! If you wore a T-shirt 10 years ago that said "All Lives Matter," you would have been très woke. Today, those words make you a seething racist.
Tiger Woods and former president Donald Trump have crossed paths many times, most notably when Trump awarded Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019. In the wake of an attempted assassination of Trump this past weekend, Woods said he couldn't sleep and didn't arrive in Scotland in the right frame of mind for this week's British Open.
"I didn’t accomplish a lot because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind," Woods told the BBC. "It was a long night [in the wake of the assassination attempt] and that’s all we watched the entire time on the way over here."
Woods is preparing to play in the 152nd
Not too long ago, the automobile industry was all-in for electric vehicles (EVs). Falling in line with the Biden administration’s massive push for EVs and away from gas-powered cars, the Big Three and other manufacturers doubled down on EV production.
Part of the calculus was that car buyers would opt for the tax breaks and incentives that the government offered EV customers. That siren song didn’t lure many customers in. Eventually, the EV fad died out noticeably, and auto manufacturers are beginning to adjust to the market.
Ford is the latest example of an automaker that is distancing itself from the EV push.
As the list of Democrats in Congress calling for President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid grows, some long-time Democratic donors are joining efforts to urge the president to end his campaign.
One of those donors is Whitney Tilson, and he explained to Scripps News that rumors casting doubt on President Biden's political future are continuing to spread throughout the party. [SNIP] Tilson says all of the recent blunders are "setting it up for him to step aside."
"There's just extreme urgency here and Biden has basically no support left anywhere — almost anywhere — in the Democratic Party right now," Tilson added.
It’s anyone’s guess whether Joe Biden will drop out of the presidential race or not. Personally, I dare not guess one way or the other. Some reports suggest that it could happen as early as this weekend, but others want Biden to go out with a bang and announce his intention to drop out of the race on Thursday night, before or in the middle of Trump’s big speech at the Republican National Convention, according to Newsweek.
"If democrats still have any fight left in them, they would announce Biden stepping down during the middle of Trumps speech," Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Senator John McCain,
A federal grand jury has indicted Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, on charges that she acted as an agent of influence for the South Korean intelligence service. According to the indictment, Terry was recruited in 2013 and received "handbags, clothing and at least $37,000 in covert payments to the think tank where she was employed."
Terry's lawyer says the charges of failure to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act are poppycock and malarky. “Dr. Terry has not held a security clearance for over a decade,
An unnamed senior Biden White House official is apparently pushing back on all of the speculation about the president stepping away from his campaign. This anonymous official claims that President Biden may be hitting the campaign trail again--as early as next week.
As President Biden faces mounting calls from prominent Democrats to drop out of the race, a member of his inner circle flatly denied reports that the president is now more open to the idea of ending his campaign.
"Anyone who has talked to Joe Biden in the last 24 hours can tell you that is not true,
The first post-assassination attempt polling is out, in the form of a swing state poll by Emerson College's polling group. The results of that poll should have the Trump campaign, on this last day of the Republican National Convention, wearing broad grins. The Biden campaign, on the other hand...
New polling conducted July 15-16 by Emerson College Polling and sponsored by Democrats for Next Generation finds former President Trump leading Biden in seven swing states and in a national poll.
In the July 15-16 national poll, 46% of registered voters support Trump, and 42% support Biden; 12% are undecided. There has been a two-point drop in Biden’s
Republican nominee Donald Trump announced the death of former CNN star, Lou Dobbs, who passed away at the age of 78.
Trump, also 78, announced his passing on his social media app, Truth Social, writing: 'The Great Lou Dobbs has just passed away.'
He called the former CNN anchor a 'friend' and a 'truly incredible journalist, reporter, and talent.' He understood the world and what was "happening" better than others,' the politician wrote. 'Lou was unique in so many ways and loved our country.
'Our warmest condolences to his wonderful wife, Debi, and family. He will be greatly missed!'
The CIA said Thursday it gave false information to Congress about the “Spies Who Lie” who suggested incriminating documents from Hunter Biden’s laptop were Russian disinformation.
In the stunning twist that’s heightening congressional doubts about the impartiality and reliability of America’s premier spy agency, the CIA said in a letter acquired by The Post that former agency acting director Michael Morell was not a contractor at the time he organized the October 2020 laptop statement.
