October 26: Free Beacon: "Independent" Nebraska Senate candidate financials show nearly $400,000 raised from 200 donors, six of whom are Nebraskans
Dan Osborn, the Nebraska independent Senate candidate running as a centrist against incumbent Republican Deb Fischer in the reliably Republican state, has raised nearly $400,000 in the past week from nearly 200 donors contributing more than $1,000. Just six of those donors reside in Nebraska, campaign finance disclosures reveal. Federal law requires Osborn to disclose campaign contributions of more than $1,000 within 24 hours. Osborn has filed five such disclosures in the past week. They show he raised roughly $380,000 in contributions from 181 individuals. Residents of California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., are well represented. Osborn raked in a five-figure contribution from former Democratic National Committee finance chair Jane Stetson. Only six of the contributions came from in state donors for a total of $17,000 among them.

October 25: The New York Post: Israel strikes back after Iranian attack on its country
Israel launched airstrikes at military targets in Iran early Saturday in retaliation for Tehran's ballistic barrage of 200 rockets targeting the Jewish state earlier this month, the Israeli military confirmed. Multiple explosions were reported near Tehran, Iran's capital, and the nearby city of Karaj, according to reports. "It was so loud and the sky became red," said an Iranian resident in Tehran, who asked not to be named. The Israel Defense Forces fired "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran "in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel," an IDF spokesperson said in a statement. "Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel," the spokesperson added. The White House was notified shortly before Israel carried out its attack on Iran. White House National Security Counsel spokesperson Sean Savett said the US is not participating in the Israeli military's "exercise of self-defense." "We understand that Israel is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran as an exercise of self-defense and in response to Iran's ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1st. We would refer you to the Israeli government for more information on their operation," Savett said in a statement. The Israel Defense Forces had pledged a "serious and significant" response to Iran's attack, with Friday night's strike serving as a rare and open direct assault on the Islamic Republic. Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel on Oct. 1 in direct response to the recent assassinations of Hezbollah founder Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and an Iranian general. Despite the extent of the attack on Tel Aviv and other Israeli population centers, many missiles were intercepted before they could cause any serious harm. In the wake of Iran's ballistic missile barrage, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Israel would respond with its own retaliatory attack. US officials, who backed Israel's right to respond to Iran's attack, said America had been advising the Jewish state on how to prepare a "proportionate" response.

October 25: News Max: Election worker in Bexar County assaulted by voter after being told to remove his MAGA hat while in the polling place
A Texas man who wore a hat supporting former President Donald Trump punched an election worker who told him that wearing items endorsing a candidate are prohibited at voting sites, a sheriff said Friday. The election worker, identified as a 69-year-old man, was treated at the scene Thursday and returned to his election post at a San Antonio library on Friday, officials said. The suspect was arrested on felony charges of assaulting an elderly person and could face additional charges, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. The alleged assault happened at the end of the first week of early voting in Texas, where long lines have stretched outside some polling places. Both the sheriff and county elections administrator urged voters to stay calm and patient during sometimes long waits to vote during what they described as a contentious election. "Thankfully there was nothing life-threatening about what occurred, but it was still an ugly incident," Salazar said.

October 25: The Epoch Times:
5th Circuit rules that mail in ballots received after election day may not be counted
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released an opinion on Oct. 25 stating that federal law requires mail-in ballots be counted no later than election day. In doing so, it ruled against a Mississippi law allowing count ballots to be counted if they arrived no more than five days after the election and if they were postmarked on or before the date of the election. The policy was adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic but the state kept it even after the pandemic ended. "Because Mississippi's statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law," Judge Andrew Oldham, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in his opinion for the court. RNC Chairman Michael Whatley celebrated the decision on the social media platform X, describing it as a "seismic win for fair, accurate, secure, and transparent elections."

October 24: News Max: Dave McCormick, the Republican
challenging Pennsylvania's Democrat incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, said he expects his race, like the presidential contest, to be close, but he's also seeing a momentum shift.
The race at the top of the ticket is also becoming a contest between the "strength" of President Trump and the "weakness" of Kamala Harris, McCormick said. As for his race against Casey, McCormick, the CEO of Bridgewater Associates, said it is a contest to fight for "change in the status quo." "I'm a seventh-generation Pennsylvanian," he said. "I'm a West Point graduate, a combat veteran, a successful business guy, and a political outsider." Casey, on the other hand, "is a 30-year elected official, a career politician. Whenever the bullets start flying, he ducks," McCormick said. Casey who has voted 98% of the time with the Harris/Biden White House, says he can work with Trump, which is an indicator of how close the race is and internal polls that may be showing Casey is losing. McCormick also slammed Casey for sending a letter to the CEO of McDonald's to question him about price hikes, just after Trump was at a campaign event at a McDonald's in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. "It's an absolute abuse of power," McCormick said of the letter. "The day after the president visits McDonald's, they send this scathing letter to the CEO of McDonald's. So, talk about using political power inappropriately. This is a perfect example of the Democrats doing that. And Bob Casey doing that."

October 24: One America News Network: The husband of Kamala Harris has portrayed a "completely fabricated persona" as a public figure.
The former girlfriend Doug Emhoff, said in an interview with reporters on Thursday, said she was giving a valet $100 to move her up in the line when Emhoff got out of the line, "comes up, turns me around by my right shoulder. I'm completely caught off guard, I'm not bracing, I'm in four-inch heels, wearing a full-length gown and it's between 2-3 a.m.," she told the outlet. "He slaps me so hard I spin around, and I'm in utter shock," the woman, a New York lawyer who wishes only to be referred to as "Jane" for fear of retribution, said. "There had been no fight, no argument," she added. "In that moment, his mask had dropped and I saw his dark side." Jane and her current spouse are both registered Democrats who supported President Biden in the 2020 primary and general election and gave over $10,000 to his campaign. Emhoff disclosed to Jane that he had persuaded Naylor to sign a $80,000 nondisclosure agreement as part of a settlement, Jane continued for getting his nanny pregnant when he cheated on his wife… this is the same kind of agreement Trump had with Stormy Daniels, and one over which the "mainstream media" has made a field day of.

October 24: The Times of Israel: Graham says normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia possible by the end of the year
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and believes that an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia could be reached before the end of the year. Graham, who is in Michigan campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, said Netanyahu supported work on a deal with Saudi Arabia. He said Kamala Harris was "far more beholden to the left" and had not shown interest in working for such an agreement, but Biden was keen to see a deal get done and would be able to mobilize the needed Democratic votes. Normalizing Israeli-Saudi relations would mark an expansion of the Abraham Accords, which were signed when Trump was in office. The accords led to the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. The Biden administration had been working to broker a normalization accord between the two countries that would include US security guarantees for Gulf state Saudi Arabia, among other bilateral deals between Washington and Riyadh, but those efforts stalled after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, which killed over 1,200 Israelis and foreign citizens, most of them civilians, and took 251 hostages into Gaza.

October 24: The Daily Mail:
Trump doesn't rule out a pardon for Hunter
Biden if he wins the race for president Donald Trump isn't ruling out issuing a pardon for 'bad boy' Hunter Biden if the former president is reelected next month – after railing for four years about the 'laptop from hell.' Trump made the comment to commentator Hugh Hewitt after Trump told him he would fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within two seconds' if reelected. 'I wouldn't take it off the books,' Trump said. 'There's no question about it. [Hunter] He's been a bad boy. All you had to do is see the laptop from hell. But I happen to think it's [putting him in jail] very bad for our country.' The president's son faces sentencing in December on federal gun charges after being convicted of lying about his drug addiction when filling out a form for a handgun purchase. He plead guilty to separate federal tax charges in September. As he has in the past, Trump said he could have jailed 2016 political rival Hillary Clinton, in connection with her use of a home email server and her distruction of over 30,000 emails that were under subpoena.

October 23: The Gateway Pundit: Disgruntled ex-employee attempts to smear Trump in the waning days of the presidential campaign
Former Chief of Staff John Kelly has once again surfaced with baseless claims aimed at smearing President Donald Trump, just as left-wing operatives, including Kamala Harris, scramble to weaponize Kelly's latest accusations. Kelly's allegations are nothing more than a last-ditch effort from a disgruntled employee who has long held a vendetta against the former President. Kelly was fired by Trump and now is spreading a debunked narrative about Trump allegedly praising Adolf Hitler during his time in office. These accusations are reminiscent of other baseless stories designed to defame Trump without a shred of credible evidence. Over a dozen individuals, including close staffers have said the charges are untrue. Kelly is rehashing discredited talking points. Kamala Harris wasted no time jumping on this fabricated narrative, calling an emergency press conference to parrot Kelly's claims. Numerous prominent figures who worked directly with Trump have spoken out, exposing Kelly's lies. "I worked for John Kelly and don't believe him. His last-ditch effort to stop Donald Trump is desperate. This is a personal vendetta from a staffer who failed at his job and believed as a chief of staff that he should have been the ultimate decisionmaker. President Trump loves America, will preserve our freedoms, and has done more for the Jewish people than any other president," Former White House Strategic Senior Advisor Mercedes Schlapp said.

October 23: News Max:
Dems question Harris' strategy as the campaign comes to a close
With recent polling showing that Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump are very much in a dogfight for the presidency, many Democrat supporters are questioning choices being made by the Harris campaign. Trump continues to hold almost daily campaign events in crucial battleground states to shore up his base and appeal to undecideds, Harris opted not to hold rallies and instead appear on highly controlled television interviews. The vice president has scheduled interviews with NBC News, Telemundo, and a CNN town hall event. Likewise, some other recent decisions have supporters scratching their heads. On Friday, Harris will visit deep red Texas, a state where she has just a 14% chance of winning.

October 23: The Washington Times:
North Korea sends Russia troops
after losses in Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the evidence is now clear that thousands of North Korean troops are on the ground in Russia and could eventually find themselves on the front lines in Ukraine. Austin told reporters in Rome that it would be "very, very serious" if the North Korean troops were preparing to fight alongside Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said intelligence suggests that up to 12,000 North Korean troops could be deployed to fight on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the invasion that began in February 2022. The North Korean deployment, backed by shipments of armaments Pyongyang has already delivered to the Kremlin, could bolster Russian assets along the more than 600-mile-long front across southern and eastern Ukraine. Later in the day, the White House confirmed South Korean intelligence reports that at least 3,000 North Korean troops were training at a series of Russian military bases, but American officials have still not determined whether Pyongyang's troops have actually joined the fight. Biden administration national security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. analysts now believe that at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers traveled by ship to Vladivostok, Russia's largest Pacific port, in early to mid-October.

October 22: The Daily Caller: MN election worker fired; left official absentee ballots unattended, breaking the chain of custody
According to county officials Hennepin County, Minnesota, fired an election worker who left several boxes of mail-in ballots unattended after a local group exposed the alleged negligence. Minnesota Senate District 50 Republicans snapped a photo outside of Edina City Hall Friday showing a courier vehicle's "rear door ajar with ballot transfer cases inside." A review of parking lot surveillance footage found the ballots were not tampered with, and a comparison of the votes with the statewide voter registration system for absentee ballots found a perfect match. "Hennepin County acknowledges that this lapse in protocol occurred, should not have happened, and is unacceptable," the county said. Corrective actions have been taken by the county and its courier to prevent any recurrence. The county has confirmed the driver has been terminated."

October 22: The Epoch Times:
WI Election Commission sued over online registration system security issues
The Wisconsin Election Commission is facing a lawsuit seeking an immediate injunction to prevent any further use of MyVote, the state's online system for voter registration and absentee ballot requests. The plaintiffs cite serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities that they argue could compromise election integrity and put voters' personal data at risk. The compliant was filed by Dawn McCole, a voter from Oneida, and Jeanette Merten, a municipal election clerk from Oshkosh and a registered voter. They allege that vulnerabilities in MyVote endanger their personal information and, more broadly, undermine election security. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that the portal lacks user authentication, allowing users to modify voter information or request absentee ballots without creating secure accounts. The system also requires minimal verification—only a voter's name and birthdate—to request an absentee ballot, with McCole and Merten saying that this facilitates impersonation. Since MyVote does not require a photo ID, it further increases the potential for fraud, they allege. The portal is also alleged to be vulnerable to virtual private network (VPN) use, which users to hide their identity and could facilitate more severe forms of fraud, such as altering voter registration details or addresses. Finally, the system lacks advanced cybersecurity safeguards, which the plaintiffs say makes it susceptible to data breaches and unauthorized access. To support their claims, the plaintiffs reference the indictment of Harry Wait, who allegedly used MyVote to request absentee ballots in the names of two voters without authorization. Wait's actions demonstrate how the system can be exploited for election fraud they claimed. They have requested an immediate injunction to shut down MyVote until adequate security measures are implemented.

October 22: The Gateway Pundit: Senior DOD employee responsible for leak of Israeli plans; formerly outed as Iranian spy but not fired by Harris/Biden Admin.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) confirmed Sunday that the U.S. government is now investigating the unauthorized release of these documents, which are believed to have originated from the National Security Agency. A senior Pentagon official, Ariane Tabatabai, an Iranian-American scholar of political science, currently serves as a senior policy advisor at the Pentagon, has been identified as the primary suspect in a classified leak involving the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) plan to strike Iran. The JewishPress.com reports she is an Iranian-American scholar of political science, writer, and senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Defense. After the Biden administration took office in January 2021, she joined the US negotiating team in nuclear negotiations with Iran. Between 2021 and 2022, she served as an advisor to Robert Malley, the chief promoter of pushing a deal with Iran at any cost. Members of the US Congress have pointed out that Robert Malley was investigated after being suspected of dealing with U.S. classified information without prior permission and of having secret contacts with Iranian figures. He works as the director of the office of the Assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for Special Operations and International Conflicts.

October 22: The New York Post: Israel holding intel and plans close to the vest after DOD official leaked information to Iran
This past weekend's leak of two Pentagon documents assessing Israel's readiness to strike Iran has revealed just how little the Harris-Biden administration knows about the US ally's future plans. The FBI confirmed Tuesday it is probing the leak of the "Top Secret" documents to Telegram last week. While any intelligence leak is concerning, in this case, the problem is not so much the secrets themselves, but the revelation the White House is largely on the outs with the Jewish state. "What was exposed in the commentary on [one of the documents] is that we still can't assess the [Israeli] intentions, which is basically saying we don't know what it is that [Israel is] planning to do. U.S. relations with Israel have been strained after the Harris/Biden White House repeatedly called for restraint in the Benjamin Netanyahu government's response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas that killed an estimated 1,200 people in southern Israel. The lack of communication means the US is lacking critical intelligence from Israel — and thus is less prepared to predict and deal with fallout from future actions. Meanwhile, the leak itself is still expected to further damage trust between Washington and Jerusalem.

October 21: News Max: Hezbollah hides riches under Beirut Hospital
Israel's military said on Monday, Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, adding it will not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group's financial assets. Hezbollah could not immediately be reached for comment. In a televised statement, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Hezbollah's former leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel killed last month, had built the bunker which was designed for lengthy stays. "There are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold inside the bunker right now. I'm calling on the Lebanese government, Lebanese authorities, and the international organizations — don't allow Hezbollah to use the money for terror and to attack Israel," Hagari said. "The Israeli air force is monitoring the compound, as you can see. However, we will not strike the hospital itself," Hagari said. Israeli Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi told troops in Lebanon that overnight between Sunday and Monday, aircraft had struck around 30 sites belonging to Al-Qard al-Hassan, which Israel says is Hezbollah's financial arm. He said more strikes against Hezbollah financial sites were to continue.

October 21: One America News Network: Trump does shift at McDonalds, Harris continues not to share evidence she once worked there
McDonald's recently released an internal memo revealing that it does not have any records of Kamala Harris working at any of its fast food establishments during her time in college. She has previously claimed a number of times that she worked at the Central Avenue McDonald's location in Alameda, California, during the summer of 1983. Meanwhile, President Trump decided to poke fun at Harris on Sunday, working the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania McDonald's location. "I've now worked [at McDonald's] for 15 minutes more than Kamala," Trump stated from the drive-thru window, insinuating that she lied about her previous employment history in an attempt to connect with working, middle class voters. Following Trump's shift Harris again claimed that she previously worked at the popular fast-food chain while neither she nor her campaign have provided any evidence to corroborate the claim. Additionally, The Washington Free Beacon reports a copy of Kamala's old resume after college reveals that McDonald's was never included.

October 21: The Gateway Pundit: Willis' lover discloses he had several meetings with the White House during prosecution of Donald Trump
Fani Willis's special prosecutor and illicit lover Nathan Wade admitted during the interview with the House Judiciary Committee last week that he met with the Biden-Harris White House on multiple occasions during the prosecution of President Trump in the Georgia RICO case. Meanwhile DA Willis demanded Wade's testimony be cancelled and that Wade not answer an questions. In August 2023 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hit President Trump and 18 others with RICO and conspiracy charges for daring to challenge the 2020 election.

October 20: YouTube: Trump works at McDonalds in Philly; having the time of his life surprising customers
Former president Donald Trump spent part of his Sunday preparing and serving up French fries to surprised visitors in Feasterville-Trevose, which is part of Bucks County, a swing area northeast of Philadelphia. Harris has talked during her campaign about her experiences as a fry cook at McDonalds and so Trump tried his hand at it before heading to an evening town hall in Lancaster and attending the Pittsburgh Steelers home game against the New York Jets. He received welcoming responses from the outlet's customers.

October 20: The Gateway Pundit: Dominion voting machine company issues chilling warning to those suggesting their machines may be compromised
Dominion Voting Systems has issued a chilling warning just weeks before the all-important presidential election. In a Twitter post the company said that it was "closely monitoring" claims that its machines may be compromised. "We remain fully prepared to defend our company & our customers against lies and those who spread them," the company said. The post has received over two million interactions, although the company has turned comments off so as to try and prevent a hostile response. Meanwhile, in a Texas Senate State Affairs Committee hearing held on October 16th in Austin, witnesses disclosed a number of abnormalities in the Logic and Accuracy tests held using the ES&S voting machines.

October 20: USA Today: Steel workers in Western PA show support Trump as the GOP candidate becomes the working man's choice
Orange and red hard hats dotted the crowd at a Trump rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday night as he presented himself as best choice for the steel industry, a key part of the region's identity. "We saved the steel industry in this country, and now we're going to make it really powerful again," Trump said, as he and his opponent battle for votes in this key swing state. Blue collar workers are a key part of Trump's populist message, and he has long touted his support from union members, even in cases where union leadership has chosen not to support him. The 45th president invited about a dozen men on stage with him in Latrobe, a city of just 8,000 about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. He said they worked in the Mon Valley for U.S. Steel, which employs 20,000 people in the key battleground state.

October 19: News Max: Trump calls for a 15% corporate tax rate – Build it in America
President Trump talked about creating a "Michigan miracle" during a rally in Detroit on Friday night and unveiled a plan called "Build It In America" that includes reducing the corporate tax rate to 15% to help the Motor City, as well as other cities across the U.S. "Starting in January, we will give our companies the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burdens, free access to the best and biggest market on the planet. That's us — but only if they make their products here in America and hire American workers for the job," Trump said at the Huntington Place convention center. Trump said if companies don't make their cars and other products in the U.S., they will have to pay a stiff tariff "when they send their products into the United States for the privilege of competing with our workers and our cherished companies. We're going to protect our companies. We're not going to let them steal our companies like they have in the past."

October 18: The Gateway Pundit:
Harris campaign buses in crowd in Michigan to her rally
Harris' critics are saying it's pathetic. Both Harris and Trump were campaigning in the crucial swing state of Michigan on Friday. A new highly Democrat weighted Michigan poll shows 21% of Democrats now support Trump. Meanwhile Kamala Harris had to bus supporters to her rally in Grand Rapids on Friday, unlike Trump who attracts thousands of attendees without having to bus them in and in some cases, they need to turn people away there are so many. A small crowd of bused in supporters waited for Kamala Harris to arrive. When she finally did, she sounded like she was talking to a bunch of toddlers as she walked up to the lectern. Kamala Harris last month had to bus supporters to her campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. At least a dozen yellow buses full of people from Massachusetts arrived at Harris's New Hampshire rally.

October 18: The New York Post: Trump triumphs at the Al Smith Dinner/fundraiser for Catholic Charities
President Trump acted to mend fences with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer backstage at Thursday night's Al Smith Dinner — before kicking them down again with a joke about the Brooklyn Democrat's odds of becoming the "first woman president." "You're my guy, you're my guy," Trump, 78, said as he warmly shook Schumer's hand with both of his hands ahead of the $5,000-a-plate charity soiree, according to a source close to both men. Schumer, 73, was seated center stage at the white-tie event, but stood up and clapped for the 45th president, who was seated just two places away — next to host Cardinal Timothy Dolan and former first lady Melania Trump. Trump humorous remarks brought the house down as he was at home in this kind of environment. He spoke without teleprompters and seemed completely at ease.

October 18: The Epoch Times:
Harris interview on Fox News watched by 7.1 million viewers
Kamala Harris's interview with Fox News' Bret Baier on Wednesday evening was watched by 7.1 million viewers. Following the interview, which was contentious at times, David Plouffe, a senior adviser to the Harris campaign, accused the network of ambushing the candidate. Meanwhile Baier said, "I could tell when we started talking that she was going to be tough to redirect without me trying to interrupt," he said before he made a comparison to former President Barack Obama, who he interviewed years ago. "I did this with President Obama—at one point I just said, 'Mr. President, I know you like to filibuster." Harris reportedly arrived late to the interview and her handlers attempted to cut the interview short as it appeared she was losing ground. [See a Related Story]

October 17: YouTube:
Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn [NJ]
lays out what is at stake with the 2024 election


October 17:The Daily Signal: Israel eliminates Hamas leader behind October 7th massacre
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed the Hamas leader responsible for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead and instigated the Israel-Hamas war, according to reports on Thursday. "The master murderer, Yahya Sinwar, who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of Oct. 7, was killed today by IDF soldiers," Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz confirmed. Israel's military said that during operations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, it had killed three Hamas militants, and it was investigating whether one of them was Sinwar. Killing Sinwar has been a key objective for Israel, and it may now be more willing to scale back its military operations in Gaza.

October 17: The Gateway Pundit:
RNC sues Detroit for deleting drop box surveillance footage
The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against the City of Detroit's Department of Elections for deleting ballot drop box surveillance footage. The lawsuit alleges Detroit elections officials of violating the Freedom of Information Act by deleting the footage more than two weeks after they requested it from the city. "Deleting footage that is the subject of a pending FOIA request—submitted more than two weeks before the footage was deleted—is a clear violation of FOIA," the RNC said. "Detroit had a clear legal obligation to preserve and provide the footage, which they violated." The FOIA request was for footage from the August primary election. Reportable, the motivation behind the lawsuit is to ensure the city keeps the footage from the November 2024 election. In September 2022, The Gateway Pundit released a shocking video compilation of individuals and sometimes teams of people depositing stacks of ballots into absentee ballot drop boxes at Detroit's satellite voting centers before the November 2020 election.