That contradicted the agency’s previous testimony to Congress that he was under contract.
It appears that MSNBC is shocked to see some of the biggest names in Republican politics conspicuously absent from the RNC.
Who are these conservative luminaries? (X Photo) Among the “notable Republicans” absent from the convention: George W. Bush, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney and Paul Ryan. (Photo) What an unfathomable loss; how can the convention go on without these critical thought leaders? More importantly, how could their consciences permit them to forsake the voters who look to them for leadership?
Until yesterday, I’ve said nothing about the Secret Service’s obvious failure to protect former President Trump, who is only alive today not due to the Secret Service, but a fortuitous turn of the head. He literally came within a millisecond of having his brains blown out. Even more disturbing, he literally came within a millisecond of being assassinated by an assassin who was allowed to prowl the grounds of Trump’s Saturday night rally for as long as one to three hours—hours—after he was identified as a suspicious character.
The reason I didn’t say anything about this jaw-dropping security failure is because after something like this happens, we become
Every day seems to bring more troubling revelations about Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump. On Thursday morning, we learned that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who tried to kill Trump, had hidden his rifle in advance, according to a Secret Service source speaking to Fox News.
The exact location where he concealed the weapon remains unclear. By the time agents identified him on the roof, he was already armed.
"We went from a golf range finder to an AR-15, and now we have to fill in the gap," the source explained to Fox News.
When authorities first observed Crooks carrying a golf range finder Saturday,
Just months before many college students will take part in their first Election Day, a survey has found a concerning amount of them don't actually know much about the background of what they're voting on. [SNIP] For example, only 31% of the more than 3,000 students surveyed knew James Madison was a Founding Father of the Constitution, and 60% couldn't identify term lengths for members of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives. Only 27% knew Vice President Kamala Harris is the president of the U.S. Senate, 35% knew the House Speaker is Mike Johnson and one-third incorrectly thought the Constitution required the Supreme Court to have nine judges.
A bullet hit a United States president for the first time in 43 years. They say it was a failed assassination attempt because the bullet did not kill Donald Trump. That is true, but we should not forget that, at the same time, Biden’s political career was killed outright. In fact, this inaccurate shot may be the beginning of the end of the Democrat party in its present form. If this happens, it will lead to a long-term inactivation of most leftist movements in America.
Biden had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to alter the path of his decline into oblivion.
Bud Light slips even further down list
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of America's favorite beers as underdog
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Bud Light's popularity continues to decline more than a year after a boycott disrupted the US beer industry.
A backlash that began last April - after the beer giant used a transgender influencer in an advert - has snowballed, new sales figures show.
Back then, Bud Light was the undisputed top-selling beer in American stores by a margin. It had held the place for decades.
It fell below Modelo Especial last summer - and now it has slipped to No3 behind Michelob Ultra. Coors Light could overtake Bud Light by the end of the year if the fall in sales - shown in the graph below - continues.
United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should be out of a job now. Her agency failed to protect former President Donald Trump, who was nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. A rooftop with a clear vantage point to the stage at the rally was never secured or even swept—all of this when the location was flagged as a security vulnerability. Trump escaped death that day, missing getting hit with a fatal headshot by millimeters. Why wasn’t the roof secure? Cheatle said that the sloped roof was a safety concern. I’m not kidding:
Former President Barack Obama is pressuring President Biden to reconsider his 2024 run for re-election, according to a new report.
Obama and Biden have only spoken once since the president’s debate debacle on June 27 — but stressed during that conversation that his old running mate’s chances of beating Donald Trump were “greatly diminished,” the Washington Post reported.
The 44th president also stressed that while Biden’s legacy was important to him, only his former vice president could make the call on whether to stay in the race. “Our campaign is not working through any scenarios where President Biden is not at the top of the ticket.
The sister of the man who opened fire on former President Trump on Saturday is a "hardworking" woman with two jobs, according to a report. A neighbor of Katie Crooks said she moved out of her family home three years ago into an apartment – and that her now notorious brother helped her transfer her belongings.
"The person who helped her, I couldn’t tell if it was a male or a female," the neighbor told the New York Post. "A couple of days later, I asked if it was one of her siblings and she said it was her brother. The one who shot Trump… He was real scrawny."
The German conservative won a second term as European Commission president, despite wavering support in the run-up to the vote. Congratulations have been pouring in from European leaders. Germany's Ursula von der Leyen has been given a second term as European Commission president. She was reelected by the European Parliament with 401 votes in favor, 284 against and 15 abstentions.Von der Leyen needed to get a majority of at least 361 votes in the 720-seat chamber to be reelected. She raised both fists in victory as Parliament President Roberta Metsola read the results to the legislature.
This profile is part of the VICI Report, a comprehensive multi-part series exploring the sophisticated use of technology in political operations. This series aims to uncover the processes, mechanisms, tools, and technologies used by Democrats to master our political processes and to develop strategies that answer and ultimately defeat their manipulations in 2024 and beyond.
The Democrats' Data-Driven Political Machine
TargetSmart stands as the liberal left's dominant force in political data infrastructure, wielding sophisticated analytics to shape electoral outcomes with alarming precision. Founded in 1995 in Washington, D.C., this Democrat-aligned company has expanded its reach, now commanding an estimated 70% market share among leftist non-profits. CEO Lindsey Schuh Cortés,
Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday criticized the belief of some of former President Donald Trump’s backers that “God is protecting him” after surviving an assassination attempt on Saturday.
Trump survived the attempt on his life at his Pennsylvania rally after a bullet grazed his head, with some of the former president’s backers now believing that he is being protected by God, according to The New York Times. Carville on “Politics War Room” said he thinks this belief is “horseshit” and “a perversion,” adding that their religious perspective will lead to Trump destroying his enemies if reelected.
Sources tell Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen that Democratic party leaders and close friends of Joe Biden will convince him to bail out of the presidential contest as soon as this weekend.According to the report, Biden's defiance is strictly for public consumption. In private "he's resigned to mounting pressure, bad polls, and untenable scrutiny making it impossible to continue his campaign, the Democrats tell us."
Behind the scenes: The private message, distilled to its bluntest form: The top leaders of his party, his friends and key donors believe he can't win, can't change public perceptions of his age and acuity, and can't deliver congressional majorities.
John Nolte at Breitbart pointed out on Wednesday that the Hollywood trade magazine Variety attacked director Ron Howard -- aka the beloved actor who played Opie Taylor/Richie Cunningham -- for having "created a monster" by making a movie based on the best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, now Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee.
Their chief film critic Peter Debruge lowered the boom:
Unlike so many of the books published in the lead-up to someone’s political candidacy — such as Barack Obama’s 2007 The Audacity of Hope or Kamala Harris’ 2019 The Truths We Hold — Hillbilly Elegy wasn’t written for readers of Vance’s political persuasion.
Investigators Found This Message From
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Investigators working to determine the motive behind the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump said that the shooter made a post on a gaming platform hinting at the attack.According to ABC News, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, searched both Trump and President Joe Biden on his phone before he tried to kill Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. And, Crooks reportedly made a post on the platform Stream where he said, “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.”
This was reportedly shared by U.S. Secret Service and FBI officials in a briefing with senators.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough all but called on President Biden to drop his re-election campaign Thursday — as the TV host ripped the commander-in-chief’s inner circle for keeping him in the race.
“This is not going to end well if it continues to drag out,” Scarborough said during a lengthy spiel on his “Morning Joe” talk show. Scarborough, who has staunchly defended the 81-year-old president in recent weeks despite the mounting calls for him to step aside, called on those closest to Biden to help him “do the right thing.”
“It’s really incumbent on people that are around Joe Biden to step up at this point and help
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly urging President Joe Biden to end his campaign bid, according to ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
During an interview on air at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Karl discussed the “intensifying” pressure that has been building against Biden since his poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump in late June. Karl stated that within a private one-on-one meeting Saturday between the Democratic Senate Leader and Biden, Schumer allegedly “made the case” for the president to step aside as the nominee.
“I am told that the pressure from Democratic leaders for Biden to get out of the race is intensifying.
MILWAUKEE — The Trump campaign on Wednesday said it would not commit to a date for a vice presidential debate, suggesting it was still uncertain who would be on the Democratic ticket.
“We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” senior Trump campaign adviser Brian Hughes said in a statement. “To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate.”