October 17: The Daily Caller:
Professional lip reader; Biden & Obana seen trashing Harris at a funeral
Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama were caught on camera at Ethel Kennedy's funeral Wednesday presumably talking about Kamala Harris' election chances, a professional lip-reader told the New York Post. Biden told Obama that "she" is "not as strong" as him to which the former president told him "that's true" in a moment caught on camera and deciphered by Jeremy Freeman, a London-based forensic lip reader, who the New York Post paid for the translation. It is not immediately clear who Biden and Obama are referencing, though the New York Post infers that the conversation is about the vice president's election chances.

October 17: Breitbart News:
Netanyahu to Hamas: Free the hostages and we will let you live
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Hamas terrorists who freed Israeli hostages would be allowed to live but that those who sought to harm them would be hunted down and killed. He also said the war in Gaza would end if the hostages were freed and Hamas terrorists laid down their weapons. Netanyahu's message that the war could end if Hamas released the hostages and laid down its arms has been a consistent one for months. But the explicit offer to those holding Israeli hostages — now without the direction of now eliminated Sinwar's leadership — was new.

October 16: The Gateway Pundit:
Harris interview with Fox News' Bret Baier; a unmitigated disaster for Harris
Critics of Kamala Harris campaign claim it's over after her showing in the interview aired live without editing. Kamala Harris sat down for a one-on-one interview with Bret Baier and by most reports it was an "unmitigated disaster." This is the first non-softball interview of her life and she totally cracked under pressure. Baier said, "More than 70% of people [say] the country is on the wrong track. If it's on the wrong track, that track follows 3.5 years of you being Vice President and President Biden being President. That is what they are saying! 79% of them. Why are they saying that if you're turning the page, you've been in office for 3.5 years," he asked. A stunned Kamala Harris responded, "And Donald Trump has been running for office." But Baier hit back, "But you've been the person holding the office." Kamala Harris awkwardly laughed and tried to get Bret Baier to agree with her, saying, "Come on, you and I both know what I'm talking about. You and I both know what I'm talking about!" To which Baier responded, "Actually, I don't. What are you talking about…you're the one in power."

The Gateway Pundit further reported, Kamala's handlers thought it would be a good idea to go on FOX News for a rare mainstream media interview. They even arranged to have the interviewer be a person who isn't a Trump fan. But it didn't turn out as planned. There was no amount of prepping that could save Kamala from what was coming. Kamala finally had to defend her failed policies, from open borders, to lying about Joe Biden's dementia, to funding the Iranian terrorist regime. There was no escape. Bret Baier came prepared and did not give Kamala a pass as previous interviewers had done. He peppered her with tough questions and did not allow her to blame her failed record on Donald Trump.

October 16: The New York Post:
Harris' handlers tried to reduce time available to Fox News for interview with candidate
Fox News "Special Report" host Bret Baier claimed Wednesday that Kamala Harris' campaign team pared down the allotted time he had with her just before a highly anticipated interview — and then had the vice president show up late. Baier, a veteran political journalist, said, "We were supposed to start at 5 p.m. — this was the time they gave us, originally. We're going to do 25 or 30 minutes," the host explained. "They came in and said, 'Well, maybe 20 [minutes]. So, it was already getting whittled down," Baier added. "And then the vice president showed up at about 5:15 [p.m.]." "So, that's how it started. And I could tell when we started talking that she was going to be tough, to, you know, redirect without me trying to interrupt," he continued, referring to the Democrat nominee's efforts to "filibuster" during the interview and not allow him to get a word in edgewise. In his post-interview analysis, Baier also revealed that he had hoped to ask more questions, but several Harris campaign staffers were frantically signaling to him off-camera to end the interview because his time was up. "I'm talking, like, four people waving their hands like it's got to stop," he said. "I had to dismount there at the end."

October 15: Fox News:
Filmmaker Kubrick's daughter says he would have been a Trump supporter
The daughter of famed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick announced her late father would be a supporter of President Trump after the Republican presidential candidate used footage from Kubrick's military film, "Full Metal Jacket" in a campaign video. In a post on X, Trump interspersed realistic boot camp scenes from the iconic film with clips of U.S. military service members dressed in drag to warn about the "woke military" under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Transgender Biden administration official Adm. Rachel Levine is also shown in the video announcing the "Summer of Pride." The text on the screen of the video declares: "Let's make our military great again."

October 15: The Daily Caller:
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief booed during interview with Donald Trump
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait was booed Tuesday during his interview with President Trump after pressing him on the Jan. 6 riots, stating the 2020 transfer of power was the "worst" in recent memory. During the interview at the Economic Club of Chicago, Micklethwait described Jan 6th as a display of America's democracy being "unruly and violent," and asked Trump if he would "commit now" to "respecting and encouraging a peaceful transfer of power." "Well, you had a peaceful transfer of power," Trump responded. "You had a peaceful transfer of power?" Micklethwait pushed back as the crowd could be heard cheering for Trump's response. "You had a peaceful transfer of power compared with Venezuela, but it was by far … the worst transfer of power for a long time." Trump then turned to the audience and thanked them for their support. "I left the morning that I was supposed to leave. I went to Florida, and you had a very peaceful transfer," Trump said.

October 15: The New York Post: Georgia Judge blocks ballot counting rule
A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law. The State Election Board last month passed the rule requiring that three poll workers each count the paper ballots — not votes — by hand after the polls close. The county election board in Cobb County, in Atlanta's suburbs, had filed a lawsuit seeking to have a judge declare that rule and five others recently passed by the state board invalid, saying they exceed the state board's authority, weren't adopted in compliance with the law and are unreasonable. In a ruling late Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney concurred saying the hand count rule "is too much, too late" and blocked its enforcement while he considers the merits of the case.

October 14: News Max:
Trump unveils Operation Aurora; what he will do with criminal migrants
President Donald Trump during a rally in Aurora, Colorado unveiled a plan to remove illegal immigrant gangs from the U.S. if he is elected in November, gangs which have been menaced the local population. "To expedite the removals of these savage gangs, I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798," Trump said, referring to a portion of the Alien Sedition Acts of 1798 passed by Congress that allows the president to authorize the arrest, relocation, or deportation of any male over the age of 14 who hailed from a foreign enemy country at war with the U.S. or where any "invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government." "… we will send elite squads of ICE, Border Patrol, and federal law enforcement officers to hunt down and arrest and deport every last illegal alien gang member until there is not a single one left in this country. And if they come back into our country, they will be told it is an automatic 10-year sentence in jail with no possibility of parole. And I'm hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer." "We will send Congress a bill to ban all sanctuary cities in our country, including Denver," he said. " We will close the border. We will stop the invasion of illegals into our country. We will defend our territory. We will not be conquered. We will reclaim our sovereignty. … we are not going to take it anymore," Trump contended.

October 14: The Gateway Pundit: Creative Trump supporter projects campaign sign on city water tower; Town officials aren't happy!
Officials in a small Massachusetts town are in an uproar over a creative pro-Trump fan displaying his support for the 45th President. A man living in Hanson, Massachusetts, has been ordered to stop projecting an epic "Trump 2024" sign from his residence onto the town's municipal water tower. If he refuses to abide, he will face daily fines. Hanson Town Administrator Lisa Green released a statement after becoming aware the resident's creative display. She claimed the resident was "misleading" the public into believing the town of Hanson condones his actions and supports Trump.

October 14: One American News Network:
Biden to Iran; Any attempt to assassinate Trump will be seen as an act of war
Joe Biden issued a warning to Iran, threatening that any assassination plot on former President Donald Trump would be considered an act of war. Biden's warning follows after Trump's campaign was reportedly briefed by U.S. intelligence regarding Iranian assassination threats. The Biden administration has reportedly been aware of the Iranian threats against the former president for years, prompting Sean Savett, the National Security Council spokesman to issue a statement, reiterating Biden's warning. "Should Iran attack any of our citizens, including those who continue to serve the United States or those who formerly served, Iran will face severe consequences," Savett stated. "We consider this a national and homeland security matter of the highest priority, and we strongly condemn Iran for these brazen threats," he continued.

October 13: The Epoch Times:
Social Security annual increase ceases to keep up with inflation
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Oct. 10 that Social Security benefits and supplemental security income (SSI) payments will increase by 2.5 percent in 2025. It will affect more than 72.5 million Americans, providing an average increase of about $50 per month for Social Security retirement beneficiaries starting in January. Nearly 68 million Social Security beneficiaries will see an increase in their payments beginning in January 2025, while approximately 7.5 million SSI recipients will receive higher payments starting Dec. 31, 2024. Some individuals receive both Social Security and SSI benefits. But many recipients have found the increases of food and other necessities have increased much more than 2.5%.

October 13: Axios: Tensions rise between Biden's staff and the Harri campaign
The relationship between Kamala Harris' team and Joe Biden's White House has been increasingly fraught in the final weeks before Election Day, ten people familiar with the situation say. Biden's team wants Harris to win the election, but many senior Biden aides remain wounded by the president being pushed out of his re-election bid and are still adjusting to being in a supporting role on the campaign trail. Some on the Harris team say that top White House aides aren't sufficiently coordinating Biden's messaging and schedule to align with what's best for the vice president's campaign. For example, Biden gave an impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room Friday just as Harris was about to do an event in Michigan, ensuring that her event would get less TV coverage than it otherwise would have. Earlier in the week, Harris criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for not taking her call about the recent hurricanes, only for Biden to praise DeSantis soon after for being "gracious" and "cooperative." Those with knowledge said Biden hadn't been briefed on Harris' comments.

October 13: The New York Post:
UFO drones surveilling US military installations; DOD says they can't stop them
Fleets of dozens of mysterious UFO drones are surveilling America's most sensitive military sites, and the Pentagon admits it can't do much to stop the aerial intruders, according to a new report. Drones of unknown origin have been spotted flying over military bases in Virginia and Nevada over the past year, including the secret base for the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six commando unit and Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval port. Apparently Federal laws, however, prohibit the military from shooting down the drones over the potential risks to troops and civilians.

October 12: The Gateway Pundit: "Real Men" in Harris' ads are really actors
The recent ad supporting Kamala Harris, which was made by a writer for Jimmy Kimmel, was supposed to feature 'real men' who are voting for the Democrat. Would you be shocked to learn that they're actors? The social media response to the ad was savage, especially when it was determined that the "real men" in the advertisement were really actors and not genuine.

October 12: The Daily Caller:
VEEP candidate, as gun owner, has issues loading his shotgun at hunting outing
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota appeared to have difficulty loading a semi-automatic shotgun in a video posted online during his pheasant-hunting trip while campaigning. Walz took part in the annual Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Saturday, to kick off the season for the upland game bird, the Associated Press reported. Video posted to social media shows Walz struggling to load the shotgun while talking to reporters.

October 12: News Max: NY Times admits Harris campaign is losing black voters
Recent data suggests that Vice President Kamala Harris may carry a slimmer majority of the Black vote in the 2024 presidential election than previously anticipated. The New York Times acknowledged on Saturday that Harris has significant work to do in the next few weeks if she's going to achieve the same level of Black support as previous Democrat presidential candidates. In 2016, Hillary Clinton pulled 92% of the Black vote. In 2020, President Joe Biden pulled a smaller but still commanding 90%. According to the most recent NY Times/Siena College poll from last week, Harris is only earning 78% support among Black voters. Over the last eight years, Black support for the Republican candidate has more than doubled since 2016 and currently stands at 15%, according to the NYT poll.

October 12: The Gateway Pundit:
Former CBS staffer calls for investigation after it was learned 60 Minutes edited Harris' responses to questions in order to make them more coherent
'60 Minutes' was caught editing Kamala's answers to make her sound coherent and normal. Harris's interview was so bad that '60 Minutes' spliced her nonsensical answer and replaced it with a completely separate sentence she said earlier in the interview. CBS is refusing to release the unedited transcript from the '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris.

October 11: The New York Post:
Walz wants to play with the Electoral College for political benefit
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appeared to double down Thursday on his support of getting rid of the Electoral College — despite getting smacked down by the Harris campaign the first time he called for the radical constitutional change. "Well, it's not the campaign's position, and the point that I'm trying to make is that there's folks that feel like every vote must count in every state," the Democratic vice-presidential nominee told ABC News "Good Morning America" co-host Michael Strahan in an interview. "And I think some of the folks feel that that's not the case." Of course, he ignored the reality that going with the popular vote would leave small populous states like Rhode Island, North Dakota, etc. with little or no voice in the final outcome.

October 10: The Daily Caller: Hoover senior fellow says Trump could win big
Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Thursday on his podcast that he believes former President Donald Trump has the potential to win "big" in November as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to stumble in media interviews. After facing backlash for avoiding sit-down interviews with the mainstream press, Harris' campaign announced a series of media appearances for the week. Hanson said he believes Harris is "terrifying" many Democrats and independent voters, particularly after her recent interview on "The View," where she insisted, she wouldn't change anything from the last four years, despite trying to distance herself from President Joe Biden. "But a lot of people do find that, especially independent and swing voters, and right now Kamala Harris is terrifying a large number of Democrats and independents," Hanson said. "Because they think, 'Do I really want to be represented for four years by this empty pantsuit? Do I really want to?" "'She doesn't know how to speak; she can't answer a question. She bats her eyes, she winks, she's a disaster. To the extent that she's not a disaster, she's a hard leftist," Hanson said.

October 10: The Gateway Pundit: Trump: Interest payments on car loans should be tax deductible
President Trump announced on Thursday that he will make interest payments on car loans completely Tax deductible as President. Trump made the remarks today at the Detroit Economic Club. The former president told the audience, "This will stimulate massive domestic auto production and make car ownership dramatically more affordable for millions and millions of working American families." During Harris' Tuesday interview on "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin asked Harris if she could have done anything differently than President Joe Biden in the last four years, to which the vice president replied, "not a thing that comes to mind."

October 10: The Epoch Times: Hurricane Milton was deadly but not the Worts-Case Scenario
After more than a week of watching, worrying, and speculating, Floridians came face to face with Hurricane Milton. There was damage in Milton's wake, as well as tragedies. At least 10 people lost their lives because of the storm. For most, however, it was a hurricane that wasn't as bad as expected. As the storm inched across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida gaining strength, residents were told to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Many along the state's Gulf Coast were still sorting through debris from Hurricane Helene, two weeks earlier. The National Hurricane Center predicted that it would make landfall as a borderline Category 4 storm, pummeling Tampa Bay before trekking across the heavily populated Interstate 4 corridor and remaining a strong Category 1 hurricane as it entered the Atlantic. People of the Tampa Bay region were told to expect an unprecedented 10 feet to 15 feet of storm surge. A wall of water more than 10 feet high also was expected to the immediate north and south. Milton threw as much as 8 feet to 10 feet of storm surge into Sarasota County. It dumped as much as 18 inches of rain in some areas, causing flash flooding and its winds caused significant infrastructure damage.

October 8: News Max: Israel ponders its response to Iran's missile attacks
As Israel continues to weigh its options in a retaliatory strike against Iran, following the ballistic missile attack last week, opposition leader Yair Lapid called on the government to strike Iran's oil facilities. He argued Iran is already facing economic collapse and that a strike on the nation's oil fields would target its "Achilles' heel." At the same time, if Iran countered by trying to shut off oil exports through the Straits of Hemoze, that could have major international implications. Lapid did not rule out a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities but said it needs to be in cooperation with the United States. "I think we need to mobilize a broader coalition to attack the nuclear facilities," he said. "…but right now Israel needs to respond not to one attack but to two. We didn't react strongly enough to the first attack. Iran's Achilles' heel is its economy. Acknowledging that the U.S. is opposed to a strike on Iran's oil facilities, Lapid said, "I can understand why they [the Biden administration] don't want to have a spike in oil prices a minute before the U.S. elections. It doesn't change the fact that Israel has its own interests or perspectives."

October 8: Breitbart News: Tampa Mayor; If you ignore evacuating, you will die!
Residents of Tampa, Florida, are being warned that ignoring evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton approaches could result in dire consequences. During an interview on Monday, Mayor Jane Castor said "I can say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you're going to die." Castor also noted from the looks of the highways, people were heading north to safety.

October 8: The Washington Times: No evidence of "price gouging" Harris claims she will address to deal with high prices
Kamala Harris has centered her anti-inflation agenda on combatting price gouging, saying corporations are greedy villains padding profits by jacking up prices. Yet there is little, if any, evidence that price gouging is actually happening. And yet Harris is calling for a federal ban on price gouging and giving the Federal Trade Commission the power to prosecute companies it deems to have excessively increased prices. Critics are warning that Harris' approach will lead to the federal government telling businesses how to set their prices (i.e., price controls). Economists say the biggest problem with the plan is that there is no evidence that grocery prices have risen because food companies and grocers are price-gouging consumers. Some are saying Harris is looking for a scapegoat to blame.

October 8: The Daily Mail:
Harris gets asked real questions in a "60 Minutes" interview and doesn't answer them
'60 Minutes' veteran Bill Whitaker questioned Veep Harris asking real questions. He started with '[America supplies] Israel with billions of dollars in military aid, and yet [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu seems to be charting his own course… Does the U.S. have no sway over Prime Minister Netanyahu?' Harris not answering the question responded: 'The work we do diplomatically with the leadership of Israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles.' Then Whitaker challenged Harris to explain how she'd pay for her proposals to boost the child tax credit, giveaways for first-time home buyers and big handouts to small business owners. Harris, again not answering the question, responded, "'When you invest in small businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen America's economy. Small businesses are the backbone of America's economy.'

October 7: The Daily Caller: Paxton calls upon the Harris/Biden administration
to help verify citizenship of 454,000 voters
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday demanded the Biden-Harris administration help his office confirm the citizenship status of nearly half a million registered voters in Texas. Paxton asked U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jaddou to hand over data on roughly 454,300 Texas registered voters who have never had their citizenship verified. The demand, Paxton says, is part of his effort to ensure compliance with federal and state election laws against non-citizen participation in elections. "Although federal and state law prohibits non-citizens from voting, federal law paradoxically creates opportunities for non-citizens to illegally register to vote while prohibiting States from requiring voters to have proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections," Paxton contended. "Under any circumstances, this federal prohibition against citizenship verification makes little sense, but it is especially troubling given the current scale of the illegal immigration crisis," he concluded.

October 7: The Daily Wire: While thousands are in a dire situation from Helene, Harris is taping an interview for a sex and relationship podcast
Six days ago — as cadaver dogs were discovering dozens of dead bodies in destroyed communities across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, and as hundreds of thousands of people went without essentials like food, water, and power — Kamala Harris wasn't overseeing disaster relief efforts. She wasn't holding round-the-clock meetings at FEMA headquarters, or the White House situation room. Instead, as American citizens drowned in their own homes, Kamala Harris was busy taping an episode of the popular sex & relationship-focused podcast "Call Her Daddy," which is hosted by a 30-year-old woman named Alex Cooper.

October 7: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
SCOTUS hands Paxton a win, refuses to remove injunction prohibiting Harris/Biden Admin. from forcing hospitals to perform abortions in violation of state law
The Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") declined to hear arguments in a case seeking to overturn an injunction preventing the Biden-Harris Administration from enforcing unlawful abortion guidance. The injunction will remain in place. The Administration attempted to use the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act -- enacted to ensure hospitals do not refuse essential emergency medical care because of a patient's inability to pay. But the Act says nothing about abortion, and was used as a pretext by the Administration to attempt to force medical providers to provide and perform abortions. Without the injunction Texas doctors and medical institutions could have faced severe financial consequences, such as being excluded from Medicare, for refusing to violate State law in order to comply with the unconstitutional federal mandate tendered by the Harris/Biden Administration.

October 6: Fox News:
NY business changed language on its sign, now it's in violation of zoning laws, Dem mayor says

October 6: The Epoch Times:
Asheville residents: Helene is our Hurricane Katrina, death and destruction is everywhere

Multiple whistleblowers have come forward to expose the mismanagement at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just as Hurricane Helene devastates the southeastern U.S. According to these whistleblowers, FEMA's failure to release necessary funds and provide clear orders has left "hundreds if not thousands" of service members and first responders in limbo, as they sit idle in hotels while the southeastern U.S. suffers the devastating effects of Helene. The allegations come as FEMA's credibility continues to crumble under mounting evidence of gross mismanagement. This follows Mayorkas's admission that FEMA "does not have enough funds to make it through the hurricane season." The whistleblowers claim the agency is diverting resources to providing aid to illegal immigrants and using taxpayer dollars to cover the costs of border enforcement failures.


Meanwhile, The Gateway Pundit also reports that Democrat strategist David Axelrod said out loud what some are thinking; that the Biden/Harris Administration is blocking, or at least slow-walking, relief efforts to victims of Hurricane Helene because they are "mainly Trump voters." Axelrod said Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina are mainly Trump voters who will find it hard to vote in the 2024 election. He said further the affected Democrats from Asheville are "upscale liberal voters, and they're probably going to figure out a way to vote. I'm not sure a bunch of these folks who had their homes and lives destroyed elsewhere, in western North Carolina, in the mountains, there are going to be as easy to wrangle for the Trump campaign."

October 2: Fox Business: As promised during VP debate, Vance posts evidence that illegal immigration is pushing up housing costs

October 2: The Gateway Pundit: No good deed goes unpunished as bureaucract threated seasoned pilot with law enforcement background for helping NC victims of hurricane

September 28: The Epoch Times: Hurricane Helene leaves destruction in its wake

September 28: Sky News:
Israel kills Hassan Nasrallah

September 25: News Max:
House passes measure condemning disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan by Biden/Harris Administration

September 25: The Gateway Pundit:
PA mother irate after 17 daughter pulled out of class, told to register, and to vote Democrat

September 23: The Epoch Times: Send illegal immigrants to a Harris supporter's home?

September 22: The Epoch Times:
Presidents can't ban fracking but they can surely slow it down

September 21: Breitbart News:
Michigan Arab-American Dem mayor has "Very productive meeting with Trump, weighs endorsing him

September 20: The Washington Times:
Three Island nuclear plant to go back on line in 2028

September 16: The Daily Signal: Second would-be assassin attached to a larger network?