I won’t compare the events of last Saturday afternoon in rural Pennsylvania to the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. I have a weakness for melodrama, but that’s a bridge too far even for me.
But the renewing effect of a near-death experience is old and powerful in literature and life – perhaps especially when the near-death is out of the blue. There’s no anticipation, no nervousness, no preparation.
The entire reaction occurs after the event is already over. Then, safe and sound, the person whose corporeal self was nearly extinguished is completely and intensely alive. The only evidence that he nearly departed is his shaking head and trembling hands.
As our esteemed President, Joseph Robinette Biden, recently intoned, we should tone down the hateful rhetoric and be about unity. Of course, doing so would overlook his evil and infamous “red light” speech given at Independence Hall (a sacrilege), a speech followed by innumerable comparisons between Trump and both Stalin and Hitler, not to mention the “very fine people” hoax, the bleach hoax, the Russia hoax, and on and on. Biden and his noisome minions are also forever intoning the “Threat to Democracy” mantra. It’s impossible to imagine that this rhetoric did not culminate in the recent event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
After giving President Joe Biden some space to make the decision for himself, top Democrats on Capitol Hill are upping the pressure on the incumbent to withdraw from the race — and they, or their aides, are making sure reporters know about it.
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), the former House speaker, privately told Biden over the phone that current polling indicates he’ll lose to former president Donald Trump if he stays in the race, four sources briefed on the conversation told CNN. Pelosi also expressed concern that his refusal to drop out of the race could crush Democrats’ chances of retaking the House, which currently has a narrow Republican majority.
Why did Donald Trump select JD Vance? Obviously, their current policy views are simpatico, but JD Vance was not supportive back in 2016. He was pretty harsh about Donald Trump the candidate. You know who else was? Me. Dig back through my columns and you’ll see. I was never a Never Trumper. I was always going to vote for the GOP nominee, and I did vote for the nominee. But I was a Ted Cruz guy because I didn’t think Donald Trump was actually going to do the things Donald Trump said he was going to do and I said so. In fact, CNN used to have me on
Cackling While America Burns
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The campaign by Democrats to force President Joe Biden to drop out waned a bit after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. But it quickly resumed as Biden stumbled and bumbled through the week. Just yesterday, news broke that Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Biden to step aside, as did Calif. Rep. Adam Schiff.
While there’s not a single person on any list of possible replacements who wouldn’t continue the decline of the U.S. under Biden, one stands out as more frightening than the rest: Kamala Harris.
There’s an easy explanation why Harris is one of the most unpopular vice presidents.
On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: Is J.D. Vance “uppity”? The far right is mad at all the Indian Americans at the RNC. The influencers TikTokking for Trump. Peter Savodnik on the paranoid style in Republican politics. And much more.
But first, a tale of two presidential candidates. Any hope in the White House that the attempt on Donald Trump’s life might have saved Joe Biden’s candidacy was surely eradicated yesterday. The president had a very bad day.
There was the polling circulating among Democrats showing that a wide range of alternative candidates are ahead of Biden in battleground states.
Israel's Response to Terror
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Hamas, designated a terror group by Western nations, is an Islamist fundamentalist group whose 1988 Covenant openly supports a Sharia law-based paradisical Caliphate free of non-believers and a world free of Jews (end of Article 7).
Despite Israel's compliance with humanitarian concerns, rules of war, and attempts to avoid Palestinian civilian deaths, the perception remains that Israel should be the one to make concessions for a ceasefire, not Hamas, which should immediately release the hostages it took.
Peter Navarro left federal prison in Miami earlier this morning and flew to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to deliver a speech on the “injustice” within Biden’s America.
When Navarro walked onto the stage at the RNC Convention the entire audience erupted in cheers, applause and chants of, “fight, fight, fight.” A smiling Navarro seemed genuinely moved by the audience appreciation as he begins to deliver his remarks REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOCUSES ON 'MAKE
AMERICA STRONG ONCE AGAIN' FOR NIGHT THREE
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Biden in a private conversation that polling indicates he can’t beat Donald Trump in the 2024 election, according to a report.
Pelosi also conveyed to Biden, 81, that his continued presidential re-election campaign could destroy Democrats’ chances of winning the House in November, four sources told CNN.
The California congresswoman referred to several polls showing that Trump would beat the incumbent during their private conversation, the report said.
The Emperor’s New Clothiers
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While we’re waiting for the Lord Almighty to weigh in on President Biden’s political future, we’ve been subjected to a display of Democrat disingenuousness that is not only breathtaking, but also, in the favorite phrase of the left, an “existential threat” to all Democrat politicians’ chances in the November election.
Like Captain Renault in Casablanca, most Democrat politicians and pundits were pretending to be shocked — shocked! — at the sudden show of impairment exhibited by our “sharp, focused, engaged” president in the recent debate against Donald Trump.
Most rank-and-file Democrats, on the other hand, were probably genuinely shocked to see their candidate falter so abysmally.
I wrote previously about some of the reported interventions of top Democrats like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with Joe Biden in regard to staying in the race.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also spoke to Biden one-on-one and urged him to step aside.
But the reported word is so far Biden has rebuffed the effort, although it looks like they may have gotten to him a little with him supposedly also asking his people about how Kamala Harris would do if she ran instead. I wonder if they stepped up the effort because of all the reports of his wild interviews and other crazy things he has said.
A few things in life are certain: death, taxes, and the Left trying to control the Supreme Court.
From demanding the unnecessary addition of more seats or limiting the justices’ terms, relentless propaganda that certain justices and their decisions are “corrupt,” creating fake ethical “scandals,” openly threatening individual justices, and more, the Left wants the court under their thumb.
That’s old news. The only new thing, if you can really call it that, is that President Joe Biden, according to news reports, will soon endorse a few ideas that have been around for years.
Biden says he now supports limiting Supreme Court justices’ terms and imposing an “enforceable” ethics code.
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One of the most poignant moments of the third night of the Republican National Convention was when the families of those killed in the Abbey Gate terrorist attack during Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal took the stage. These Gold Star families shared their grief and their experience in trying to get answers from the Biden administration - or even a simple acknowledgement of their loss.
In a despicable move, MSNBC refused to air that segment, instead cutting away for some hand-wringing over the fate of Biden's presidency and who might replace him on the ticket.
As the Republican National Convention kicks off its third night, it’s carrying another indirect theme: party unity. Now, usually, it’s not a big deal, as both Democrats and Republicans have it together heading into their respective conventions, but liberals are imploding tonight. The chaos narrative has often been assigned to Trump and the Republicans, at times, erroneously so, but not tonight—not this year. Total mayhem has engulfed the Democratic Party as the push to get Biden to step aside has hit renewed intensity. And CNN’s Van Jones delivered a brutal observation on the state of his party tonight: “A bullet couldn't stop Trump. A virus just stopped Biden…
Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks wrote a chilling online message that hinted to sinister plans for the day he shot up the former president’s Butler, Pa. rally over the weekend.
“July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” the 20-year-old gunman allegedly wrote on Steam, a popular online platform where gamers communicate with one another, Fox News reported.
The foreshadowing message was revealed to US senators during a briefing with top law enforcement officials on Wednesday. (Photo)
Crooks, 20, also had images of the Republican presidential nominee as well as President Biden on his cellphone, and searched the dates of the Democratic National Convention and Trump’s Pennsylvania rally
Donald Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter Kai took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday to run through her first major appearance in politics.
The daughter of Don Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa will address thousands of GOP delegates and fans on the third night of the event at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
'I am honored to be speaking at the RNC at 9 pm (CDT),' she posted on social media hours before her big speech. It comes just days after her grandfather former president was shot by a would-be assassin on stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
This was a surreal and amazing incident that unfolded tonight at the Republican National Convention.
Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the Secret Service, was confronted by Republican senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who were demanding answers about the failure of the Secret Service to protect Donald Trump.
Kim Cheatle tried to run away but the senators chased after her, demanding answers.
This is just stunning. Watch below:
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Special Counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday appealed Judge Cannon’s decision to toss the classified documents case to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday dismissed Jack Smith’s classified documents case based on unlawful appointment and funding of the special counsel.
The charges waged against Trump and his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira were all tossed.
Jack Smith indicted Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami in June 2023 for lawfully storing presidential records at his Mar-a-Lago estate which was protected by Secret Service agents.