September 15: The NY Post:
Trump rushed to safety as Secret Service opens fire on man with AK-47 on golf course

September 15: One America News Network:
US import prices post large drop

September 14: Fox News: Gingrich opinion piece on elite's misread of last week's debate

September 13: The Epoch Times: Judge dismisses counts against Trump in the Georgia case

September 12: The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! The real Donald Trump - No a monster but a compassionate and caring man

September 10: Fox News:
Trump debated both Harris & the ABC debate moderators

September 9: The Daily Wire: Secretary of Commerce called out in interview over Harris' refusal to submit to real interviews or to give access to the media

September 7: Fox Business:
WI senate race tightens; Dem Senator throwing a Hail Mary pass to dairy farmers

September 2: Politico:
US seized Venezuelan president's plane

Kamala Harris closed out what was already a terrible week with a desperate flail trashing 13 Gold Star families that they blew up spectacularly in her stupid and incompetent face. In reviewing the week, her campaign appears to have reached its peak with a statistical tie while most polls have a history of underestimating Trump's strength.
- Secondly, Harris seems to be losing the debate by whining over wanting to change the rule already agreed upon by both campaigns, a fight she started and has lost.
- Third, she had six weeks of preparation time with Obama's A-Team to help her in getting ready for the CNN interview. It was an hour-long pretaped event that was edited down to about 15 minutes before a sympathetic network. Incredibly, she had no answer for what she would do as president on day one. She had no answer for her supposed flip-flops on radical ideas she's held for two decades [See related Story]. She looked diminished, unsure of herself, and, above all, unpresidential. Additionally, her bringing her running-mate Tim Walz with her made her look weak.
- Then, on Saturday she posted a tweet accusing 13 Gold Star families of agreeing to act as props so Trump could politicize the death of their loved ones. That tweet is the act of a drowning campaign looking for any kind of life preserver. Kamala has bragged about being the "last one in the room" when the calamitous decision was made to surrender Afghanistan to terrorists before all of our people and billions of dollars in weaponry had been removed. That's why these 13 men and women died. Worse still, according to these 13 families, neither Biden nor Kamala has ever reached out in any way to them, not even to offer their condolences.

Gold Star families spoke out against Kamala Harris after she weighed in on the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery to honor the 13 soldiers killed in the Biden administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Harris posted a tweet Saturday slamming Trump for filming videos while honoring the fallen soldiers, adding she, unlike the former president, "will always honor the service and sacrifice of all of America's fallen heroes." Eight Gold Star families took to Twitter to rebuke Harris's comments, explaining that they invited Trump to the cemetery for the ceremony and have never heard from the vice president in the three years since they lost their children in the August 2021 terrorist attack in Kabul. In response to Kamala Harris, Mark Schmitz, gold star father of Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz tweeted, "Groundwork was put into place by Congressman Issa's office to make sure we followed protocol. Why did we want Trump there? It wasn't to help his political campaign. We wanted a leader — that explains why you and Joe didn't get a call. Imagine for a second that your kid is killed. There's a president in the United States willing to take you under his wing and listen to you. That's what we found in President Trump, certainly not you, and certainly not Joe Biden."

August 31: News Max: Trump; Dems give illegals luxury hotels leave our Vets are on the street

August 30: The Gateway Pundit:
Walz's brother ponders joining Trump Team

August 27: News Max: RFK, Jr and Gabbard join Trump's transition team

August 26: The Gateway Pundit: Trump ad exposes Harris by having her debate herself

August 25: Breitbart News: U.S. Merchant Marine pulls ships off line due to extreme shortage of manpower, impacting the US Navy

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday pitched a fiery strategy for securing the release of Israeli hostages: threaten to bomb Iran. Well known for his hawkish foreign policy, Graham implied during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Tehran has the influence needed to entice Hamas into releasing the hostages. “If I were the state of Israel, I would tell the ayatollah if these people do not come home alive — the ones that are left alive — and if we don’t get the bodies of the fallen, we’re going to blow up your oil refineries,” "That's the only way you're going to get the hostages released — is to put pressure on Iran." Roughly 250 people were abducted during Hamas' bloody Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack on Israel that sparked war in the Gaza Strip. More than 100 of the hostages were released in November during a brief cease-fire. Dozens of the remaining victims are believed to be dead, though it's unclear precisely how many. There are eight American-Israeli hostages.

August 24: News Max: Trump's pollster says the presidential race is tied
According to President Trump's pollster, Kamala Harris is going to see the obligatory "2 to 3 point bump" after the Democratic National Convention, but the race is "fundamentally tied." "These bumps do not last," pollster Tony Fabrizio and Travis Tunis wrote. "The other thing to keep in mind is that while the media is going to focus on the national polls, we need to keep our eye on the ball — that is the polling in our target states" [AZ, GA, MI, NV, NC, PA, and WI]. "Our goal is to get to 270 and winning these states is how we do it," they concluded. "We'll let the media make mountains out of molehills, while we keep driving forward, sticking to our winning plan of getting President Trump reelected."

August 24: The Gateway Pundit: Tucker Carlson; "This woman's Really Scary"
Tucker Carlson came to the same conclusion as millions of Americans after watching Kamala Harris' acceptance speech at the DNC on Thursday night…she is really scary. "She's a liar on the deepest level. The things she is saying right now are not just untrue. They're the opposite of the truth, which is the hallmark of evil. She's an extremist. She'll say anything. She's much more like Gavin Newsom than I ever realized," Carlson said. "I could go through a whole litany of why what she's saying is not true," he continued. "It wasn't an armed mob [on January 6th]. There's not one person inside the Capitol with a firearm, period. The only person who was shot in the capital was an unarmed woman, shot by one of Nancy Pelosi's bodyguards. So again, again, and again, she's telling us that she fought the cartels to secure the border. She's the border Tsar, and the border is controlled by the cartels," Carlson continued.

August 24: The Epoch Times: US drone strike in Syria takes out Al Qaeda leader
A U.S. military drone strike has killed a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an al-Qaeda-aligned group in Syria, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. According to CENTCOM, Al-Makki was a prominent figure within the group's Shura Council responsible for overseeing terrorist activities from Syria. He was reportedly riding a motorcycle when the precision strike hit, ending his long-standing role in the region's jihadist networks.

August 23: The Washington Times: RFK, Jr. suspends campaign and endorses Donald Trump for president
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced on Friday that he was suspending his campaign for the White House and backing President Donald Trump. Kennedy said he would not terminate his presidential campaign altogether but would remove his name from the ballot in battleground states. He said he dropped out of battleground states out of fear that his candidacy could have handed the election to Kamala Harris. Kennedy said he was making the "agonizing decision" to drop out of the race and back Trump. He encouraged voters in non-battleground states to still vote for him, believing that there was a chance he could still siphon votes. Kennedy on Friday withdrew from the Pennsylvania ballot, where he was locked in a court battle to gain access, and withdrew from the Arizona ballot on Thursday.

August 23: The New York Post:
Kennedy shows up at Trump rally shortly after suspending campaign
Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first appearance at a rally for President Donald Trump Friday hours after ending his campaign and endorsing the Republican nominee. Trump described the 70-year-old scion of the Kennedy political dynasty as an "incredible champion" for American values and a "highly respected" and "great person" before bringing him out as a surprise guest at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. "Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!" Trump supporters in the packed arena chanted as he walked out on stage. "For the past 16 months, Bobby has run an extraordinary campaign," Trump said. "I know because he went after me a couple of times — I didn't like it." Kennedy explained that in his initial conversations with Trump – after the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., — the two discussed "not the things that separate us, because we don't agree on everything, but on the values and the issues" they share. "Bobby and I will fight together to defeat the corrupt political establishment and return control of this country to the people. And all who supported Bobby's campaign, I very simply ask you join us in building this coalition," Trump said.

August 23: The Epoch Times:
Oregonians have an opportunity to vote to guarantee every resident $1,600 a year
Oregonians will vote in November on a controversial ballot measure that would give every resident, regardless of age or income, $1,600 each year—as long as they live at least 200 days in the state. A family of four would receive $6,400 annually, with no strings attached. The money would be non-taxable and would not affect other benefits. If voters approve Measure 118, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) program would be funded by a tax on the gross receipts of corporations that generate more than $25 million in annual sales. Story continues below advertisement Oregon would be the first state to roll out such a comprehensive UBI. As of June 2024, no U.S. states have a UBI program, though several states and cities have run pilot programs. However, the "Oregon People's Rebate" proposal is meeting with stiff bipartisan resistance from elected officials and pushback from the business community.
[Not sure whether "every resident" includes illegal aliens or just citizens living in Oregon.]

August 23: News Max: Five secret service agents put on Administrative Leave after Butler, PA assignation attempt
At least five members of the U.S. Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave as a result of the agency's investigation into the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to multiple media reports. The suspended agency members are reportedly from the Pittsburgh Field Office. Other agents who were also involved in the Butler security plan remain on the job. The agency's internal affairs division is continuing to investigate how the would-be assassin was able to access a rooftop close to where Trump was speaking and fire eight shots, including one that grazed the Republican presidential nominee's right ear, before being killed by law enforcement. One Secret Service agent who requested anonymity to speak candidly blamed the security failures at Trump's Butler rally on Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and other top agency leaders, saying their decisions prior to the July 13 event set the agents in the field up for failure. "Leadership's mismanagement of technology and personnel are what led to the failures in Butler, but they are not the ones being held accountable," a Secret Service source said.

August 23: One America News Network:
Harris keeps from discussing $5 trillion Tax Hike proposal
Kamala Harris has refrained from making public comments regarding her support of a $5 trillion tax hike plan. The Harris team indicated last week that she is in favor of the tax increases that were also previously included in Biden's budget blueprint for 2025. The "ambitious" tax rises would represent a significant shift in U.S. tax policy if passed. However, Harris has still not addressed the tax agenda in detail. Harris's recent budget proposal included the 2025 tax increases, which her team verified to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. However, besides that, neither Harris nor her campaign representatives have made any further statements regarding the tax portion of the proposal. This has led to an unusual scenario where a presidential candidate has acknowledged being connected to a set of policies that would have a huge impact on the nation, but has not addressed the issue to the extent that voters are satisfied with. One of Harris' tax ideas would be to levy taxes on unrealized capital gains where investors have not sold or actually realized the gains they have earned on "paper." Another tax proposal would be to raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, striking down the Trump tax cuts and reversing the inflow of foreign investment and restarting the exit of domestic investment, sending it overseas.

August 22: Judicial Watch: 5TH Circuit Court of Appeals to hear lower court's decision allowing Mississippi to count ballots received after election day
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered a hearing on a lower court ruling about Mississippi's election law that permits absentee ballots to be received as late as five business days after Election Day. The Fifth Circuit will hear the case on September 24th. Judicial Watch filed the civil rights lawsuit challenging the Mississippi election law on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi. The court consolidated the case with one filed by the Republican National Committee, the Mississippi Republican Party, and other complainants.

August 22: One America News Network:
AZ police find and detain man who threatened to kill President Trump
An hours-long manhunt has finally come to an end after Arizona police found and detained a 66-year-old man who was threatening to kill 45th President. Ronald Lee Syvrud, a 66 registered Democrat, was on the run in Arizona, the same state that Trump visited on Thursday. He has multiple warrants against him, including for a DUI in Wisconsin and a hit-and-run in Arizona. Additionally, he is wanted for failing to register as a sex offender. He was convicted in 2000 of "second degree sexual assault of a child." No details have been released regarding where Syvrud was apprehended on Thursday evening. However, it was revealed that he had intended to take Trump's life during his visit to the Arizona border.

August 22: The Gateway Pundit: RFK, Jr. removes name from Arizona ballot
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has officially dropped out of the presidential race in the state of Arizona. A spokesperson confirmed on Thursday night that RFK Jr. had filed his paperwork to be removed from the Arizona Ballot. The move to withdraw from the race follows reports circulating earlier this week from sources close to the Kennedy campaign who had confirmed that he would be giving his endorsement to Trump this Friday.

August 22: The Daily Caller: Harris accepts DNC nomination for President
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday despite failing to release a policy platform since launching her campaign. The vice president largely spoke about her personal background and attacked former President Donald Trump, while avoiding policy positions, only sprinkling in very vague policy positions here and there. In an attempt to walk on both sides of the fence she promised to continue support for Israel's right to defend itself while expressing sympathies to the plight of Palestinians and calling for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.

August 21: News Max:
Paxton initiates investigation into registration of noncitizens to vote
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is launching an investigation into reports that noncitizens are illegally being registered to vote. In a statement, the Republican said, "Texans are deeply troubled by the possibility that organizations purporting to assist with voter registration are illegally registering noncitizens to vote in our elections," and that his office is "investigating every credible report we receive regarding potential criminal activity that could compromise the integrity of our elections." "It is a crime to vote — or to register to vote — if you are not a United States Citizen," Paxton said. In Texas, lying about being a U.S. citizen when registering to vote or helping someone to do so is a crime carrying a sentence of up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to a $10,000. Additionally, it's a crime in Texas for someone who is not a U.S. citizen and a state resident to vote or to help someone vote who is not a U.S. citizen and a state resident. That crime carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

August 20: News Max:
RFK, Jr. considering dropping out of Presidential race and joining the Trump Team
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might suspend his independent presidential campaign and endorse President Donald Trump, Kennedy's running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said in an interview Tuesday. Shanahan, an attorney and entrepreneur, said in the interview that the campaign is considering whether to "join forces" with the Trump campaign or stay in the race and attempt to gain more than 5% of the popular vote in the general election, which may help to "establish ourselves" as a third party. "There's two options that we're looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Tim Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump, or we draw somehow more votes from Trump," Shanahan said. "Or we walk away right now and join forces with … Donald Trump and we walk away from that and explain to our base why we're making this decision," she added, noting that it's "not an easy decision."

August 20: The Daily Wire:
DNC platform endorses massive path to citizenship for illegals
The Democratic Party's 2024 platform endorses a bill that would create a pathway for illegal immigrants to become "lawful prospective immigrants" who would be issued IDs and Social Security numbers and be able to vote and join the U.S. military. The U.S. Citizenship Act would empower the Homeland Security Secretary to "adjust the status of a lawful prospective immigrant to that of a lawful permanent resident" should an immigrant remain in the country for five years, without absences longer than 180 days. The bill would also allow deported illegals to return if they had lived in the United States for at least three years.

August 20: Fox Business:
Former Home Depot CEO: It's about time the government got honest about jobs
Home Depot's former CEO is calling for the government to tell the truth, as Federal Reserve governors are warning about U.S. jobs data being inflated. During an appearance Bob Nardelli suggested that the country's jobs data is "woefully overstated," arguing that it's "about time" the government "got honest." "You and I watch this very closely every month," Nardelli said in response to Federal Reserve Governors Michelle Bowman and Lisa Cook warning that job gains are overstated, and the labor market could be weaker than we realize. "There's a lot of fanfare. They announce a number, and then they quietly adjust it a few months or weeks later," Nardelli stressed. "Now, even Goldman Sachs is talking about an adjustment between 600,000 to 1 million jobs." According to Nardelli, the nation's largest employers last year in the government sector and health care, hospitality and travel, sectors. The government continues to reduce the initial numbers it announces – we guess they can't seem to get the number right the first time! [See related story]

August 20: The Washington Examiner:
Vance responds to Beshear's (D-KY) abortion comment
Sen. and GOP VP candidate responded to Gov. Andy Beshear's comment on MSNBC that Vance should need to deal with a pregnancy resulting from the rape of Mrs. Vance. Beshear had been criticizing Vance for 2021 comments [taken out of context by Beshear] suggesting pregnancies resulting from rape and incest were "inconvenient." In response Vance posted on Twitter [X], "What the hell is this? Why is [Beshear] wishing that a member of my family would get raped?!? What a disgusting person." Both Trump and Vance have made it clear that some kind of accommodation should be made for cases of rape or incest.

August 19: The New York Post: Pelosi defends her coup of Biden reelection bid; "I did what I had to do"
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended herself against speculation that President Biden is frustrated over her role in the mutiny against him. Declining to confirm whether she has spoken with Biden, 81, since he dropped out, Pelosi contended that she did what was needed. "I did what I had to do." "My concern was not about the president, it was about his campaign," she contended.

August 19: The Epoch Times:
Manhattan DA Bragg defers to Judge regarding Trump sentencing date
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it will defer to a New York judge regarding President Donald Trump's request to delay his criminal case sentencing until after the presidential election this year. Bragg's office, in a letter wrote that prosecutors will leave it up to [leftwing and biased] Judge Juan Merchan to decide whether Trump's sentencing in his New York case should be delayed beyond the current Sept. 18 hearing date. Trump's attorneys last week asked the judge to postpone his sentencing until after the November election because he is the leading Republican candidate for president. Prosecutors did not specifically oppose the former president's request for a delay. Rumors are that the judge will sentence Trump to jail but defer the reporting date until appeals have been exhausted. Doing this would allow the Democrats to accuse Trump of being a convicted and sentenced felon, even though most experts believe the conviction will be thrown out in the appeals process.

August 19: The Times of America:
The FBI is under fire for its handling of evidence in the Trump Assassination attempt
New details have emerged regarding the FBI's involvement in the investigation of the July 13 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a preliminary report alleging the FBI obstructed further investigation by removing crucial evidence and releasing the shooter's body for cremation just 10 days after the attack. Higgins's report outlines how the shooter was positioned to evade counter-sniper teams before firing eight shots toward Trump. Despite this, the shooter was quickly neutralized by a combination of local SWAT forces and Secret Service snipers. However, the investigation reportedly took a controversial turn when the FBI took control of the crime scene. The report claims the FBI scrubbed the area of biological evidence before Higgins and his team were allowed to inspect it. "Cops don't do that, ever," Higgins noted, expressing frustration over the FBI's actions. When he attempted to examine the body on August 5, Higgins discovered the FBI had already authorized its cremation, leaving no opportunity for an independent review. Local law enforcement and the coroner's office were also reportedly kept in the dark about the decision.

August 19: News Max: Congressional Report:
Biden committed impeachable offenses while feathering his own nest
The House's three-committee impeachment inquiry released a report Monday morning finding Joe Biden has "engaged in impeachable conduct," including an "abuse of power" when he was vice president and "obstruction of justice" as president to cover his family's "global influence peddling racket" to defraud the United States. "The totality of the corrupt conduct uncovered by the committees is egregious," says the report's executive summary. "President Joe Biden conspired to commit influence peddling and grift. In doing so, he abused his office and, by repeatedly lying about his abuse of office, has defrauded the United States to enrich his family." Just days after the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Biden quit the race and Vice President Kamala Harris was coronated as his replacement by Democrat elitists. The report acknowledged Democrats "cheapened" impeachment process after two failed attempts to disqualify Trump from running n 2024. "Despite the cheapening of the impeachment power by Democrats in recent years, the House's decision to pursue articles of impeachment must not be made lightly," Monday's summary concluded. "As such, this report endeavors to present the evidence gathered to date so that all members of the House may assess the extent of President Biden's corruption."

August 18: The Epoch Times:
JD Vance's chartered plane makes an emergency landing in Milwaukee, all is okay
A charter plane carrying Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Oh) had to make an emergency landing at a Wisconsin airport on Aug. 16 because of a door-seal Malfunction, according to a Vance spokesperson. The pilot of the Boeing 737-86J jet, known as "Trump Force Two," reported a mechanical issue with a door seal and made an emergency landing in Milwaukee. "After declaring an emergency, Trump Force Two returned to Milwaukee. As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati." The Milwaukee County Fire Department was deployed to the scene and conducted an inspection of the plane before it resumed its flight to its intended destination.

August 18: The New York Post:
Massive anti-Israel protests at DNC convention, likely to tarnish coronation of Harris
Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to march outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in opposition to the Biden-Harris administration's support for Israel — threatening to tarnish Kamala Harris' weeklong presidential nomination fest. A coalition of mostly left-wing and Arab- and Muslim-American groups are planning two protest marches — the first and largest on Monday at noon ahead of retiring President Biden's evening appearance and again on Thursday at 5 p.m. ahead of Harris' acceptance speech. "The Democratic Party is the target and not Biden as an individual or Harris as an individual … She's just as complicit as Biden is," said Hatem Abudayyeh, the executive director of the Arab American Action Network who cited her opposition to an arms embargo on Israel as evidence that her attempt to seem more "empathetic" rings hollow.

August 18: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
Tulsi Gabbard to help Trump as he prepares for debate with Harris
Former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii will advise Donald Trump before his debate with Kamala Harris in September. Gabbard left the Democrat Party two years ago and is now an independent. She ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary but most notably went after Harris for her record in California of jailing hundreds of people for marijuana violations. "She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana," Gabbard said while on the debate stage with other Democrats in 2020. More recently, Gabbard has lambasted the Democrat ticket for which whistle blowers claim the Administration put her on the terrorist watch list. She is still calling Harris a hypocrite, in her words an "empty suit." The first presidential debate between Trump and Harris is currently scheduled for Sept. 10 in Philadelphia and will be put on by ABC News.

August 18: News Max:
Vance: Unreasonable to believe Harris will fix what the Biden-Harris administration has been doing
Kamala Harris' campaign vows are empty, fake, and unbelievable to average Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) reminded discerning voters not vote blindly for party. "Americans just don't buy the idea that Kamala Harris, who's been vice president for 3 1/2 years is somehow going to tackle the inflation crisis in a way tomorrow that she hasn't for the past 1,300 days," he said. "Giving Kamala Harris control over inflation policy, is like giving Jeffrey Epstein control over human trafficking policy. The American people are much smarter than that. They don't buy the idea that Kamala Harris represents a fresh start. She is more of the same," he contended. "The most absurd thing that Kamala Harris says at her rallies is 'On Day 1 I am going to tackle the food and housing and affordability crisis in this country,'" Vance said. " Day 1 for Kamala Harris was 3 1/2 years ago, and everything's she's done has made the affordability problem worse. "I guarantee you Kamala Harris is going to make the problem worse if the American people give her a promotion," he reiterated.

August 17: Fox News:
Several liberal media outlets eviscerate Harris over her price control proposals
The media adulation for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign may still be strong in general, but several major liberal outlets haven't been able to stomach her latest economic policy proposal. Harris announced Wednesday that she would institute a "federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries" as president in an attempt to stop "big corporations" from taking advantage of consumers, and outlets like the Washington Post, CNN, and Newsweek published reports shredding the idea. "Whether the Harris proposal wins over voters remains to be seen, but if sound economic analysis still matters, it won't," the liberal-leaning Washington Post editorial board wrote on Friday.

August 17: Breitbart News: Massive number of attendees crowd Wilkes-Barre Trump rally in what Biden use to consider his backyard
Supporters of President Trump turned out in massive numbers for his rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Saturday. The venue, Mohegan Sun Arena is reported to have 8,000 seats and a capacity of roughly 10,000 people for events such as this and concerts. Joe Biden has considered Wilkes Barre to his "backyard."

August 17: The Epoch Times: Musk to close local Twitter (X) operations in Brazil over dispute with a member of the nation's judiciary
Social media giant X (Twitter) will end local operations in Brazil, although its service will remain available to users in the country. The decision comes as the company's latest response to actions by Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes who earlier this year ordered the social media giant to block (censor) certain accounts which the justice called "digital militias" that are being accused of spreading fake news and hate messages during the reign of former President Jair Bolsonaro. In a post on Aug. 17, Musk said there was no other option but to shut down X's Brazilian office, rather than give in to de Moraes' orders. "Due to demands by 'Justice' Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil," Musk said in the post. "The decision to close the office in Brazil was difficult, but, if we had agreed to Alexandre's (illegal) secret censorship and private information handover demands, there was no way we could explain our actions without being ashamed," Musk said in a follow-up post.

August 16: SCOTUSblog.com:
SCOTUS rules 5-4 puts on hold the Biden/Harris transgender changes to Title IX
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 to reject Biden's request to allow the enforcement of their April 2024 rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which would have prohibited sex discrimination in education programs which would make transgender students a protected class. In June, federal trial courts blocked the Department of Education from enforcing any part of the 2024 rule in the 10 states bringing the challenge. Federal appeals courts in New Orleans and Cincinnati then turned down the federal government's request to allow it to temporarily enforce all of the rule, which was originally slated to go into effect on August 1. The justices explained that they all agreed that the Title IX revisions should remain on hold for now, "including the central provision that newly defines sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity."

August 16: CNN:
Harris' economic proposals would cause shortage problems experts say
Food prices have surged by more than 20% under the Biden-Harris administration, leaving many voters eager to stretch their dollars further at the grocery store. Friday, Kamala Harris said she has a solution: a federal ban on price gouging across the food industry. There's just one issue: Harris' proposal could create more problems than the one it's trying to solve, economists say. Gavin Roberts studied anti-price gouging laws some states passed during the pandemic. One of the biggest effects he observed, especially at grocery stores, was that these laws motivated people "to go buy goods more than they would if prices had risen." When prices are high, in most cases, the best policy action in response is actually taking no action, Roberts, the chair of Weber State University's economics department, said. While Harris claims her proposal "will help the food industry become more competitive," Roberts said it would do just the opposite. In the long run, he contends, competition and not price controls will help lower prices.

August 16: News Max: Study shows Harris economic proposals will add over a trillion to the U.S. deficit further fueling inflation
Kamala Harris is trying to convince voters her economic platform will be cutting costs for Americans, but a study released Friday revealed the Democrat presidential candidate's plan will increase the nation's deficit by $1.7 trillion over a decade. The study by the nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget also said the figure would grow to $2 trillion if temporary housing policies were made permanent. Harris issued her first policy statement since becoming the Democrat nominee, claimed her proposal would lower costs for American families through executive orders banning "price gouging," which would essentially lock in (establish) price controls. She further wants to give first time homebuyers up to a $25,000 tax credit which detractors say would simply raise the cost of home ownership by the same amount, thereby not easing the cost of purchasing a home. "Based on our understanding of these policies, we estimate the new tax credits and spending would cost about $1.95 trillion over 10 years from FY [fiscal year] 2026 through 2035, or $2.25 trillion if the housing policies were made permanent," the study found. "This is partially offset by roughly $250 billion of savings from lower prescription drugs costs — assuming the Harris plan closely matches the Biden-Harris administration's recent proposals – ending up with a net addition of $1.7 billion in deficits

August 16: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
Pelosi reportedly threatened Biden if he didn't suspend his campaign
Former House Speaker Pelosi reportedly threatened to publicly trash Joe Biden if he didn't end his re-election campaign, which led to his decision to do so last month, four sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed. Pelosi, 84, reportedly sent an urgent message to Biden, 81, while he was recovering from COVID-19 at his Delaware beach house, notifying him that she planned to release humiliating polling data if he didn't drop out as she feared that he wouldn't beat President Trump in a rematch of the 2020 election, the sources claimed. The reported demand was enough for Biden to have a "come to Jesus" moment, leading the letter announcing the end of his 2024 re-election campaign being shared publicly on July 21. Biden specifically named Pelosi while appearing in his first interview since ending his re-election campaign, acknowledging that he felt pressure from House and Senate Democrats who were concerned about his chances in the 2024 presidential election.
[By the way, threatening a candidate to keep him or her from running is a violation
of the Texas Election Code. I know, because it happened to me not once, but twice!]

August 15: Fox News:
DOJ suddenly locates Biden biographer's transcripts with classified information
During an ongoing lawsuit aimed at forcing DOJ to produce recordings from Special Counsel Robert Hur's probe into Joe Biden's handling of classified documents before being elected president, the DOJ revealed the discovery of 117 pages of transcribed discussions between the president and his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer. The find was highlighted Wednesday by the Oversight Project, a conservative government transparency watchdog that sued the DOJ. Oversight Project counsel Kyle Brosnan said on Wednesday this particular revelation is both new and further animates the need for transparency in regard to questions about Biden's competency. DOJ officials wrote that in their prior June court appearance attested that Hur's office did not have a verbatim transcript of any Zwonitzer-Biden recordings; something that apparently is blatantly untrue and which further undermines the credibility of DOJ.

August 15: News Max: Harris' economic solution? Wage and Price controls
President Donald Trump compared Kamala Harris' call for a federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries "Communist price control" that will be a disaster to the economy. Harris approach to fixing the disastrous US economic woes, which she and Joe Biden have unleashed on their nation, is to blame big companies for persistently high inflation – which actually is the result of runaway government spending. One of these massive spending measures Harris actually cast the deciding vote on during a tie vote in the US Senate. Trump addressed Harris' approach to fixing the economy at his second news conference in the week as compared to Harris not having any press availability in the past 25 days since she has become the Democrat standard bearer. "She [Harris] wants price controls," said Trump, who stood next to a table of various consumer items and a chart that showed how much they have increased since Harris took office. "And if they worked, I'd go along with it, too. But they don't work. They actually have the exact opposite impact and effect, but it leads to food shortages. Rationing, hunger, dramatically more inflation."
[See related stories: Economics 101; The Minimum Wage | The Story of the Pencil and the Free Market ]

August 15: The Gateway Pundit: Secret Service agent leaves her post to nurse her baby during Trump's NC rally; What was she thinking?
A report from Real Clear Politics' Susan Crabtree reveals that during President Trump's recent visit to North Carolina, a Secret Service agent abandoned her post, without notifying anybody, in order to breastfeed her baby. The shocking details come just weeks after a failed assassination attempt against Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which has raised serious concerns about the Secret Service. According to the report, five minutes before President Trump's motorcade was scheduled to arrive, the site agent in charge of security for the entire event found the agent from the Atlanta Field Office breastfeeding her child in a room that was supposed to be set aside for Secret Service "official work." According to Crabtree, the agent had no permission to leave her post, and she did not warn the site event agent. Not only can a working agent not bring a child during a protective assignment, but reportedly two other family members were in the room with the agent, and the group bypassed the Uniformed Division checkpoint

August 15: The Times of Israel:
So far 17,000 Hamas terrorist insurgents killed in Gaza; tunnels destroyed
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that more than 50 tunnels discovered along the Philadelphi Corridor, along the Egypt-Gaza border area, have been demolished by combat engineers over the past week. The military did not detail how many of the tunnels crossed into Egypt. Tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor are believed to be used by Hamas for smuggling arms into the Strip. IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Thursday that the military has killed more than 17,000 terror operatives in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war.

August 14: The Daily Wire: Trump looking to cut energy prices in half
President Donald Trump announced at a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday that he wants to slash energy prices by half if elected back to the White House. At Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, the GOP presidential nominee said he aimed to reach that objective in less than two years of a second term. "I am announcing today that, under my leadership, the U.S. will commit to the ambitious goal of slashing energy and electricity prices by half — at least. Half! [within 18 months]" Trump said. He added, if he does not fully succeed, costs would still be down "a lot." Trump said "every single thing that I promised, I produced." He added, "We think that your energy bills will be down by 50%-70%," he added. "How good would that be for a thing called inflation?" Back in April, reports said gas prices had risen 50% since Joe Biden took office and that is even with the Administration emptying the strategic petroleum reserve.

August 14: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Trump in NC: "We will make America affordable again"
President Donald Trump laid out his economic agenda during a speech in North Carolina. "We will rapidly drive prices down and make America Affordable again," Trump said, Trump also said he handed Kamala Harris and Joe Biden an "economic miracle," and they turned it into an "economic nightmare. Trump promised to issue an executive order on his first day in office to require all cabinet members to make moves aimed at driving prices down. He also promised to cut electricity prices by half. Trump promised that he would not tax tips or Social Security. The no tax on tips policy was stolen by Harris during her campaign swing in Nevada last weekend. Harris is supposed to unveil her economic agenda later this week. You can watch LIVE and catch up on some of the highlights from the speech below.

August 14: NY Post: Harris attempts to distance herself from Biden
Kamala Harris is furiously trying to "distance" herself from Joe Biden's record — while also disavowing the far-left policies she heartily embraced just a few years ago. The result is a campaign run entirely on style over substance since Harris took the Democratic mantle from Biden last month. And Democratic campaign operatives warn that she risks voters catching on — and realizing she's selling only cynical political opportunism. "It's a marketing strategy that is TV-esque," one senior Democratic aide said. "She's going to almost exclusively look at a voter like a consumer — and sell, sell, sell!" the aide quipped. Here are some of the "flip flops" Harris has made in recent days: - From No Fracking to I want to win Pennsylvania - No longer for the Green New Deal - Copying Trump on no taxes on tips received by service workers - From open borers to I'll guard the wall myself - From mandatory gun buy backs to if you like your gun you can keep it - From socialized government healthcare for all to "We don't want to talk about it!"

August 13: MSN.com: Takeaways from the Musk-Trump interview – over a billion people have seen at least part of it
President Trump announced during the interview with Elon Musk that he is planning to hold another campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, the city where his assassination attempt unfolded in mid-July. "These are incredible people," Trump said. During the interview both Trump and Musk called out the pain caused by high levels of inflation in recent years. Trump bemoaned that people can't afford groceries and savers have been "decimated" by rising prices. Musk blamed inflation on government overspending and pushed for deregulation to bring down costs. Trump said, "The people that saved money … they got no interest on their money, and inflation destroyed them. Those people have been absolutely decimated." Americans were able to put away significant sums four of five years ago, he noted. "Today, they're using all their money and borrowing money just to live. It's a horrible thing that's happening."

August 13: The Washington Examiner: Watch Dog group uncovers up to 60,000 potential campaign finance violations by Biden/Harris campaign
The Fair Election Fund, a national election integrity watchdog group originally launched by former House Judiciary Committee member Doug Collins, is alleging it has found more than 60,000 potential discrepancies in donations made to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris through "ActBlue," a nonprofit organization that provides Democrats with a fundraising platform. Their investigation this summer identified 60,000 people who were named as small-dollar donors in the Biden-Harris campaign's July Federal Election Commission report but who did not recall making the contribution when contacted by the Fair Election Fund. Collins (R-GA) said, "If the Democrat money machine is secretly stealing the identities of unsuspecting Americans in order to launder money to Kamala Harris, then it will be the biggest scandal in modern presidential history and the perpetrators will be held accountable."

August 13: Breitbart News:
Left Gaslights Trump-Musk's 2-Hour conversation on Twitter [X]
In the wake of an historic 2-hours conversation between two of the world's most powerful men, the Left's colossal gaslighting machine is in full effect to minimize its impact as about a Billion people watched it. What bothers the left is simply a fear that if Americans have access to conservative ideas, they might choose them? There's a case to be made for that. It was just a conversation … a conversation that neither man needed to have. So, what bothers them so much about a conversation between these two men? Is it simply fear that if Americans have access to conservative ideas, they will choose them? Or is it something deeper than that? Maybe it's a passion they don't recognize. Or a fearlessness they can't comprehend. Maybe it's sacrifice they aren't willing to make. But in fairness to the left, they have made sacrifices. They've sacrificed honesty… tolerance… and individuality.

August 13: The Washington Times: House Dem introduces bill to trim responsibilities of Secret Service following assignation attempt on Trump
Rep. Richie Torres (D-NY) on Tuesday introduced a pair of bills that would shift the role of the Secret Service in an attempt to better protect presidents and other political leaders from assassination attempts. The lawmaker's push comes a month after a failed assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, which killed one rallygoer and wounded another, opening up the Secret Service to heavy scrutiny for security failures. The bills would transfer financial crimes from the USSS to its parent, The Treasury Department and require establishing a 500-yard minimum perimeter at public events in order to prevent a repeat of Mr. Trump's rally in Pennsylvania. The measures would establish the USSS protection responsibilities as its "core function."

August 12: Hawaii News:
Congresswoman Gabbard put on Terrorist Watch List
Because she had highly been critical of the Biden/Harris Administration Several local lawmakers are firing back after learning former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was placed on the terror watch list. They sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asking for answers and calling the move "harassment." The Air Marshal National Council says whistle-blowers told them that Gabbard is included in the Quiet Skies program, which monitors "elevated risks to aviation security." Reports say at least five agents and two explosive detection canine teams were following Gabbard and her husband last month. The local officials said in a statement; "The people of Hawaii love Tulsi and your actions have offended us for your attempt to ruin her reputation without explanation. … we remind you that this is not China or Russia and our government is not to overstep the boundaries that have been set by our US Constitution nor should ever attempt to weaponize its regulatory powers." Gabbard, who had highly been critical of the Biden Administration, says the decision to track her is unconstitutional and politically motivated.

August 12: Fox News: Musk and Trump have two-hour conversation/interview while Kamala Harris continues to avoid unscripted media events
Musk and Trump had an overarching, lengthy interview Monday evening on X [Twitter] as Vice President Kamala Harris continues avoiding the media since landing on the top of the Democratic ticket for the White House. "It's pretty sad when you think that somebody that does this for a living can't answer a question or is afraid to do an interview, and in her case, with a very friendly interview. She's got all friendly interviewers," Trump said of Harris Monday evening during the interview. Trump's comments come as Harris has avoided the media for 22 days and counting. She has snubbed formal press conferences or sit-down interviews, including for a Time magazine cover story, since she emerged as the DNC's nominee for the White House after Biden was forced to drop out of the race last month.

August 12: Georgia GOP Chairman: A letter to his fellow Republicans
Over the last week we have secured multiple victories for Election Integrity in the state of Georgia, the state GOP chairman contended. Huge strides have been made for Georgians through the efforts of the grassroots, the GAGOP team and several brave members of the State Election Board. The following things have changed:
- The definition of "certification" of an election has been clarified, giving local board of elections members the ability to ensure greater accuracy in election results and greater access to supporting documentation – as it should be.
- Anyone who delivers an absentee ballot to a drop-off location must present valid identification the same as an in-person voter. Election staff must provide chain-of-custody documentation which will be part of election evidence.
- All election drop boxes must be surveilled while unattended. The video surveillance must be retained by election offices for a period of 24 months thereby being in compliance with other election evidence requirements.
- And Election observers will now be able to monitor the chain of custody process from early voting to the final vote count on election night.
- Additionally all counties must publish the vote count after every day of early voting, including the manner in which the vote was cast.

August 12: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
Dem DA indicts election staffer of 6 felony counts of voter fraud
It's one thing for local Harris County (TX) Democrats to dismiss claims of voter fraud from Republicans. But when it comes from the Democrat DA -and- the Texas Rangers, that's a huge problem. As reported on KTRH, Harris County DA Kim Ogg will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon with Texas Rangers to announce that a county elections official has been hit with corruption charges related to the 2022 election. Specifically, a County Election Official is being charged with theft and tampering with government documents.

August 12: The Daily Caller: Dems focus on getting oversea voters to mail in ballots
Democrats will invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in registering and turning out voters living abroad to help the party win crucial swing state elections in November, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Monday. The $300,000 investment is earmarked for an organization called Democrats Abroad, which works to mobilize members of the Democratic Party living in foreign countries to vote and engage in liberal activism. Democrats say this is the first time in a presidential election that they have funded voter outreach to the millions of Americans living abroad, only 8% of whom the DNC claims are registered to vote.

August 12: The Gateway Pundit:
Trump plans to sue DOJ for $100 million over raid on his Florida home
President Trump announced on Monday that his legal team will sue the Biden Department of Justice for $100 million over the unprecedented raid on his home in 2022. Last month, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the high-profile classified documents case, citing the unlawful appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith. This decision was a significant blow to the Biden regime and the Department of Justice, raising questions about the integrity of this investigation and other cases brought in other jurisdictions. Attorney General Garland violated the Constitution by appointing Jack Smith to conduct a politically motivated persecution against President Trump, the judge suggested.

August 12: Fox News: Freedom Caucus signals it may help avoid a government shutdown unless requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is included
The House Freedom Caucus is signaling it will not help Congress avoid a government shutdown next month unless a short-term spending bill is linked to a bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. These House GOP members are also calling for a short-term spending plan to extend until the new year, at which point allies of President Trump hope he will be in the White House again. This action opposes RINO GOPers, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), who suggested last month that he would want to finish the government funding process by the end of 2024. Only six of the 12 individual appropriations bills having passed the House, and none yet in the Senate, it is all but certain that a short-term extension of the current year's funding levels will be needed to keep the government open past the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

August 11: The Daily Caller:
CNN's Dana bristles as JD Vance asks why Harris hasn't done an interview in weeks
CNN host Dana Bash clashed with Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) Sunday as he pressed her about Kamala Harris not answering questions or appearing before the news media in press conferences. Harris has not given an interview or press conference since Joe Biden abdicated his reelection bid July 21. Vance called out Bash, saying she had asked him three questions about "a sarcastic remark" he made in 2021. "I wonder what Kamala Harris thinks about the fact that she supported policies that opened the American southern border… about the fact that she lied to the American people about Joe Biden's mental — mental facility for the office," Vance said before Bash interrupted, saying, "But I'm interviewing you, not Kamala Harris." "You are interviewing me, Dana, because I respect the American people enough to sit down for an interview," Vance responded. "Harris has been the nominee for three weeks. She hasn't sat down for a real interview," Vance said. "Dana, you've got me for 15 minutes or however long you have me. We should be talking about public policies that matter," Vance said. "How are we going to lower inflation? How are we going to reduce the cost of food and housing? How are we going to close down that southern border? We've talked so little about that. We've talked a lot more about a sarcastic remark I made three years ago. I think we should talk about the issues that most Americans care about."

August 11: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
VP candidate Walz attended protest march calling for the abolishment of ICE
According to the Washington Examiner, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, ["Tampon"*] Tim Walz, attended a march in 2018 with protesters calling for ICE to be abolished. The march happened in June of 2018 in downtown Minneapolis. At the time, as the Governor of Minnesota, he did not support abolishing the immigration enforcement agency, but instead hoped to see it reformed. The same year he supported efforts to defund law enforcement in Minneapolis. He also supported Minnesota being a "sanctuary" state and supported legislation that provided free services like healthcare and college tuition to illegal immigrants. Walz is facing criticism for lying about his military record and for repeatedly hosting a Muslim cleric who celebrated the events of Oct. 7 when Israel was attacked by Hamas.
* Walz has been nicknamed "Tampon Tim" by opponents because he ordered that Tampons be placed in all boys' bathrooms in Minnesota public high schools.

August 11: The Washington Examiner: Harris blasted for stealing Trump's proposal for eliminating taxes on service worker's tips
Kamala Harris is being accused of copying President Donald Trump after she pledged during a campaign rally on Saturday to end taxes on service worker's tips, an issue Trump championed weeks earlier during his campaign. Harris made the pledge during a campaign stop in Los Vegas Saturday, with Trump and his allies quickly seizing on the pledge to charge the Democratic nominee with being a copycat and stealing the idea from the president. Posting on Twitter (X) the Trump campaign reminded everyone that the Biden/Harris administration rolled out a new enforcement program just last year to collect more taxes on tips! It appears Harris is copying Trump's ideas for political purposes in the large service industry rich city of Los Vegas. Why doesn't she come up with her own ideas instead of trying to steal Trumps?

August 10: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Trump rally in Montana for thousands of attendees
Donald Trump held a big rally in Bozeman, Montana on Friday. The president spoke to thousands of supporters and offered his support to Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a retired Navy Seal and aerospace CEO who is seeking the seat currently held by Democratic Senator Jon Tester. After ripping Tester, Trump also took more shots at the Biden-Harris administration on their handling of the border and the economy. "We will stop the Kamala chaos," Trump said. "America cannot survive four more years of this."

August 10: The Washington Examiner: Walz (D-MN) supervisor says he used an incorrect "back door" to evade overseas deployment to Iraq
Reportedly Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Kamala Harris 's running mate, may have known he was going to deploy before he used a "backdoor process" to get around his immediate superior in order to get his retirement approved. His superior, Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin, explained the details to CNN. He said his commander and himself received a notification of sourcing in the fall of 2004. "We were informed that we would be alerted to go to Iraq within the next upcoming year, start preparing your team, getting your team together and let's get the process in play," he said. "In approximately February of 2005, my boss, commander, and the command team, we scheduled a meeting at Camp Ripley Minnesota, for a meeting, getting everybody together so all the battalion sergeant majors, battalion commanders, and their staff would get to see each other and start the team-building there … at that meeting was Gov. Tim Walz." Walz was also present at a follow up meeting in the Spring of 2005 where the mission was discussed and how to prepare for deployment. In June of that year, Julin explained, he was told that Walz had quit. "The issue that had come out of this was, first of all, how did Tim Walz quit without discussing with me because I was his next level of leadership." The other issue was that approval of the Walz request "…was two levels higher than myself in the enlisted corps and should have had Tim Walz come back to me and discuss why he was going forward or not going forward …" Julin said because of Walz's rank, he should've known protocol for how he was supposed to go about exiting the military. He "knew the process and procedures, he went around me and above and beyond me … basically went in there to get somebody to back him … it was just a backdoor process."

August 10: Breitbart News:
Harris promises amnesty for illegals and nationwide mail in voting
Kamala Harris, if elected, is vowing to sign legislation that will grant millions of illegal aliens amnesty and that would legalize nationwide no excuse mail in voting. During a rally in Glendale, Arizona, Harris said she would back amnesty for the nation's 11 to 22 million illegal aliens through so-called "comprehensive reform," thereby adding potential Democrat voters and rewarding people for violating our immigration laws. Such an amnesty would immediately fill the United States workforce with millions of newly legalized foreign workers against whom working-and-middle-class Americans would have to compete. Already, on the Biden/Harris watch, American jobs have been filled with millions of newly arrived foreign workers while millions of native-born Americans have fallen out of the workforce. Regarding mail in voting, she would also move to allow un-monitored drop boxes where absentee ballots could be turned in. Currently, in Texas absentee ballots may be turned in – instead of being mailed – but only to the local election office by the voter who is required to show a valid photo ID.