Just when I think the media can’t get any dumber, folks like MSNBC’s Joy Reid prove me dead wrong.
In Reid’s latest tap-dancing routine for President Joe Biden, she responded to the news that he has COVID-19 – again. During the segment, she lauded Biden’s latest COVID diagnosis as an opportunity to attack former President Donald Trump, who is riding high after Saturday’s attempt on his life.
And not spread COVID around, but also to remind people of what hell we went through with COVID because of Donald Trump. Here is a great messaging opportunity for President Biden to bring out the tape and remind people of how many people died.
The Trump confidant and Republican operative, who cut his political teeth in President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign, told RedState President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Ohio’s Republican Sen. J.D. Vance to be his 2024 running mate set up the possibility of a 12-year ticket while attending the 2024 Republican National Convention here.
“It is going to take a lot of time to reform our country,” said Roger Stone, the host of “The Stone Zone” podcast.
“It's going to be hard to do it in four years.”
Stone said two factors tell him Vance is up for the three-term reign, his background and his age.
Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance at the Republican National Convention (RNC) flanked by Secret Service this week after surviving a would-be assassination.
His Secret Service team, however, looked drastically different from the agents that were guarding him during his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday when the shooting occurred.
As he entered the arena at the RNC, an all-male Secret Service team escorted the former president—different from the women who were tasked with protecting him during his rally.
At the time of the would-be assassination, Trump was surrounded by several female agents, who critics say were hired solely based on DEI initiatives.
The Republican National Convention has been a great event so far with everyone coming together in unity behind former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) for the Republican ticket. There have been fun and inspiring moments, including Trump's emotional entry into the hall just two days after Saturday's assassination attempt. (Snip) So when the Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle showed up at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, senators wanted answers. I'm not sure why Cheatle was there, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other senators waylaid her and peppered her with questions, demanding to know why the Secret Service wasn't providing answers.
Just when you thought the Secret Service story couldn't get any worse, it takes another turn. It turns out that not only did the man who attempted to assassinate former President Trump visit the rally site in Butler, Pa., to plan his attack days in advance, but sixty-two minutes—nearly an hour—elapsed between the time he was identified as a suspicious person and he began firing. And he was allowed to remain on the roof of the building for 20 minutes after being spotted by snipers.
When seconds count, the Secret Service took an hour to respond. As a result, a brave family man is dead,
The recent attempt on former President Donald Trump's life was ghastly. Yet conservatives have long been horrified by the propensity of the Biden administration Gestapo — I mean, Dept. of Justice — to round up its enemies via pre-dawn raids and frog-march them into the federal clink.
The unprecedented, norms-shattering raid on a past president's private residence over a paperwork complaint that has since been tossed out of court was the most visible and galling of these abuses. But there have been Trump-ally and other conservative victims a-plenty, and we've told their stories here at PJ Media. One of them is Peter Navarro,
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) came out to a hearty welcome at the Republican National Convention. The crowd cheered and chanted “Drill, baby drill!” He had to wait to begin his speech because the crowd noise was so raucous.
But Abbott wasn’t in Milwaukee to talk about drilling for oil. Instead, he spoke about the border crisis, which Abbott knows about more than probably any other governor. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, “Texas and Mexico share 1,254 miles of common border and are joined by 28 international bridges and border crossings. This number includes two dams, one hand-drawn ferry, and 25 other crossings that allow commercial, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic.”
GOP Vice Presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was the finale of day three at the RNC, and he spoke about his upbringing, unity, and free speech as he accepted the nomination to become Vice President of the United States of America.
Here is what Vance said when accepting the nomination to become VP:
And so tonight, Mr. Chairman, I stand here humbled and I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officially accept your nomination to be Vice President of the United States of America.
When speaking about the assassination attempt on Trump, here is part of what Vance said:
Now consider what they said. They said he was a tyrant.
Donald Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter stole the show at the Republican National Convention, bringing the house down as she hinted at a future in politics.
Kai Trump told the huge crowd in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that she wanted to 'share a side of my grandpa that people don't often see,' including how he gives candy and soda to his grandchildren.
Donald Trump Jr. gave up some of his microphone time to allow his daughter to take over, explaining she had asked to speak in the wake of the assassination attempt on her grandfather.