August 9: The Gateway Pundit:
Retired Marine Major confronts CNN host for attacking JD
Vance's military service while defending "Tampon Tim" Marine Corps Public Affairs Officer Major Shawn Haney confronted CNN anchor Brianna Keilar for attacking JD Vance's military service. "There is a hall in our Defense Information School of 130 heroes who served in that capacity who did not make it out of a combat zone," Haney said after CNN anchor Brianna Keilar attacked JD Vance's (R-OH) military service in an effort to defend Tim Walz's (D-MN) stolen valor lies. At least five videos of Walz's lies have surfaced in recent days such as his claiming to be a combat veteran. "We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, are only carried in war," Tim Walz said. The problem is he never served in combat and decided to retire instead of being deployed with his unit. He abandoned his battalion when they got orders to deploy to Iraq. Vance, on the other hand, joined the Marines and served for four years including a six-month deployment to Iraq. When the CNN anchor criticized Vance for not serving in combat, Vance responded, "… this is disgusting, and you and your entire network should be ashamed of yourselves. When I got the call to go to Iraq, I went." Tim Walz said he carried a gun in a war. Did he? No. It was a lie," Vance said.

August 9: News Max: Former ambassador; "Now or Never moment" for Venezuela
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau said Friday that Venezuela faces a "now or never" moment in the wake of the recent election in which strongman Nicolas Maduro clung to power. He said Maduro's ability to hold on to power depends on the Venezuelan people. "I think it all depends on whether the Venezuelan people will remain in the streets and whether they will persuade their brothers and sisters in the armed forces… [not to] turn on [them]; we're part of you." "If particularly the lower ranks of the armed forces join the people, he's gone. He's toast. But, you know, the upper ranks are completely committed to him." And, he contended, "that's going to be the deciding factor." If a large number of the 30 million Venezuelan people say "We're not scared anymore, you can't kill all of us," Maduro is gone.

August 9: The Washington Examiner: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to move forward with her 2020 election interference case against
President Trump but a Georgia appeals court is grappling over whether she should be disqualified as the lead prosecutor. The case has been on hold since May when the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to review Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's ruling over an alleged conflict of interest between Willis and a former top prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade. Willis told the appellate court this week that McAfee's order allowing her to remain should not be second-guessed and that the standard for disqualification posited by the defense is a tall bar to clear. McAfee's ruling pertained to a complaint over the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade, whom she had appointed to assist with the Trump case. A co-defendant of Trump alerted McAfee in January to an alleged "improper" relationship the pair had forged in March 2022. This March, McAfee stopped short of ordering Willis to step down from the case but said either she or Wade had to resign for the case to move forward.

August 8: The Gateway Pundit: Dems choice for VP, MN Gov Walz caught red-handed

 

It appears that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been caught red-handed. Amid growing evidence that Walz has lied about aspects of his military service, an act known as "stolen valor," the Harris campaign has scrubbed claims that Walz had served as a "retired command sergeant major" from their campaign website. The Kamala Harris campaign scrubbed his bio page and replaced it with another bio. Here is a the link to the original claims made by the Kamala-Walz campaign. This was another example of Stolen Valor – Walz was not a retired Command Sergeant Major as he has claimed. The scandal, which comes just days after Walz was announced as Harris's running mate, has become a matter of widespread scrutiny after Trump's running mate J.D. Vance suggested that Walz had pulled out of a tour in Iraq. Some are claiming cowardice, leaving his battalion just prior to its deployment.

August 8: The Washington Examiner: Italian American Civil Rights League up in arms over selection of Walz as Dem VP choice
The Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL) demanded that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) step down as Kamala Harris's running mate over his alleged racism toward Italian Americans. On Twitter (X) a member of the IACRL board, Michael Crispi, accused Walz of racism and called him an "enemy of the Italian American Community," largely over his handling of the riots surrounding the death of George Floyd. During the 2020 unrest, protesters tore down a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus, which led to criticism against Walz and his lieutenant governor. "Tim Walz did nothing to stop radical vandals from targeting the most prominent symbol of Italian-American culture in a flagrant hate crime," Crispi said. "He knew they were coming and he did nothing to protect the statue."

August 7: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
Houston's Dem DA throws in support for Cruz in Senate race
Democrats usually don't cross party lines to make endorsements. But outgoing Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg is doing just that. Last night on Fox News, Ogg, appearing with Cruz, and told KTRH's Sean Hannity why she's made the move. "Jocelyn Nungaray is the reason that Ted Cruz and I started working together. She's not the only reason why I support the Senator," Ogg said. "We've had a number of murders committed by illegal aliens. It's important to stop the violence." Ogg, the two term DA in Harris County, is leaving office in January after losing her primary in March to former Assistant DA Sean Teare.

August 7: The NY Post: Harris and Walz "fiddled" as Minneapolis burned during the 2020 BLM riots
Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's fingerprints are all over the deadly riots that consumed Minneapolis and St. Paul in the summer of 2020. Their cheerleading and inaction giving cover to criminals as neighborhoods burned and hundreds of businesses were ransacked and destroyed. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, lawlessness reigned as city streets erupted in a nightmarish hellscape of violence and flames. Crime skyrocketed – with murders jumping 75% in 2020 compared to the prior year, and then rising even more 2021. Killings have dropped, but are still 50% above 2019 levels. Many of the businesses that were damaged were small, family-run operations. During the riots, some business owners took desperate measures to keep their livelihoods safe from the raging masses, many described waiting for help that would never arrive. While Walz let Minneapolis burn, Harris was soliciting money to help bail out those who were arrested. What a dynamic duo!

August 7: Fox News:
Vance; Walz dropped out of service in order to avoid going to Iraq with the U.S. Army then lied about it
"As a Marine who served his country in uniform when the United States Marine Corps, when the United States of America asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it," JD Vance said. "I did what they asked me to do, and I did it honorably," he said. "When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him, a fact that he's been criticized for aggressively by a lot of the people that he served with." Some of his former enlisted colleagues are calling it cowardice.

August 6: News Max: Harris' choice of Walz as VP running mate is a gift to GOP
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) said 0n Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris' choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate "is a gift to Republicans." Earlier on Tuesday, Harris selected Walz over other potential Democrat contenders Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA). Emmer said that being from Minnesota as well, he's witnessed first-hand the polices of Walz and how he has "turned Minnesota into a liberal wasteland under his leadership." "Our taxes have skyrocketed. Violent crime is at record highs, and Minnesota families are worse off. We didn't even get into the $8 billion in new taxes and fees he charged Minnesotans after he blew a $17.5 billion surplus. He supported taxpayer-funded college and taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants," he continued. The GOP Majority Whip said that the American people will soon learn how Walz is "a left-wing radical." "This guy stood alongside rioters who burned Minneapolis to the ground. He failed to deploy the National Guard until it was too late, despite a request from the mayor of Minneapolis. Under this guy's leadership, Minnesota has seen a 20% reduction in our police force. …we need to be talking about his radical views," he added.

Meanwhile Breitbart News reports Walz has faced accusations from veterans he served with of "stolen valor." They claim he listed on his official biography a higher military rank than the one he ultimately retired with, and that he left the Minnesota National Guard in order to avoid being deployed to Iraq. Walz served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and retired at the E-8 rank of master sergeant but on his official website bio, he lists a higher rank (E-9) which he served at for a short period but which was ultimately rescinded, as he did not complete all the requirements to serve at that rank. His bio implies that he retired at the rank of command sergeant major, which is not the truth.

August 6: The Daily Caller:
CNN's Van Jones suggests Harris caved to "darker parts" of the party with VP pick
CNN's Van Jones suggested Tuesday that presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris caved in to the "darker parts" of the Democratic Party while selecting her running mate. Jones said Republicans were "chewing their fingernails down to the knuckle" at the thought of Harris picking Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, as her potential vice president; but she didn't do that. He told CNN anchor Jim Acosta that antisemitism has become "marbled" in the Democratic Party. He suggested its sway with parts of the electorate may have been a factor in Harris choosing Walz over Shapiro. "Here's the challenge you've got in this party. People don't want to talk about it, we've got to talk about it," Jones said. "On the one hand, you have a lot of young people who are concerned about Gaza." There are Muslims and Arabs in the party who believe the current administration isn't listening to. "And so, those folks needed to have a candidate they could feel comfortable with. This helps it in that regard," he continued. "But you also have antisemitism that's gotten marbled into this party. You can be for the Palestinians without being an anti-Jewish bigot. But there are some anti-Jewish bigots out there," he contended.

August 5: The Epoch Times:
Google cut down at the knees by Federal judge in anti-trust case
In a landmark legal decision, a federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by maintaining its monopoly power in the markets for general search services and general search text advertisements. The ruling, issued on Aug. 5 by District Judge Amit Mehta, concludes a lengthy legal battle initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general. "After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reached the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act," the decision states. The case against Google alleged that the tech giant engaged in anti-competitive practices by establishing exclusive agreements with browser developers, mobile device manufacturers, and wireless carriers. These agreements prohibited partners from pre-installing rival search engines, leading most U.S. devices to come preloaded exclusively with Google, and forcing competitors to find alternative ways to reach users.

August 5: NY Post: Stock Market take a hit, so does Biden's economic policies
Has time has finally caught up with the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous economic policies? Global markets tumbled on Monday, sparked by sharp declines in leading US indicators, a worse-than-expected July jobs report and fears that the dollar will weaken in the coming months. The sum of all fears — a hard recession — is again looming after Biden squandered his time in office jacking up unproductive government spending, subsidizing key Democratic voting constituencies with costly handouts and gaslighting the public Soviet-style whenever any negative economic news reared its ugly head. Since Biden entered office in 2021, he has overseen annual budget deficits of $2 trillion a year, thanks in part to his student loan bailout plan and other giveaways. The 1.3 million public sector jobs he's added kept unemployment figures artificially low — and with no significant firings or layoffs among government workers, last week's spike in job losses meant they've come almost exclusively in the private sector.

August 5: The Gateway Pundit:
Veritas video: Dems steal election in Muslim-controlled city
A new video has just been released by Project Veritas revealing a stunning voter fraud operation in the densely populated Wayne County, MI, city of Hamtramck — the first city in America to have an all-Muslim government. Several high-profile members of the Democrat Party in Michigan are seen explaining how their fellow Democrats are stealing the vote as part of a well-oiled operation that the former mayor of Hamtramck claims MI Hamtramck City Council candidate Lynn Blasey told the undercover reporter, "They hire black people to go to black people's houses. They hire Bangladeshi people to go to Bangladeshi homes." She explained, "The black people—they pay them for their ballots."

August 5: The Epoch Times:
Trump willing to debate but not on ABC because of a possible conflict of interest
President Donald Trump said he's prepared to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4 on Fox News, although she has declined and insisted on the Sept. 10 debate on ABC, in line with an earlier debate arrangement with Joe Biden. Trump contends that the former agreement with Biden is no longer valid since he has dropped out of the race. Additionally, Trump said that he's in litigation against ABC and that holding a debate on that network would represent a "conflict of interest." The former President has also suggested two Fox News moderators and that the debate be done infront of an audience. With Harris trailing Trump, the question is whether she will blink and agree to debate Trump on Fox News or hide in the basement which Biden patented in the 2020 election.

August 4: The Washington Times: Harris won't debate Trump; Is she scared?
Kamala Harris shot down President Trump's request to debate on Fox News, which has been scheduled for roughly a week before the originally set ABC News debate. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, announced in a Truth Social post Saturday that he agreed to a debate on Fox News with Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania with a full arena audience. "The Fox News Debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined," he said. "The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with [Biden]… who has been treated horribly by his Party — but with a full arena audience!" Trump's team believes its only fair to have them select the news outlet after the Democrats selected the venue and ground rules [such as no audience] for the first debate held with Biden.

August 4: The Times of Israel: IDF finds Gaza tunnel big enough to drive vehicles through
The army has uncovered an unusually large tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border area, big enough for vehicles to pass through, the Israel Defense Force said Sunday. According to the military, the tunnel was around three meters (10 feet) tall. It was located along the so-called Philadelphi Route last week, as part of efforts to uncover all of Hamas's arms-smuggling routes in the area. The tunnel was being investigated by combat engineers before it was to be demolished, the military said. Dozens of tunnels have been found along the Philadelphi corridor, including at least 25 that crossed into Egypt.


August 4: The Gateway Pundit:
PA court drops ruling: Digital images of completed absentee ballots are public information
In a landmark decision, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that digital images of completed absentee and mail-in ballots are to be considered public records. This pivotal ruling stems from a case involving appellant Michelle Previte, who sought to obtain electronic copies of these ballots from the 2020 General Election via Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). This decision was overturned by the Commonwealth Court on Wednesday, which found that the digital images of absentee and mail-in ballots are indeed public records. The court determined that these images fall under the purview of the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL), which mandates public access to government records unless explicitly exempted by law.

August 4: News Max: Former Navy Seal; Despicable, Dems playing politics with 9/11
Democrats playing politics with the 9/11 attacks are "despicable," former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill said Sunday. O'Neill commented two days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier in the week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. Austin's announcement came two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that the official appointed to oversee the war court had reached plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices. Some have suggested Austin nullified the plea deals amid public outrage to help Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. "It's just despicable that we're getting into this," O'Neill said. "On 9/12, you had a lot of lawmakers on the steps of the Capitol singing 'God Bless America,' and now they're playing politics as usual. They're going to make excuses and blame other people like they always do." "And they're going to do what most politicians try to do get another term. And that's where we're at, and it's sad. People are still dying from the aftereffects of 9/11."

August 4: The NY Post: Senator Fetterman's team warns Harris campaign about picking Josh Shapiro as VP running mate
Sen. John Fetterman's (D-PA) advisers have reportedly badmouthed his home state governor Josh Shapiro to Kamala Harris' campaign amid the veepstakes buzz. Reportedly, Fetterman's issues with Shapiro dates back to a lengthy rivalry the duo has had over the years and his concerns that the governor focuses too much on his own ambitions. Specifically, the two tangled during their time together on Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons where Fetterman was often more inclined toward leniency.

August 3: The Daily Caller: Renowned Pollster says Trump can end Kamala's campaign with one "ten-word question"
Pollster Frank Luntz said that President Donald Trump could inflict major political damage on Kamala Harris' campaign with one short question. Trump can defeat Harris at the ballot box if he asks voters "can you name one thing she accomplished as Vice President?" Luntz said. Focusing on Harris' record, rather than launching personal attacks, will be an effective strategy for beating her in November, he said. Just ask "Can you name one thing she did as vice president? And leave it at that," he contended. Just Ten words! 'Harris promoted several signature administration initiatives during her time as vice president, including costly green school bus and broadband programs that have struggled to date to gain traction. "And it's legitimate criticism. She was number two in this country, she was given the responsibility for immigration," Luntz continued. "Now, I'm going to upset the other side. How's our immigration working out?" he asked.

August 2: The Epoch Times: SECDEF revokes plea deal with mastermind of 9/11
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a plea deal made earlier this week that would have spared the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and his two alleged accomplices the death penalty. Austin wrote Susan Escallier, the convening authority for military commissions, withdrawing her authority to enter into pre-trial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his alleged accomplices. He told her that this authority sits with him. "Effective immediately, I hereby withdraw your authority in the above-referenced case to enter into a pre-trial agreement and reserve such authority to myself," Austin said. The initial plea deal would have taken the death penalty off the table in exchange for life in prison.

August 3: The NY Post:
Kamala Harris' husband admits cheating on first wife after impregnating nanny
Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff on Saturday admitted cheating on his first wife, following a bombshell report claiming he once got the family nanny pregnant. The second gentleman reportedly strayed from then-wife Kerstin over a decade-and-a-half ago with a blonde nanny, Najen Naylor, who taught at a private school attended by their two kids. Naylor did not keep the baby, a close friend with direct knowledge of the affair and pregnancy. It's unclear what, exactly, the friend meant. Hours after the report, Emhoff admitted having an affair in a statement to CNN. "During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions. I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side," Emhoff said.

August 2: iHeartMeda/KTRH: Job growth slows in July, unemployment rises
The jobs report for July missed predictions, and by a large number as well. The economy added just 114,000 jobs last month, well below the expectations of 175,000. The unemployment rate shot up to 4.3%. It was expected to hold steady at 4.1% the June numbers were revised downward again. The 206,000 number that we got last month was, in reality, 179,000. Friday's report adds to mounting evidence that the economy is weakening in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.
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August 2: The Washington Free Beacon: Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up
Just after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented "the images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety" in Gaza. "I will not be silent," she vowed. But apparently, that sympathy does not extend to the Druze. When Hezbollah rocketed a soccer field in the Golan Heights last week, killing a dozen children, Harris said nothing. Harris's views on foreign policy were largely unknown before she moved into the Naval Observatory, and since then, the vice president has largely avoided sharing her own views about foreign affairs. Reportedly, Harris even keeps quiet in the Situation Room for fear of embarrassing leaks from Biden staffers.

August 2: One America News Network:
Chevron leaving California, heading for Houston
Oil titan Chevron announced on Friday that they are moving its headquarters from San Ramon, California to Houston, Texas. "The company expects all corporate functions to migrate to Houston over the next five years," Chevron said. "Positions in support of the company's California operations will remain in San Ramon." Chevron stated that close to 2,000 employees work in San Ramon at the moment and 7,000 are located in Houston. CEO Mike Wirth and Vice Chairman Mark Nelson will make the move to Houston prior to headquarters relocation becoming official on January 1st, to "co-locate with other senior leaders and enable better collaboration and engagement with executives, employees, and business partners," according to the company. Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) praised the oil giant's decision to relocate to The Lone Star State.

August 2: The Gateway Pundit: Secret Service – What happened the day Trump was shot—USSS agents unaware of shooter until shots fired
The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) held a critical news briefing on Friday to address its "colossal security failure" at the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally, in light of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. revealed the detailed timeline and critical moments that transpired on the day Trump was shot. He admitted Secret Service personnel were unaware the shooter had a firearm during President Trump's speech until gunshots rang out. "At 6:00 PM, President Trump took the stage to begin remarks. And based on what I know right now, neither the Secret Service counter-sniper teams nor members of the President's [substitute] Security Detail had any knowledge that there was a man on the roof of the AGR building with a firearm. It is my understanding that personnel were not aware the assailant had a firearm until they heard gunshots," said Rowe. Fifteen-and-a-half seconds later, USSS snipers took the assailant out.

July 1: The Washington Examiner:
Trump pivots toward voter's concerns
It's just past 11:00 a.m., and President Trump is nearly seven hours from taking the stage at the Farm Show Complex in Dauphin County, and yet the traffic to get into the massive Farm Show campus stretches for miles. Attendees say they are here to hear the president lay out for them what he will do to help improve their lives and communities. "It's not talked about with enough seriousness how much inflation has impacted families' budgets," one participant said. "That is what I like about Trump. He talks to us about us, and I want to hear how he will make our lives better." Another attendee noted the historic nature of the venue and the significance Trump placed on choosing the venue for his rally.

August 1: News Max:
Iran orders strike on Israel in retaliation for killing Hamas leader
According to the NY Times, Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered Iran to strike Israel directly in retaliation for the killing in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fueled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war. The Palestinian Islamist militant group and Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh's death. The Guards said it took place hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for Iran's new president. Israel made no claim of responsibility and said it would make no comment on the killing.

August 1: One America News Network:
U.S. deploys USS Roosevelt to middle east amid rising tensions
The United States Defense Department has deployed twelve warships to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea as Middle Eastern tensions escalate. The fleet includes the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt along with destroyers and other warships. The deployment follows the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah military chief Fouad Shoker. Although not claiming responsibility both deaths were attributed to Israel's national intelligence agency, Mossad. The back-and-forth escalatory actions are said to hurt any chances of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, further plunging the region into potential for mass carnage and the point of no return. Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah warned of a "new stage" in the ongoing conflict at Shoker's funeral. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on "all parties" to end the escalatory actions citing concerns of a far larger conflict, buy then again, who is paying any attention to Biden Administration officials these days! Daniel Hagari, an Israeli spokesperson, stated that the Israeli military is on "high alert" and are "preparing for any situation, particularly for immediate attacks."

July 31: The Gateway Pundit:
Trump addresses Black Journalists in Chicago and hostile ABC moderator
President Trump traveled to Chicago on Wednesday to deliver remarks at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. A rude reporter opened the question-and-answer session by accusing Trump of lying and attacking the black community. Trump sat quietly and patiently as ABC's Rachel Scott spewed lies. The crowd erupted as President Trump unleashed on Rachel Scott. "Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner," Trump said as the crowd erupted. "You don't even say, 'Hello. How are you?' Are you with ABC?... I think it's disgraceful that I came here in good spirit. I love the Black population of this country." Trump went on to tout his accomplishments: "I've done so much for the black population of this country, including employment, including opportunities…." President Trump addressed the host again, "That was such a rude introduction. I don't know why you would do something like that."

July 31 News Max: Trump proposes to drop tax on senior's Social Security checks
Former President Donald Trump pushed the idea of axing the tax that seniors pay on their Social Security checks in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. According to the Social Security Administration, up to 50% of one's benefits can be taxed if total income is between $25,000 and $34,000. When income is more than $34,000, up to 85% of the benefits can be taxed. Earlier this year, Trump caused a stir within the GOP when he pledged to end taxation of tips, after a conversation with a waitress in Nevada. During the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this month, he recounted the story of how he came up with the proposal. Trump considered reducing payroll taxes — which help fund Social Security — during his administration, but opted instead to allow for deferrals. He recently said he may revisit that idea if elected to a second White House term.

July 31: The Washington Examiner:
Republicans denounce plea deal with 911 attack architect
After the Biden administration announced a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, and others, several notable Republican lawmakers lambasted the move, suggesting it was too soft for him and others involved. Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) denounced the move soundly, along with several New York House Republicans. The 9/11 terrorist attacks caused nearly 3,000 deaths and contributed to the United States's entry into the Iraq War. The effects of the attacks are still felt in 2024 as survivors grip with lingering health problems and families of those killed still grieve. "Any plea deal with the terrorists responsible for killing thousands of Americans, including so many of my constituents, is unacceptable," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said.

July 31: One American News Network: Delta/United Airlines suspends flights to Israel citing security concerns
Delta and United Airlines begin canceling flights to Israel amid escalations of violence in the region. The announcement from the airliners follows the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh by an Israeli airstrike. Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of their ally. "We consider his revenge as our duty," said Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The conflict has seen both sides trading rocket strikes as just days before the killing of the Hamas leader, Israel struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut, targeting the Hezbollah commander who ordered a rocket strike that killed 12 Israeli children. United released a statement detailing their plans to begin canceling flights to Israel. Delta will be canceling it's flights to Israel until August 2nd, while United will be canceling it's flights until the 6th of August.

July 28: Fox News:
Senator Kelly on Dem short list for VP started spy balloon company funded by China
Before becoming a senator, Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was not only an astronaut, but he also co-founded a company that specializes in spy balloons, which was funded, in part, by a venture capitalist in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Kelly, who is reportedly on a short list of running mate contenders under consideration by Vice President Kamala Harris, co-founded Tucson, Arizona-based World View in 2012 with a vision to provide space tourism using stratospheric balloons. While Kelly's company started out with a focus on space tourism via balloons, the vision evolved to include remote sensing services for military, science, and commercial customers as well. Today its primary business remains remote sensing services. Axios reported that shortly after World View was started, it received venture capital from one of China's largest corporations Tencent in 2013, then again in 2016. Tencent has close ties with the Chinese communists.

July 28: The Gateway Pundit:
Brooklyn residents up in arms after voting for illegal immigration
One can only pity Democrats for expressing outrage over the consequences of their actions. Residents in Clinton Hill, a neighborhood in heavily Democratic Brooklyn, took to the streets to express their anger over a migrant shelter in their middle-income community and demanded its closure. Fox 5 New York reports the shelter, which houses over 3,000 illegals, has drawn the ire of the residents, who say it is the source of increased violence and crime in the area. The outlet said this comes after two men were shot to death and another was injured in two separate shootings last Sunday night. Those who spoke up at the rally expressed horror that their neighborhood was about to return to the dark days of the late 1980s and early 1990s before Rudy Giuliani was elected and saved the Big Apple. Renee Collymore, a Clinton Hill resident said it feels like a large part of the community isn't available anymore. "Our parks are not available to us anymore; we can't go there." Residents blame mayor Adams and other soft-on-crime Democrats, while they had a chance to elect Republican activist Curtis Sliwa back in 2021, who is adamantly against illegal immigration and violent crime. They also had the opportunity to vote for President Trump in 2020, who would never let illegals get to Brooklyn in the first place because the border would be secure. Instead, they voted in overwhelming numbers (90%) for both Adams and Biden.

July 28: The Times of Israel: Security cabinet authorizes Netanyahu, Gallant to decide on response to Golan Heights attack that killed 11 children
The security cabinet meeting ended after over four hours. The forum gives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant authority to decide on the scale and timing of Israel's response to yesterday's deadly rocket attack in the Golan, Netanyahu's office said. After ministers objected to the cursory manner in which the strike on Yemen was approved last week, in today's meeting, every minister was given ample time to speak. The report says, however, that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir abstained from the vote. The hostage talks were discussed, but another meeting will be set to focus on Israel's next steps in that regard.

July 28: The Washington Times:
US intel agencies blocked disclosure of Chinese spy balloon capabilities
The Biden administration went along with U.S. intelligence agencies that recommended against releasing details to the public of a Chinese surveillance balloon that transited the United States unimpeded in early 2023 before being shot down by an Air Force jet fighter over the South Carolina coast. U.S. military divers recovered a large amount of intelligence-collection gear in an underwater salvage operation. But all information about the balloon is being kept secret, Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser said. Sullivan said the administration decided to down the balloon over water rather than land to better gain access to the spying components. The downing by an air-to-air missile over the ocean allowed U.S. recovery divers "to take critical components off the ocean floor, look at the technology, look at the capabilities and learn from that," according to Sullivan.

July 27: The Daily Wire:
Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister at Mar-A-Logo
Former President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah to his Mar-A-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, just one day after the prime minister met with Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump told Netanyahu during the meeting, "We have incompetent people running our country." Trump has maintained his support for Israel as it continues its operation to root out Hamas, but he has urged the U.S. ally to finish the war in Gaza soon. In a Thursday interview," Trump said that he wants Netanyahu "to finish up and get it done quickly." The Friday meeting was the first between the two leaders since Trump was in the White House.

July 27: The Washington Examiner:
Trump to continue to have outdoor rallies, USSS to beef up protection
President Trump said he will continue to hold outdoor rallies, reversing a decision after he was nearly assassinated to discontinue his signature events. "I will continue to do outdoor rallies, and the Secret Service has agreed to substantially step up their operation," Trump said. "They are very capable of doing so. No one can ever be allowed to stop or impede free speech or gathering!!!" Trump promised to continue his trademark Make America Great Again rallies under the open sky.

July 27: The Gateway Pundit:
GOP PA senate candidate posts ad revealing the real Kamala Harris and linking his opponent to her
An advertisement by Dave McCormick -- who is challenging longtime Pennsylvania Democrat Senator Bob Casey – released an ad about Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris so brutal that the entire political world is taking notice. This was part of McCormick's effort to tie Casey to who would be the most radical presidential nominee in American history. The ad shows Harris as pushing some of the most terrifying policies imaginable in our country. These include the elimination of the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal, banning fracking, decriminalizing illegal immigration, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, and mandating a gun buyback program. The ad also says Harris wants to ban the consumption of meat and give voting rights to terrorists like the Boston Marathon bomber.

July 26: The Washington Examiner: Harris wants to keep Hamas in power
Vice President Harris has made it clear she wants to protect Hamas in ways that essentially would keep the terrorist organization in power in Gaza and that she will continue Joe Biden's policies that embolden and empower terrorists. Harris made her position clear after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with a bit of throat-clearing as she articulated her actual position that Hamas should be allowed to remain in power. "I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done," Harris said of a ceasefire, which would allow Hamas to remain in power after the terrorist organization promised to carry out more massacres like the Oct. 7, 2023, one that started the Israel response in the first place. She then pivoted to shaming Israel. "What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating," Harris said. "The images of dead children and desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third, or fourth time. We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering. And I will not be silent." In other words, let's overlook the people Hamas killed, raped or dismembered on October 7th.

July 26: The Daily Acorn: United Airlines pilot surprises his mom on their first flight together!
Sometimes a career becomes a family affair. So, when one young pilot got a chance to thank the woman who inspired him to take to the skies, he made sure to make the most of it. She was a flight attendant on his plane, but not just any flight attendant – she was his mom! For the first time, both he and his mom, Moya Doss, were on the same flight. Cole was piloting a flight from Washington, D.C. to Madrid, Spain, and his mom was able to snag a shift on the same flight as her son. During his pre-flight speech to the passengers, he made sure to honor her because, he said, flight attendants "deserve all the credit they can get." "She's been one of my biggest supporters in my life and in my career becoming a pilot, ever since my very first flight lesson," Cole said to the passengers. "To my mom, I love you, and to everyone onboard, welcome aboard our family-friendly skies."

July 26: The Daily Signal: Democrats scramble amid efforts to boot Congressman from committee investigating assassination attempt on Trump
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) proposed a bill that would have revoked Donald Trump's Secret Service detail. Now that Republicans are calling for his removal from the committee investigating the assassination attempt, while the Democrat is downplaying how the bill would threaten the former president's safety. The bill, the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act was introduced by Thompson in April and would revoke protection for those sentenced following conviction for a federal or state felony with a prison term. After Trump was shot at a campaign rally on July 13 in Pennsylvania, Thompson contended even if the bill passed, it would not affect Trump. Thompson's bill states that if the convicted felon's offense is "punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year," regardless of the actual sentence, the person's Secret Service protection is terminated. [See related story]

uly 25: The Galveston County Daily News: Texas Heroes Monument, What Happened to Honor
For years we've driven by the Texas Heroes Monument at 25th Street and Broadway in Galveston. Last week a friend pointed out that the 19th century artist envisioned having it represent the underpinning of our society: Patriotism, Courage, Devotion, and Honor. What we see happening in our country in the last few years is a demonstration that some of these pillars of society are crumbling. As a case in point, look at the attacks on Donald Trump. From "Russia-Gate" to trying to remove him from ballots. From attempted impeachments to the Justice Department's "lawfare" to finally an attempt on President Trump's life. What happened with honor? We're grateful that recently Trump is taking the high-road, bringing people together, and shying away from the personal attacks we've seen in the past. Let's hope this continues.

July 25: Judicial Watch: Judicial watch threatens to sue the State of Oregon over voter rolls
Judicial Watch on behalf of itself, the Constitution Party of Oregon and an Oregon registered voter, that it may sue the Oregon Secretary of State for possible violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, based on their failure to remove inactive voters from their registration rolls. The notice letter to Oregon serves as a "pre-suit" notice. The NVRA requires states to "conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove" from the official voter rolls "the names of ineligible voters" who have died or changed residence. Among other things, the NVRA requires registrations to be cancelled when voters fail to respond to address confirmation notices and then fail to vote in the next two general federal elections. In 2018, the Supreme Court confirmed that such removals are mandatory.

July 25: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Dems prove again they are the true threat to Democracy
Despite their constant attacks on Donald Trump, the Democrats have proven yet again, that they are the true threats to democracy. As writer Trevor Thomas noted for American Thinker, democracy means little when you make a 'god' of government. Thomas said, "Their [Democrats] hope is in political power, they want to force their agenda on those who reject their worldview." So much for democracy! "The defenders of democracy have all of the sudden decided that democracy doesn't matter anymore" Thomas said, "Joe needs to step aside, because democracy I don't believe really matters that much to the Democrat party. What matters is power." Power they hope to keep, by bypassing the will of their voters who elected Joe to be their standard bearer in the 2024 primary elections.

July 25: The New York Post: Butler, PA; local law enforcement proposed drone technology – turned down by USSS second string protection team
According to Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), local law enforcement proposed to help with drone technology at the Butler, Pa. rally where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated earlier this month but was turned down by the Secret Service, a whistleblower claimed. In a letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas, Thursday, Hawley demanded answers about a whistleblower's allegations that the Secret Service "repeatedly" rejected the offer. "The night before the rally, US Secret Service repeatedly denied offers from a local law enforcement partner to utilize drone technology to secure the rally," Hawley said in the letter. The Department of Homeland Security is the agency that oversees the Secret Service.

July 25: Fox News: Harris has a "checkered" prosecution record
Presumptive democrat presidential nominee, Kamala Harris' checkered prosecution record during her tenure as California attorney general is resurfacing as her bid for the White House heats up. From locking up parents whose children had chronically missed school to supporting a bail fund that let violent Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail in 2020, Harris' approach to criminal justice is facing fresh scrutiny. America First Legal (AFL), a nonprofit group launched seven investigations into Harris' prosecutorial background, alleging that Harris "has proven to be the most radically progressive Vice President in American history."

July 25: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Biden give no reason for suspending his campaign
Joe Biden spoke on Wednesday night for the first time since announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 Presidential race. While speaking from the oval office, Biden called for unity among the people. He also said his decision came because he feels it is time to 'pass the torch to the next generation of political leaders.' The president reiterated his intention to remain in office and listed his priorities over the next six months. He also praised Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her 'tough,' and 'capable.' In speaking he avoided saying anything about being forced out of the race.

July 24: The Daily Wire: Media desperately tries to turn "mediocre" Harris into a star
Columnist Matt Welsh Opines; If there's one indisputable strategic advantage that Democrats possess, it's that they have a cult following. The slogans come down from on high, and overnight, the yard signs go up: "No human is illegal, Black Lives Matter, defund the police," and so on. They'll invent quasi-religious explanations for events they don't understand or don't want to understand, and then they'll use the entirety of corporate media and academia to present those explanations as fact. Hurricanes are caused by man-made climate change; therefore, we need "environmental justice." Black people go to prison because of "systemic racism"; therefore, we need DEI, and so on. Anyone who dissents is immediately cast out of the collective. If you want to create a stable, functioning country, this kind of mindless collectivism is obviously counterproductive, Welch continued. But Democrats' goal isn't to create a stable or functioning country. Their goal is to mobilize and to win. They don't have time for internal debates or self-doubt of any kind. They move quickly.

July 24: The Daily Caller: Netanyahu to Congress; "Gays for Gaza" protestors are "Iran's useful idiots"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized "Gays for Gaza" protesters during his Wednesday address to Congress, comparing them to chickens supporting a popular fast-food chain. He spoke to Congress as Israeli military forces continue operations in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that killed over 1,200 people. He discussed anti-Israel protesters during his speech, calling them "Iran's useful idiots," and argued that many don't understand what they are chanting. "For all we know, Iran is funding the anti-Israel protests that are going on right now outside this building, not that many, but they're there, and throughout this city," Netanyahu said. "Well, I have a message for these protesters, when the tyrants of Tehran who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair are praising, promoting and funding you, you have officially become Iran's useful idiots." Meanwhile, dozens of Democrats, including Vice President Harris, chose not to attend.

July 24: News Max: McFarland; Biden might well resign before the end of his term
Joe Biden "very well could" resign from his presidency before his term is over, even when he addresses the nation about his decision to step away from his reelection campaign, former deputy national security adviser KT McFarland said on Wednesday. McFarland, who was in the Oval Office on the day then-President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, said she has got two major concerns if Biden walks away: Who will pay his legal bills and will he be pardoned? "If Joe Biden leaves, there'll probably be a lot of legal cases against him from the states," McFarland said. "Who's going to pay those 10s, 20s, millions of legal fees?" McFarland said she is concerned Biden will declare amnesty for all of his family members before leaving office. "It's not very attractive, but it's pretty practical when you think of the alternatives," McFarland said. "Then there's a constitutional question. Can he pardon himself? If he cannot pardon himself, then is a deal cooked up?"

July 23: The Washington Examiner: Will the Democrats suffer impulse buyer's remorse?
The most striking thing about the Democratic move to anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's presidential nominee is how incredibly fast it was. Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race early Sunday afternoon. Thirty-two hours later, less than a day and a half, the party's top leadership, plus a majority of the nearly 4,000 Democratic convention delegates, had committed to support Harris. By late Monday night, the Harris campaign posted a message headlined, "Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Becoming the Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President." People from all over the political world were amazed at what Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) called the "lightning quick unification" of the party. No, it was not surprising that the party would endorse its sitting vice president once the president removed himself from the scene. But even with Harris's skimpy record and low approval ratings, nobody appeared to give supporting her a moment's thought. The question is whether, at the convention next month, whether they will coronate her or have buyer's remorse and end up having an open convention with multiple candidates vying for the top spot on the ballot. In the meantime, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has introduced two articles of impeachment against Harris. The first article is for the "willful refusal to uphold the [US] immigration laws as the "Border Czar," and the second is for a "breach of public trust" for knowingly misleading the public and Congress about "the physical and cognitive wellbeing" of Joe Biden.

July 23: The Daily Wire:
Secret Service director resigns over attempt to assassinate President Trump
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday as she faced backlash over the security failure underlying the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month. The decision came after Cheatle appeared for a hearing before the House Oversight Committee and testified that the Secret Service "failed" its mission to protect leaders under its charge. Both Democrats and Republicans had called on Cheatle to step down. "In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that, I have made the difficult decision to step down as your Director," Cheatle said in an email to the Secret Service workforce.

July 23: The Washington Free Beacon: Palestinian Govt. paying $16 million a month to imprisoned terrorists, including Hamas fighters
The Palestinian government will pay $16.4 million a month to imprisoned terrorists and their families, including nearly 900 Gaza-based fighters captured by Israeli forces in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 terror attack, a watchdog group found. Payments by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to imprisoned terrorists have risen by $2 million a month, and are being reliably doled out even as the West Bank-based government teeters on the brink of financial collapse. The PA has recognized thousands of those terrorists as eligible for "pay-to-slay" payments in the wake of Oct. 7, including 899 who were captured in Gaza in recent months. There are lingering questions about how the United States would fund the Palestinian government's ruling authority in Gaza. U.S. law currently prohibits taxpayer funds from being awarded to the PA until it ends the pay-to-slay program. The law has not stopped the Biden administration from funneling U.S. aid to the Palestinian government, creating a flashpoint between the Democratic White House and Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress.

July 22: The Washington Examiner:
"California Mafia" plays puppet master in outing Biden/Elevating Harris
The cruelest cut for Joe Biden came at the hands of California Democrats who were the driving force behind his decision to cash in his chips and abandon his reelection bid, relentlessly applying pressure to pass the torch to someone they believe could beat former President Donald Trump in November. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was widely seen as one of the grandees working behind the curtain to oust Biden, while her protege, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), was one of the most prominent Democrats to call on Biden to withdraw. By midday Monday, Pelosi and Schiff – dubbed the "California Mafia," had endorsed Kamala Harris, another California Democrat, for the top of the ticket. As Politico bluntly put it: "We've covered Pelosi for a long time now and can tell you her fingerprints are all over the knife."

July 22: One America News Network:
Trump and Vance discuss whether Biden's ouster was a Democrat "Coup" with potential calls to invoke the 25th Amendment
The Democrat Party was accused by President Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, of orchestrating a "coup" against Joe Biden. Vance asserted that Biden should not be allowed to finish out his term as president if he is unfit to run for re-election. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a coup d'état is "a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics, especially: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group." Additionally, Cornell Law School explains that the "25th Amendment, proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, provides the procedures for replacing the president or vice president in the event of death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation."

July 22: News Max: Secret Service Director:
Trump assassination attempt, the biggest agency failure in decades
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding she resign over security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof and open fire at a campaign rally. In her congressional hearing over the July 13 assassination attempt, Cheatle repeatedly angered lawmakers by evading questions, citing ongoing investigations. She called the attempt on Trump's life the Secret Service's "most significant operational failure" in decades. Cheatle acknowledged that the Secret Service was told about a suspicious person "between two and five times" before the shooting. Yet, Cheatle gave no indication she intends to resign even as she said she takes "full responsibility" for any security lapses at the Pennsylvania rally. Cheatle vowed to "move heaven and earth" to ensure that nothing like it ever happens again.

July 21: Fox News: Trump; if Biden isn't fit to run for another 4 years, who's running the country for the next five months?
Former President Trump said President Biden "was not fit to run for president" and is not — and "never was" fit to serve.  The Republican presidential nominee was reacting to Biden’s stunning announcement Sunday afternoon that he is suspending his re-election campaign. "He is not fit to serve," Trump continued. "And I ask — who is going to be running the country for the next five months?"  The former president also reportedly told CNN on Sunday that he believes Vice President Kamala Harris would be easier to defeat in November's election. 


July 21: The Washington Examiner: Biden bows out of 2024 Presidential race, endorses Harris
Joe Biden has suspended his reelection campaign, sparking a political firestorm regarding who should replace him mere months before voters head to the ballot box. "It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president," Biden wrote in a letter Sunday. "While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term." In the letter, Biden previewed that he would address the nation "later this week" but declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. However, later, in a post on Twitter ("X") he provided that endorsement, underscoring that Harris has his "full support" to "be the nominee of our party this year." "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President," he wrote. "It's been the best decision I've made… Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this."

July 21: ABC6-Philadelphia: Clintons endorse Harris after Biden drops out, Obama's remains silent
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced she intends to run for president in 2024, hours after President Joe Biden said he will be dropping out of the race. "I am honored to have the President's endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination," Harris said in a statement Sunday. Former President Obama lauded Biden's years of service but failed to mention Harris in his statement. Bill and Hillary Clinton endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, saying in a statement "We are honored to join the President in endorsing Vice President Harris and we will do whatever we can to support her." They also said they would "fight with everything we've got" to elect her.

July 21: News Max: Washington Post reports Trump's request for additional security at several rallies was rejected
The Washington Post reports the Secret Service denied requests by Donald Trump's team for additional tactical support at several campaign rallies despite claims from officials that that wasn't the case. The report comes a week after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, an incident that has raised serious questions about security footprint and rooftop access at the event – the would-be sniper fired shots from about 163 yards away from the president's position on a rooftop no one was manning. Initially, the Secret Service denied claims by Trump's team that previous requests had been denied.

July 20: The Gateway Pundit: FBI at attempted assassination site to Senator Josh Hawley; "Get out of here. You shouldn't be on the site."
During an explosive interview with Sean Hannity, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) revealed shocking information about the recent assassination attempt on President Trump. Allegations of incompetence, lack of coordination, and a gross disregard for security protocols have been leveled against the Secret Service and other federal agencies involved in protecting the President. Hannity asked Hawley the thing that most alarmed him. He said what concerned him most is that "most of the detail assigned to Trump that day, [to] that rally, were not Secret Service. Most of them were from other federal agencies, including Homeland Security. And, Sean, they weren't prepared. They didn't know what the procedures were. They did not have the site locked down. They were not adequately patrolling the perimeter. As you just said a moment ago, they were leaving huge gaps. Whistleblowers also tell us that they were allowing people to come into the grounds who weren't checked. They weren't monitoring who was getting up around the stage. I mean, it's unbelievable, Sean." During the interview with Hannity, Hawley revealed that he visited the site of the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania. During his visit, Hawley found that the roof, from where the sniper had scaled, was hardly pitched and was at a close distance to where Trump was standing during the rally. The FBI now has more security on that site than they did on the night of the incident. When Hawley visited the site, he was apparently asked to leave by FBI officials who claimed he shouldn't be there.

July 20: News Max: Pelosi; Don't annoint Harris if Biden backs out of 2024 election
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), privately told Democrat colleagues that she favors a competitive open primary process if Joe Biden ends his campaign. In a closed-door meeting with colleagues in the California delegation, Pelosi said she did not think Biden could win — a stance she also shared directly with him in private conversation. Pelosi said Biden remaining in the race could cost the party the chance to win back the House, according to anonymous sources familiar with the talks. Despite being a friend of Kamala Harris, according to a source, Pelosi supports an open primary rather than anointing her the party's nominee. A second source said this stance is fueled by general election polling data that shows a deep well of talent — including governors and senators in competitive states — that the Democrats could draw from.

July 20: The Daily Caller: Senator Vance held up dozens of LGBT nominees
Reportedly, GOP Sen. J.D. Vance blocked more than two dozen Biden ambassador nominees for months by grilling them on their approach to LGBT and DEI agendas. Vance, now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, asked the would-be ambassadors hot-topic questions concerning their stance on DEI, gender ideology and other LGBT topics. Vance used the questionnaire to hold up the confirmations of more than 30 diplomats assigned to serve in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. "The publics of our many allies, and those counties we seek to build stronger relationships with, have traditional Christian, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu values," a memo from Vance's memo states. "If confirmed, how would you explain to them what the United States' promoting human rights for LGBTQ people would look like in their country?" The questionnaires showed career diplomats attempting to alleviate Vance without contradicting the administration's stance on LGBT rights.

July 20: The Times of Israel:
IAF strikes back at Houthi-controlled port after drone attack on Tel Aviv
The Israeli Air Force struck the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida in western Yemen on Saturday, the military and local media said, a day after a drone launched by the Iran-backed group struck Tel Aviv, killing an Israeli man. Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthi terror organization, said that at least 80 people were wounded in the strikes. The Israeli military said: "Fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terror regime in the area of the Hodeida Port in Yemen, in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the State of Israel in recent months." It marked the first time the Israel Defense Forces has conducted strikes in Yemen. The attack was named by the military "Operation Outstretched Arm." The IAF strike on the port was aimed at preventing the Houthis from importing Iranian weapons, as well as causing the Iran-backed rebels financial damage.

July 19: The Daily Wire: Trump's security detail wasn't Secret Service but inexperienced DHS personnel
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on Friday that most of the security personnel at former President Donald Trump's Saturday campaign rally had been "unprepared and inexperienced" DHS personnel rather than actual members of the U.S. Secret Service. Hawley shared a letter he was sending to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers for a series of apparent lapses in security that ultimately allowed a gunman to attain access to an elevated position less than 200 yards from the rally stage where Trump was speaking. Secret Service is part of DHS. "Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump's security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel," Hawley said. Hawley then cited whistleblowers, whom he said had identified several apparent failures when it came to the security of the Trump rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. "According to the allegations, the July 13 rally was considered to be a 'loose' security event. For example, detection canines were not used to monitor entry and detect threats in the usual manner. Individuals without proper designations were able to gain access to backstage areas. Department personnel did not appropriately police the security buffer around the podium and were also not stationed at regular intervals around the event's security perimeter," he wrote.

July 19: The Washington Times:
CrowdStrike update to Microsoft software shuts down airlines, banks, and more
The Department of Homeland Security said it is working with CrowdStrike and Microsoft to "fully assess and address" system outages that crippled air traffic, impacted businesses and disrupted 911 emergency services. The department said Friday its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working with state and federal partners to assess the situation. The global outage impacted some operations overseas and created long lines at U.S. airports, a nightmare for travelers. Joe Biden, who faces pressure to drop his candidacy, was briefed on the situation while he was quarantined in Delaware due to a COVID-19 diagnosis. "His team is engaged across the interagency to get sector-by-sector updates throughout the day and is standing by to provide assistance as needed," a White House official said. The Justice Department also has been affected by the outages. "This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed," CEO George Kurtz said. Likewise, Microsoft said the underlying problem was fixed but issues continued to spiral out. "The underlying cause has been fixed, however, residual impact is continuing to affect some Microsoft 365 apps and services," the company said on Twitter ["X"]. The crisis underscored how reliant key sectors are on technology systems.

July 19: Fox News: Democrat's opinion: Trump did something he's never done before
Donald Trump may well have sealed the outcome of the 2024 election with a performance on Thursday night in Milwaukee that has largely been unmatched in recent American political history. The former president eschewed the polarization and division that has marked much of his rhetoric in the past. In his acceptance speech there were only a couple of references to the 2020 election. Trump was able to hit on key messages when speaking about topics like inflation, and especially immigration, in ways that were compelling and arguably responsive to the fundamental concerns of Americans. Doug Schoen a Democrat who doesn't support the election of Trump said, "as a political analyst, you have to acknowledge reality. And the reality of this speech was simple: Trump spoke of the American Dream, he spoke of bringing people together, he spoke of helping African-Americans, Hispanics and those who have been left behind." He spoke to all the American people. As he said, he wanted to speak not to 50 percent but to 100 percent of the American people. Trump also understood that this was not a time to attack Joe Biden personally. Trump was able to compellingly crystallize the challenges the American people have with the current administration and offer a degree of reassurance that things would be different under his leadership. Trump demonstrated a degree of optimism and confidence in his remarks that has been noticeably absent from the more pessimistic speeches the 45th president of the United States has delivered over the years. He also, in a way that was tasteful and empathetic, spoke about what happened to him last Saturday in Butler, PA. He discussed his experience of the assassination attempt in a way that had people on the edge of their chairs. But, by any measure, he rose to the occasion and offered the American people something profound that has been missing under the current administration: hope, strength and a sense that the best was yet to come for our nation. As an American, I'm pleased, indeed proud, that the Republicans explicitly – and, I think, for the first time – are seeking to unify the entire country and put aside the bitterness and resentment that has so frequently been evident. Schoen said, "As a Democrat, I'm not sure I know how my party will respond in a month or so to the Trump candidacy. For now, it's enough to say that the challenges it is facing have only grown larger and more substantial after this week after a speech and convention that could only be called an unqualified success. The events and address in Milwaukee will stand up well to whatever attempts the mainstream media make to discredit Trump and his speech."

July 18: AdvancingIntegrity.com:
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT); Should we attach the SAVE Act to the next CR?
On July 11th, Utah Senator Mike Lee questioned his Twitter ("X") audience with a poll asking if the Republicans in Congress should force the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act through the Senate by attaching it to the next continuing resolution, which must be passed by September 30th to avoid a government shutdown. The response was overwhelmingly positive, soliciting over 40,000 votes with 97.2% in support. Former President Donald Trump subsequently relayed his endorsement for the plan the very next day. The SAVE Act ensures the prevention of non-citizens from voting in federal elections, and strengthens additional measures pertaining to election integrity. It passed the House of Representatives July 10th, 221 – 198, with every single Republican legislator in support, and 5 Democrats voting in favor with 14 abstaining. Joe Biden has already said he will refuse to sign the measure if it were to pass. His plan to veto the legislation may be interrupted, however, if Lee's plans of attaching it to a Continuing Resolution funding measure comes to fruition. Senator Lee's tactic would force fellow senators to publicly choose between keeping foreign nationals from voting in our elections or shutting down the government. Biden would then have to explain to voters why he refuses to ensure that the millions of foreign nationals pouring over the border and already inside the country cannot vote in our elections.

July 18: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Trump's increasing lead in the polls; warning to Democrats that their "solid blue wall" is crumbling
As president Donald Trump continues to increase his lead in the polls, pollsters are warning Democrats that their 'solid blue wall' is now crumbling. "Not only is it a difficult position for Biden, but it's a position that seems to be gradually eroding" said Newsmax writer, David Patten. "If he loses on (Wisconsin, Michigan, OR Pennsylvania) he's gonna have to pull something out of the hat in some other state." The bottom line for Biden, just like in the polls, the numbers are just not adding up. "The chance for Biden to break through in some other state seems to be pretty slim" Patten said. "And the chance that Trump could break through, is very real right now." What is also real, is the fact that Trump is leading in those key swing states. A lead that is expected to increase after the assassination attempt, and probably even more after his speech at the RNC. "The key problem for Joe Biden is the enthusiasm among the Democratic base" Patten noted, "Will they turn out to vote?"

July 18: The Gateway Pundit: True or False: Biden expected to withdrawal from campaign for President by the weekend
Mark Halperin is now reporting that Joe Biden is going to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as early as Sunday. Powerful Democrats such as Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are all doubting Biden's viability. Schumer and Jeffries are working behind the scenes to sabotage Biden. Schumer and Jeffries quietly convinced the Democrat National Committee (DNC) to delay its presidential nomination vote. The DNC said Wednesday they won't hold their virtual roll call vote before August which leaves room for a coup. Halperin said Biden is not expected to endorse Kamala Harris and he will not resign the presidency. He said there will be an open convention with Kamala Harris and about three others. He floated a couple of potential running mates for Harris: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and PA Gov. Josh Shapiro.

July 18: News Max: Obama; Biden's path to victory is greatly diminished, needs to seriously consider viability of candidacy
Former President Barack Obama has reportedly told allies in recent days that Joe Biden's path to victory has greatly diminished, and he thinks the president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy. The Washington Post cited multiple sources close to Obama in its report Thursday as pressure mounts for Biden to end his reelection campaign and return to his onetime held mantra as being a "transitional candidate." With news of the report spreading, Biden admitted to Reuters he has not spoken to Obama in a few weeks, either pouring cold water on the report or confirming what has become an icy relationship between the past and current Democrat presidents. "This makes it official; they're not even stabbing Biden in the back, they're stabbing him right in the chest," Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said. "This is a political coup. And with this chaos going on, with Joe Biden sidelined by COVID, the question is who's running the country?" "Biden's getting his butt kicked by his own party. The Democrats are coming apart. The Republicans are coming together. That's what's happening. And at some point, this party has to look at the reality of that." Obama and Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi have both privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he did not step away from the 2024 race. Time racing, Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for Biden to reconsider his reelection bid, as unease grows at the White House and within the campaign at a fraught moment for the president and his party.

July 17: The New York Post: Navarro: The Biden Admin is coming for you and your kids
Fresh out of his four-month prison stint, ex-Trump White House trade adviser and former Democrat, Peter Navarro sought to stoke fear that Democrats are coming for "you" and "your kids." During his address at the Republican National Convention, which drew one of the loudest applauses from the audience so far during the four-day gathering, Navarro, 75, recounted his run-in with the law. "This morning, I did walk out of a federal prison," he began, stoking a thunderous showering of cheers from the audience. "Joe Biden and his Department of Injustice put me there. "If they can come for me. If they can come for Donald Trump. Be careful. They will come for you, too," he warned while making a clarion call for the GOP to control all three branches of government. Navarro proceeded to air out a litany of grievances against the justice system and decried the "scam Jan. 6 Committee" which issued the subpoena that prompted his defiance and conviction.

July 17: The Gateway Pundit: What's the truth about the attempted assassination
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Trump, federal law enforcement can't figure out a motive for the shooter, and they can't get into all the details of his phone. What does not make sense is how a 20-year-old nursing home food attendant managed to find the one spot with a direct line of sight to President Trump and how he managed to know of all the ongoing security lapses and failures that day, including the assignment of a less qualified protection detail to Trump while Trump's regular USSS agents were reassigned to guard Jill Biden, who had a function in Pittsburgh the same day. Another part of the story that makes no sense is that 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, who lived an hour away before he went to the rally, knew that he would need a ladder in order to scale the walls to get to his perch and take a shot at President Trump. According to federal authorities, Crooks stopped at Home Depot on his way to the rally in his hometown of Bethel Park and bought a 5-foot ladder which he reportedly used to get to the roof. It also makes no sense how Crooks would have been able to do enough advance research and investigation beforehand to know the security protocols of the Trump rally, and know the details of which building to get on top of, to take sniper shots at Trump. Authorities are saying the shooter acted alone, but critics are questioning whether he had assistance, not believing all of this was a coincidence.

July 17: News Max:
Smith appeals judge's decision to shut down Trump classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday appealed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of the case involving former President Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents. The judge's 93-page order held that Smith's selection as special counsel violated the Constitution because he was named to the position directly by Attorney General Merrick Garland instead of being appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Prosecutors challenged that argument when it was raised by Trump's lawyers and filed a formal notice of appeal Wednesday to initiate the process. In a concurring opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that Trump has immunity from prosecution for official acts, Justice Clarence Thomas questioned the legality of Smith's appointment. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has overturned other Cannon rulings in the Trump classified documents case, siding with the Justice Department. The Supreme Court partially overturned the decision and sent the case back to the trial court, requiring that they determine what actions Trump has taken that are part of his official duties (and therefore have immunity from prosecution) and which ones, if any, were personal (and therefore open for possible prosecution.

July 16: News Max:
JD Vance reveals that privately Senate Dems say Trump is easy to work with
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has been hailed as having a good relationship with his new boss Donald Trump, but he shared some insight into what Senate Democrats privately think of the GOP nominee. Senate Democrats will not admit it publicly, but Vance says they privately have wholly different views on Trump. "I've worked with a number of colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, to get things done; it's one of the things people really underappreciate, I think, about President Trump's approach to leadership," Vance said Tuesday night on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Obviously, you have some fringe elements of the left who hate his guts, but actually, a lot of my Democratic colleagues will admit in private he was very easy to work with because he could make deals for the American people." Vance says he received two calls Monday on becoming Trump's running mate: One he answered (Trump's) and one let go to voicemail (Vice President Kamala Harris). Harris' call was from an unknown number. He said he returned the call! The 39-year-old Vance admitted he did not save the Harris' voicemail.

July 16: The Epoch Times: SCOTUS decision may change how Congress makes laws
The Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Chevron deference case, which previously had the effect of enhancing federal agency power, has been deemed a "seismic" change for U.S. administrative law. Members of Congress say they believe the ruling will equally shake up the process of lawmaking. The case the court struck down required federal courts to defer to government agencies' "reasonable interpretation" of ambiguous laws that the agencies enforce through federal regulations—even if the courts disagreed with those interpretations. Congressional Members have since been considering how to update the way that laws and regulations are drafted to meet the SCOTUS requirements such as making it clear the intent of Congress for both regulatory agencies and the courts. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said, "We're going to have to be much more specific in the lawmaking exercise ... we're going to have to have committees that have more staff in order to accommodate specific legislative writing." He said Congress will "have to have some changes in our internal processes of what comes to the floor." "We don't have the muscle memory of how to write laws specific enough ... it's muscle memory that has to be recreated here. And it's possible but it's going to be hard," McHenry said. He briefly acted as the House Speaker pro tempore in 2023 after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA.) was stripped of the gavel.

July 16: Breitbart News: Rep. Cloud reveals Home Land Security is interfering in House's investigation into Trump's attempted assassination
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) says the agency run by impeached immigration czar Alejandro Mayorkas is interfering with the House's investigation into the attempt to murder Donald Trump. The shooting was "an epic failure," Cloud contended during an interview at the GOP's national convention, adding, "It is very concerning that right off the bat, we see Mayorkas' DHS obfuscating as opposed to being transparent. This should be something that, regardless of party, we don't allow this kind of thing in our country." The Secret Service agency is part of DHS. It is run by sociology graduate Kimberly Cheatle. Cloud is a member of the House's oversight committee, which is chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY). "We were scheduled for a first briefing today, just on the facts of the case, what's going on, what they know now, and DHS has stepped in and is trying to control the communication between the two committees," Cloud contended.

July 16: Fox News: Head of the Secret Service "The buck stops here" - Takes responsibility for USSS failures
The head of the Secret Service has revealed that the shooter who tried to kill Donald Trump was identified as a "potential person of suspicion," but by the time units were able to track him down, he had managed to open fire at the rally in Pennsylvania. United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that a local law enforcement officer spotted a suspicious man carrying a range-finder just 30 minutes before Saturday's attempted assassination in Butler. That officer reported the sighting to state police. The head of the Secret Service has revealed that the shooter who tried to kill Trump was identified as a "potential person of suspicion," but by the time units were able to track him down, he had managed to open fire at the rally in Pennsylvania. Cheatle acknowledged the responsibility for the security failure that led to the attempted assassination of Trump ultimately rests with herself. "The buck stops with me," Cheatle said, adding that "This is an event that should have never happened." Interestingly enough, this Trump rally was reportedly the first one that CNN has covered in recent years. There's no information connecting the two, if could simply be a coincidence. "That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, 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, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside," an enforcement source said. He took a photo, and there was a discussion about whether what he was carrying was a pair of binoculars to try and see the rally better. But then a few minutes into Trump's remarks, the would-be assassin — identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 — began shooting, according to authorities.

July 15: The Epoch Times: Federal Court Justice finds the appointment of Special Counsel Smith is unconstitutional: throws out Trump classified documents case
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed President Donald Trump's classified documents case on July 15, finding that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional. "The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution," the order reads. The 93-page opinion and order was issued after days of oral arguments over the special counsel's appointment and the statutory authority that the Justice Department argued Attorney General Merrick Garland used to appoint Smith. The dismissal of the indictment also dismisses the cases of the other codefendants. All scheduled hearings and deadlines have been canceled. Restrictions on sealed and classified information in the case remain in place. Prosecutors are expected to appeal the order. The appointment clause of the Constitution stipulates officers must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. It identifies a difference between courts later deemed "principal" and "inferior" officers and states that department heads may appoint inferior officers if Congress has passed legislation allowing them to do so. This is a "critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers," the judge wrote, and Smith's appointment "effectively usurps that important legislative authority." The judge's actions could also impact Smith's January 6th case pending before the Washington, DC federal district court.

July 15: Fox News: JD Vance is Trump's pick for VP
With an eye toward the future of a Republican Party dominated by President Trump and his legions of MAGA supporters, Trump has named 39-year-old Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate on the GOP'S 2024 national ticket. Trump who made his greatly anticipated and high-stakes announcement on Monday as the Republican National Convention kicked off in swing-state Wisconsin's largest city, will now share the ticket with one of his top supporters in the Senate and a one-time Trump critic who has transformed into a leading America First disciple. "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump announced on his Truth Social platform. Trump emphasized that Vance, on the campaign trail "will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond…."

July 15: The Daily Caller: Murdered Fire Chiefs wife rejected a call from Joe Biden
The widow of the former volunteer fire chief, who died at a Trump rally Saturday, rejected President Joe Biden's call following the shooting, New York Post reported. Helen Comperatore, the widow of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore, disclosed her refusal to speak with Biden following her husband's death. Corey, who was serving as a volunteer firefighter and a father of two, lost his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he attended the rally with his family.

July 14: The Daily Caller: Reportedly, police told of man climbing up a building with a rifle prior to assassination attempt on Trump
A law enforcement officer encountered shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks before he fired at former President Donald Trump Saturday during a Pennsylvania rally, The Associated Press reported Sunday. Crooks pointed his rifle at an officer who climbed onto the building roof, prompting him to retreat down the ladder, two anonymous law enforcement officials said. Crooks then fired his weapon at Trump. A witness told BBC News during an interview Saturday that he tried to warn police about the assassination attempt after noticing "a guy crawling" up the building and seeing that he "clearly" had a rifle, but he said the police responded with confusion. The individual alleged security did nothing for several minutes.

July 14: Sky News: UK reform leader blames the Left/media for assassination attempt
The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage says he will attend the Republican Party's convention in Milwaukee next week to support Donald Trump. He blamed the assassination attempt on the Left and the media in an opinion piece in The Telegraph. He said he'll be going to Milwaukee "to support my friend, Donald Trump, as we head into the later stages of an era-defining election", adding: "He is the favorite to win – and after today's heinous acts he will win." He said he was also going to the convention - which starts tomorrow and ends on Thursday – to "stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump and the US to stand up for democracy". He went on to call Trump's survival a "miracle."
[Comment: Does history repeat itself? George Washington had two horses shot out from under him during the French and Indian war. The Indian Chief said later that his braves shot him numerous times but although several hit the general, none pierced his skin. The Chief said God was protecting Washington, that he could not be taken down. Trump is not Washington, but just perhaps, God was protecting him like he protected General Washington back in the day!]

July 14: The Daily Wire: Trump authorizes fundraiser for supporter murdered at PA rally; donations going through the roof
Donald Trump has authorized a fundraiser for his supporter who was tragically killed during a failed assassination attempt on the former president during a campaign rally on Saturday. The GoFundMe account, which has been promoted by eldest Trump son Don Jr., has already raised more than $838,000 with the goal being $1 million.

July 14: Fox Weather:
High winds and tornadoes possible as GOP National Convention begins
Event planners at Fiserv Forum may need to contend with potentially severe thunderstorms that are forecast to bring strong winds, hail, and the possibility of tornadoes to the Milwaukee area. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has highlighted an area in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, including Milwaukee, for a 2 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms on Monday. Just south of the convention, cities like Chicago have an even greater risk of severe weather, with a 3 out of 5 risk from the SPC.

July 13: The Epoch Times: Would be assassin tries to take out Trump in Pennsylvania
Former President Donald Trump is injured but doing well after he said a bullet pierced his right ear while he spoke at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. The Secret Service shot and killed the attacker, who fired from a roof outside the security perimeter. According to the Secret Service two spectators were critically injured and one killed during the attack. They confirmed that they had killed the suspected assailant, who fired the shots "from an elevated position outside of the rally venue." Several more shots rang out while the president was down. Moments later, back on his feet, surrounded by Secret Service agents, and blood running down his face, the president told the agents, "Wait, wait, wait," and the turned to the crowd and pumped his fist three times toward the crowd. Former President Trump then walked down from the stage surrounded by agents as the crowd broke into chants of "USA, USA."

July 13: The Washington Times:
Elon Musk endorses Trump minutes after assignation attempt
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk endorsed former President Donald Trump shortly after Trump ducked on state after being targeted by an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk posted on his X platform [Formally Twitter]. In a subsequent post Musk posted a video interview of a witness on the scene who explained to the BBC he saw the shooter position himself on a roof of a building and attempted to notify authorities. Above that video post, Musk called for the head of the Secret Service and the leader of Trump's security detail to resign. Trump was bloodied, but his campaign said he avoided serious injury when shots rang out during his remarks on stage at a campaign stop in Butler, Pennsylvania.

July 13: News Max: Top British journalist says "BidenGate" worse than "WaterGate"
Democrat operatives attempting to keep Donald Trump from the White House are the same ones covering for Joe Biden's cognitive decline, a political scandal of "BidenGate" that puts "Watergate in the shade," according to British journalist Andrew Neil. "This was a cover-up to put Watergate in the shade," the famed former BBC broadcaster wrote in his Daily Mail column Friday. "It was exposed as such in that fateful TV debate with Trump at the end of last month when Biden suffered a slow-motion car crash from which he has not recovered. "Even then the White House lies did not stop. We were told it was just a bad night, that he had a cold, that he was suffering from jet lag. The excuses tumbled out from Team Biden, each one less credible than the last. But something significant had changed: even Jet-Lag Joe's media cheerleaders no longer believed what they were being told." The 1970s Watergate scandal put forth by former CIA operatives working for The Washington Post infamously led to the resignation of former President Richard Nixon, a Republican. Now, Democrats are working to force Biden out of office, potentially putting the White House and the Democrat National Committee just days – if not hours – from having to replace their presumptive 2024 presidential nominee on the ballot at the 11th hour.

July 12: Breitbart News: Pro-Biden donors plan coup; threatening to freeze $90 million in super PAC money unless Biden abdicates
Donors have reportedly informed Future Forward, the largest Biden Super PAC, that if Joe Biden remains on the Dem's presidential ticket, roughly $90 million in donations will be frozen. Two anonymous sources who are familiar with the conversations told the NY Times several "eight-figure commitments" were among the frozen donations. This comes weeks after Biden's lackluster debate performance on June 27 against former President Donald Trump. During the presidential debate, Biden appeared to freeze, spoke with a hoarse voice, and had difficulty getting through his prepared closing statement. Conjecture: If Biden refuses to step down former president Obama, who is rumored to be behind the alleged coup, could pressure Vice President Harris to invoke the 25th amendment. If successful, this would block Biden from completing his current term and from serving another four years.

July 12: Washington Free Beacon:
MI senate race shift from leaning Democrat to a "toss up"
The U.S. Senate race in Michigan moved from "lean Democrat" to "toss up" according to the Cook Political Report on Thursday, amid growing concerns that Joe Biden's stumbling candidacy is hurting down-ballot Democrats. The shift indicates political trouble for Democrats in Michigan, a key swing state for the presidential election, where the competitive Senate race to replace outgoing Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow could determine party control of the upper chamber next year. The Cook Political Report said it revised its prediction because the expected Democratic nominee, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, is underperforming Biden in the state. "Michigan is the only state where a Democrat is running behind Biden's statewide numbers—likely in part because Slotkin is still not universally known statewide," said the election forecast group. "Democrats say their polling still has Slotkin running better than Biden, but there's no denying it's very close. As such, we are shifting the open Michigan Senate race from Lean Democrat to Toss Up." The report added that it's still unclear "the full impact that Biden—if he remains the party's nominee—could have on Senate Democrats."

July 12: News Max:
Former Clinton strategist: Biden's window for winning has vanished
Longtime strategist and former Bill Clinton political director Doug Sosnik wrote in a recent NY Times opinion piece that former President Donald Trump could "rack up one of the most decisive presidential victories since 2008," Sosnik joins a growing cohort of Democrats breaking party ranks, arguing that Biden's path to a second term has "all but vanished" for "reasons that have become glaringly obvious." "I've never seen such a grim Electoral College landscape for Biden: He not only faces losing battleground states he won in 2020, he is also at risk of losing traditional Democratic states like Minnesota and New Hampshire, which [former Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton and [former President] Barack Obama carried," Sosnik wrote. Even so, recent polls show that Biden still has a pathway to win, a narrow path but a path just the same.

July 12: The Washington Examiner: Federal Judge dismisses Giuliani bankruptcy case
A federal judge in New York dismissed Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case seven months after the former New York City mayor first began to pursue bankruptcy protection after being ordered to pay millions in a defamation case. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in the Southern District of New York claimed Giuliani was using the legal proceedings to avoid paying Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss the $148 million claim allotted to them in a defamation lawsuit. The former mayor had accused the two women of helping to steal the 2020 presidential election from former President Donald Trump.

July 11: Yahoo News: Biden aides believe Obama is behind effort to oust their boss
The Biden campaign believes that former President Barack Obama is working behind the scenes to oust Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said. "Joe Biden is deeply resentful of his treatment. Not only of the Obama staff but also the way he was pushed aside for Hillary Clinton... He's always felt like an outsider, always felt like people look down upon him," Scarborough said. The comments come after Politico reported that actor George Clooney called Obama shortly before his bombshell op-ed in The New York Times calling on Biden to step aside was published. The former president notably did not push back against Clooney's call for his former vice president to drop out of the 2024 race against Donald Trump, Politico reported. Is it possible that Obama wants his wife to run for President?

July 11: Fox News:
Focus Group Host shocked after half of Blacks say they will vote for Trump
A "Daily Show" focus group of Black New York voters led to a lively discussion after half of the members said they would vote for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. "Do I have to say his name? I don't want to, but more than likely, it's going to be Trump," one man in the group said. His admission led to both applause and angry murmurs from the other focus group members, with one woman groaning "unbelievable," before proclaiming her support for Joe Biden. The other members then revealed their intentions, with three pledging their vote to Biden and the other three standing firmly behind Trump. "For me, I have always been a Democrat, and it's like, for the most part, with the Democratic Party, they always make a bunch of promises that they cannot deliver," one male voter said. "You know, they use the issues of the African American community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises just to get us to come out and vote, and then once we vote and everyone's in place — it's like, well, what happened?" one female voter chimed in.

July 11: The Hill: House passes bill to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote; most Dems opposed the measure
House Republicans and a handful of Democrats on Wednesday approved a bill that would require proof-of-citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections. It would also impose voter roll purge requirements on states. The legislation has been touted by former President Trump. The legislation — formally titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — cleared the chamber in a 221-198 vote, with five Democrats voting yes. It now heads to the Senate, where it is all but certain to be ignored amid opposition from Democrats. Five Democrats joined with 216 Republicans to pass the bill; 198 Democrats voted against the legislation. Four other Republicans and 10 Democrats did not vote, the Daily Wire reported. Republicans contend the Democrats think it should be okay for a person who is not a U.S. citizen to vote. Current law requires voters to be U.S. citizens but doesn't carry any requirement that proof-of-citizenship be presented when registering.

July 11: The Daily Caller:
18-29 year olds not enthusiastic about Joe Biden, may not vote
Young Pennsylvania voters during a Thursday segment told CNN how unenthusiastic their demographic is about Joe Biden. According to a recent NY Times/Siena College poll, former President Donald Trump reportedly leads Biden 48% to 40% among young voters ages 18-29. The voters featured on "CNN News Central" said the overall sentiment among their demographic is a lack of enthusiasm for the president. CNN correspondent Danny Freeman asked the voters to rate their enthusiasm to cast ballots in November on a scale of one to 10. Two of them said "five" while one said "seven or eight" and an 18-year-old Biden voter named Saranya Singh said "one," adding, "I'm not excited at all." "A lot of my friends and a lot of people in our age group are really hesitant to vote this year at all because I mean, Biden is not the ideal democratic candidate in any way," Singh said.

July 11: The Epoch Times: Judge dismisses murder case against Arizona rancher "with prejudice" after mistrial
An Arizona judge on July 9 dismissed with prejudice the murder case against an elderly ranch owner charged in the shooting death of an illegal immigrant on Jan. 30, 2023. In a 12-page decision, Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink said the prosecution failed to present evidence to convict Nogales resident George Alan Kelly, 75, of second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The jury, following a monthlong trial, also could not reach a verdict on the lesser included offenses of manslaughter and negligent homicide. Dismissing the case "with prejudice" ensures that Kelly cannot be tried again for the same offense.

July 11: Breitbart News:
Media knew of Biden's decline, decided to cover it up
In a remarkable exchange on the Chuck Todd podcast this week, Todd and Politico's Jonathan Martin admitted high-level Dems have been saying "for years" that Joe Biden is in rough mental shape and not up for another term in the White House. They said Biden's decline was an "open secret" and a "simmering conversation." And only now are these "reporters" reporting this to the public.

July 10: News Max: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew recently warned that support for Israel in the United States could be at risk due to partisan politics.
Speaking at Reichman University's Aaron Institute for Economic Policy's annual conference, Lew said that steps need to be taken to prevent an erosion of support for Israel. "There are risks in both the right and the left, of erosion on the margins, that only makes it more important for there to be bipartisan support," Lew said on Tuesday night. While there still appears to be bipartisan support for Israel in American society, Lew said that could change in the future. "The question is, when you have generational change, will that be true 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now," Lew asked. He warned that Israeli and American leaders who support Israel shouldn't let that support become a partisan issue. The ambassador said that since Israel's founding, support for Israel has been broad.

July 9: The Daily Mail: Columbia University; three antisemitic deans put on leave
Three members of Columbia University's hierarchy have been 'permanently removed' from their roles after a leaked text exchange showed them engaging in a conversation that 'touched on ancient anti-Semitic tropes.' The texting occurred during a meeting in May at the Ivy League school in which Jewish students described the anti-Semitism that they were experiencing on campus in the wake of the Hamas brutal assault on Israel on October 7. The trio were put on leave, according to a letter from Columbia President Minouche Shafik and University Provost Angela Olinto that was sent to members of the school community in Monday.

July 9: The New York Post:
U.S. Marshall shoots carjacker outside Justice Sotomayor's home
A deputy US Marshal shot a would-be carjacker who pulled a gun on him while he was guarding Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's home in Washington, DC, authorities said. Two deputies were parked outside Sotomayor's home in northwest DC on July 5 when Kentrell Flowers, 18, allegedly walked up to one of their cars around 1:15 a.m. and pointed a gun at the bodyguard, the US Marshals Service said. One marshal drew his weapon and fired several shots at the suspect, who was arrested and treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The Obama-appointed justice was not home at the time of the carjacking.

July 9: The Washington Times:
Homeless in San Francisco could face arrest after federal appeals court decision
Homeless people living on San Francisco's streets could end up in handcuffs after a federal appeals court lifted an order Monday that barred the city from clearing encampments. The Ninth Circuit overturned the 2022 ruling that said it was unconstitutional to sweep homeless encampments when there was no other shelter available for the transients. The injunction was lifted in response to last month's Supreme Court ruling in Johnson v. Grants Pass. The high court overturned its previous position that said clearing homeless camps without alternative shelters violated the 8th Amendment's protections against cruel and unusual punishment. San Francisco officials haven't said what their plan is to address encampments in the city. Last month, Mayor London Breed said the city is considering imposing "significant penalties" on homeless residents, when necessary, but didn't say outright that would mean jailing vagrants. According to local public radio station KQED-FM, San Francisco saw a 17% reduction in tents on the street last year after conducting regular sweeps.

July 9: The New York Sun: Russia's bombing of children's hospital in Kyiv backfires on Kremlin, Ukraine and allies stiffening resolve
Russia's bombing of Ukraine's largest children's hospital is backfiring Monday's destruction of Okhmatdyt hospital at Kyiv, the nation's press capital, immediately produced a stream of photos into the world's press: child cancer patients waiting for transfers to a new hospital, their mothers using napkins to protect their newborns from dust. The destruction of the hospital has quickly elevated to be an international "cause célèbre" on par with Russian army rapes and murders of Ukrainian civilians in Kyiv.

July 9: Fox News: Stephanopoulos;
Biden can't serve another four years
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos revealed he doesn't think Joe Biden can serve four more years in office just days after their high-stakes interview. In a "chance" meeting on the streets of New York City on Tuesday where TMZ asked Stephanopoulos whether he thought Biden should step down. "I don't think he can serve four more years," Stephanopoulos responded. A spokesperson for ABC News said Digital "George expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News." "Earlier today I (Stephanopoulos) responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn't have," he said through a spokesperson.

July 8: The Washington Examiner:
Trump supporters rooting for Joe Biden to be his opponent in November
Since Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, a flurry of Democrats have been openly questioning if it's time to replace their party's nominee. However, Republicans are acknowledging a new opponent could open up a new set of challenges for President Trump after he has spent months painting Biden as incapable of leading. Many in GOP circles believe Biden will be the easiest candidate for Trump to beat in November.

July 8: One America News Network:
Senate Dems scrap meeting on Biden's campaign's future
Senate Democrats have scrapped reported plans to hold a meeting on the state of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. That's according to a report from Axios on Monday. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has dropped his efforts to schedule a meeting after details about his push came to light. Warner began reaching out to colleagues last week amid calls from some congressional Democrats for Biden to drop his reelection bid. The senator, like many Democrats on Capitol Hill, has not publicly taken a stance on whether Biden's campaign should continue. Senate Democrats are slated to hold a regular caucus meeting on Tuesday.

July 8: Fox News:
Biden lashes out at Trump, Supreme Court – Dems say he should withdraw
First Lady Jill Biden says she is "all in" on Jow Biden's re-election campaign Monday as she plans to make three stops in separate states. "Joe has made it clear he is all in," she told the crowd in North Carolina. "That's the decision he's made. And just as he has always supported my career, I am all in too." The first lady will also make appearances at campaign events in Florida and Georgia later Monday, though Biden himself has no public events on his schedule. Jill's declaration of support comes as Biden is working to fend off members of his own party who want him to drop out of the race. His critics say his disastrous performance in the debate against former President Trump proves he is no longer fit to hold office. Biden has so far rejected calls for a withdrawal, writing a letter to House Democrats urging them to drop the issue earlier Monday.

July 7: The Daily Caller:
Radio station cuts ties with host who included Biden pre-screened questions in interview
Philadelphia radio station WURD announced Sunday they would be cutting ties with host Andrea Lawful-Sanders after she revealed she asked Joe Biden interview questions sent earlier by his campaign for her approval. According to a statement, WURD Radio president and CEO Sara M. Lomax stated the pre-determined questions not only violated their "practice of remaining an independent media outlet" but the interview was also "arranged and negotiated independently" by Lawful-Sanders.

July 7: Law Enforcement Today:
Newsom scuttled bill that would crack down on shoplifters and drug offenses
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who fancies himself a replacement candidate in the event dementia-addled Joe Biden faces reality and drops out of the presidential race, last week pulled a last minute effort with California legislators to put a competing crime bill before voters this fall just before jet-setting off to Washington, D.C. to meet with Biden and other Democrat governors. The measure, a watered-down version of another crime bill backed by California prosecutors and large retailers, will appear on November's ballot. The bill scuttled by Newsom would enhance penalties for repeat shoplifters and criminal drug dealers who lace drugs and other Newsom meanwhile blamed the California District Attorneys Association that is pushing another crime measure, claiming they didn't engage with his administration and legislative leaders to reach a deal in order to avoid a showdown on the ballot measure.

July 7: The Gateway Pundit: Daniels owes Trump $600,000 in legal fees
Stormy Daniels, the ex-porn star who owes former President Donald Trump $600,000 in legal fees, has raised almost $1 million through a GoFundMe campaign. According to the Guardian, the funds are reportedly meant for moving her to a safe house and repaying the legal fees incurred during the criminal trial that resulted in Trump's conviction on 34 felonies. In March 2022, the 9th Circuit Court issued a final ruling on the case brought against Trump by disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels. The court ruled that Daniels owed President Trump $300,000 in legal fees plus interest for filing a frivolous lawsuit against him.

July 7: Axios: Analysis of Justice Barrett's decisions
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is working to become the new intellectual center of he court. This is what Barrett's biggest fans predicted when she was first nominated — that she would not only be a solid right-leaning vote, but an influential justice with the potential to shape the broader contours conservative legal doctrine. Barrett is just as conservative as everyone knew she would be. She joined the court's rulings overturning Roe v. Wade and expanding gun rights but she is beginning to separate herself from the pack in important ways. She has explicitly criticized some of the ways other conservatives use historical analysis to solve modern questions. She joined the liberal justices in dissent when the court narrowed one of the charges the Justice Department has used in Jan. 6 cases, including Trump's. Her concurring opinion in the court's presidential immunity case had some flavors of dissent.

July 7: The Epoch Times: Trump's legal team gets pause in classified documents trial
Judge Aileen Cannon agreed on July 6 to grant a partial pause in former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial after his legal team made the request on grounds that they should be allowed to argue the merits of the U.S. Supreme Court's immunity decision before the trial moves forward. In a July 6 paperless order, Judge Cannon granted a temporary stay of three pending deadlines in the case, giving Trump attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith's team more time to file additional briefs on how the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity should factor into the case.

July 6: News Max: Hurricane Beryl expected to strengthen on its way to the Texas coast
Texas officials Saturday were urging coastal residents to brace for a potential hit by Beryl as the storm is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. "We're expecting the storm to make landfall somewhere on the Texas coast sometime Monday, if the current forecast is correct," said Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "Should that happen, it'll most likely be a Category 1 hurricane." Current estimates are that Beryl will make landfall on Monday morning with the eye of the storm hitting near Freeport, TX


July 6: The Blaze:
Jill Biden lashes out at Dems calling for Joe to drop out of the presidential race
Jill Biden is apparently "lashing out" at any and all Democrats who have called on Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election. Numerous Democrats have called upon Joe Biden to drop out of the election due to his disastrous performance during the first presidential debate against President Donald Trump. According to ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz, Jill Biden is "lashing out" at Democrats demanding Biden step down from his presidential run. George Stephanopoulos – ABC News host and former Democratic adviser – said Joe Biden is relying on a "very tight circle." Reportedly Administration officials have said a very tight inner circle is telling him he can win, that he needs to keep going. This, of course, includes his wife, Jill, who they said is lashing out at those who want him to get out of the race."

July 6: Axios.com:
Reportedly White House drafted questions for post-debate Biden interview
Biden's White House reportedly went around its normal processes for his first post-debate interview with a Black radio station earlier this week. Apparently the Administration helped draft the questions that the host asked Biden. Then the Biden campaign sent them to the radio station, given it was technically a campaign interview, a person familiar with the matter revealed. WURD is the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania. It is the latest instance of the White House continuing to shield the president from unscripted moments, even after his debate performance raised further questions about his mental fitness. A Biden spokesperson, Lauren Hitt, claimed the "White House did not manage the process or the questions." "This was a campaign interview and, as such, it was handled by the campaign and our Black Media Director."

July 6: The Times of Israel: IDF take out key Hezbollah member in drone strike
A prominent member of the Hezbollah terror group's air defense unit was killed in an Israeli drone strike in northeastern Lebanon on Saturday. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Maytham Mustafa al-Attar was considered to be "a significant source of knowledge" in Hezbollah's air defense unit and was involved in planning and carrying out attacks against Israel. The IDF said al-Attar obtained his knowledge during visits to Iran, and was involved in helping the Lebanese terror group procure Iranian weapons. The IDF said his death was "a blow to the capabilities of Hezbollah's air defense unit." Hezbollah's air defense unit has launched dozens of anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli Air Force drones and fighter jets amid ongoing fighting. So far, it has managed to shoot down five IAF drones over southern Lebanon.

July 5: News Max: Biden tells ABC news he won't take an independent cognitive exam
Joe Biden repeatedly dodged and demurred about undergoing an independent medical exam that would include a full neurological and cognitive evaluation, saying he's tested in those ways every day by the rigors of running the country. Biden pushed back no less than five times when asked if he's had the evaluations or if he thinks he should in a 22-minute unedited interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "I have a full neurological test every day with me," Biden said when asked the first time if he's had a neurological and cognitive evaluation. "Have you had specific cognitive test and had a neurologist specialist do the exam?" Stephanopoulos asked. "No one said I had to. No one said — they said I'm good," Biden replied.

July 5: The Blaze: State troopers get an out of this world experience!
Law enforcement couldn't help noticing the 'friendly humanoids, who have come in peace' and their spaceship-like vehicle! Smiling troopers in two states performed traffic stops in recent days on a spaceship-like vehicle heading to the UFO Festival in — of course — Roswell, New Mexico. A couple of close encounters of the nerd kind, one might say, to borrow from a sitcom episode from the last century. The first took place in Missouri, as the Crawford County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post last Friday about a pair of "friendly humanoids, who have come in peace." The trooper warned the driver about their "strict enforcement of warp speed on the interstate and keep his phasers on stun only while traveling!"

July 5: The New York Post:
Biden; "I'm the nominee" "I'm running"
Joe Biden doubled down Friday on his refusal to leave the presidential race — saying "I'm the nominee" and that "I'm running and going to win again" — but at one point mistakenly spoke as if the election year was 2020 as fellow Democrats suggest that he drop out due to perceived senility. "There's been a lot of speculation: What's Joe going to do?" the 81-year-old president said during a speech at a Madison, Wis., campaign rally. "Here's my answer: I'm running and going to win again."

July 5: News Max: Trump leads Harris by 11 points, Biden and Michelle Obama by 5
Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 11 points in a hypothetical head-to-head presidential election matchup, according to a new Daily Mail poll. The poll, released Wednesday, surveyed 1,000 likely voters from July 1-3 about a scenario where Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and found that the former president holds a commanding lead over Harris, 49% to 38%. The lead is well outside the 3.1-point margin of error according to the poll. Trump leads Biden 47% to 42% in their head-to-head, according to the survey. Former first lady Michelle Obama also trails Trump by 5 points, according to the poll. However, she has consistently stated that she would not run for president under any circumstances this election cycle. Every other potential replacement for Biden atop the ticket surveyed by the Daily Mail loses to Trump by double digits: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

July 4: The Washington Times:
UK voters now required to show valid photo ID in order to vote
For the first time ever, people voting in Thursday's U.K. General Election must bring an accepted photo ID to have their ballot counted. The general election is a pivotal moment for Britain and could see the Conservative Party lose control after 14 years in power. The outcome will also have an effect on the United States. The U.K. is considered Washington's closest ally, has a nuclear arsenal, a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and the world's sixth largest economy. The last full parliamentary election was in December 2019, when Boris Johnson scored a massive win for the Conservative Party, promising to "Get Brexit done" after the country's decision to leave the European Union in a 2016 referendum. Thursday's vote is expected to swing the pendulum in a different direction, delivering a landslide for the Labour Party, which has not won a general election since Tony Blair in 2005.

July 4: The Epoch Times:
Mississippi District Judge imposes nationwide stay on Title IX
Gender Identity revisions A Mississippi district judge has ruled that the federal government can't enforce its reinterpretation of Title IX protections to include gender identity revisions. Judge Louis Guirola granted the preliminary injunction and a nationwide stay against Health and Human Services (HHS) revisions to Title IX after complaints alleging HHS seeks to replace health regulations with a "regime" committed "to gender ideology over medical reality." Gurioloa wrote that HHS officials began expanding the definition of Title IX protections in 2016 to include "discrimination based on the basis of gender identity" to fit in with Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Title IX was initially established in 1972 to protect women from discrimination in public education.

July 4: News Max: Hezbollah unleashes over 200 rocket attacks on Israel
Lebanon's Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets and drones at Israeli army positions on Thursday, escalating tensions between the two adversaries as the Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza. After months of deadlock in Gaza ceasefire efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to send a delegation for talks aimed at securing the release of hostages seized in Hamas's October 7 attack, which sparked the war. A source familiar with the talks said an Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea was travelling to Doha for discussions with the Qatari prime minister "aiming to bring the parties closer to a deal in Gaza". It was described as a "pretty significant opening" by a senior US official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

July 4: The Daily Caller: Stand by, the party that totes democracy is about to rip it to shreds as it selects an alternative candidate
Saddle up Americans because the party claiming to be "Saving Democracy" just laid out the process to rig their latest election against their voters. All fifty states have voted in party primaries. The Democrats chose Joe Biden, and the Republicans voted in former President Donald Trump as their candidate. At this point, while still an important part of the official process, the party conventions are merely a formality. But that is not stopping the Democrat Party from attempting a coup against its voters to install their preferred candidate, who is no longer Biden. Democratic National Committee (DNC) member James Zogby said on Tuesday there is a process the party can use to replace Biden on the 2024 ticket despite him earning the nomination. By doing this, the DNC and Democrats are admitting that their primary process is fraudulent, and their supposed zeal for saving big D Democracy takes a back seat to their ultimate goal of gaining power. The message they want their voters to swallow is that they all learned about Biden's declining cognitive state during the debate, which is an all-out lie, especially for Harris. She's worked alongside Biden for the past three and a half years. She knew. They all did.

July 3: Fox News: As Democrats consider replacing their nominee FEC commissioner says there are major hurdles in the way
While calls to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee continue to plague his re-election efforts, campaign finance experts believe financial roadblocks could prevent another Democrat from stepping into the role. The Biden-Harris campaign brought in a huge cash haul this cycle, reporting $127 million raised in June alone. But if Biden were to be replaced or step down as the nominee, there are serious questions about whether another candidate would be able to inherit these funds. While there are several candidates being floated as a Biden replacement, a political fundraiser with knowledge of presidential campaign finance has said that, as of right now, the money "is only accessible if your name is Joe Biden or Kamala Harris." Election law experts said Vice President Harris could likely use the campaign funds given that her name is on the Biden-Harris ticket. However, even the vice president could face hurdles with the money. According to Trey Trainor, a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, said he believes Democrats "have no choice but to continue forward with President Biden as their nominee because there are just too many hurdles."

July 3: The Blaze:
Democrat internal polls show Biden under water in his reelection effort
The news site Puck published a leaked memo on Tuesday from Open Labs, a leftist research outfit that does polling for various Democratic groups, revealing that Joe Biden's debate performance last week may have been the final nail in his political coffin. A poll conducted in the 72 hours following the debate found that 40% of respondents who voted for Biden in 2020 now think the Democratic incumbent should end his campaign, while 45% suggested he should stick with it. Just two months ago, pollsters found that only 25% of Biden 2020 supporters wanted him to step aside, while 62% wanted him to remain in the race. Swing voters also signaled that they felt Biden was finished, suggesting by margin of two to one that he should scuttle his campaign.

July 3: The Epoch Times:
DOC adds four companies to their denied parties list for helping China's military
The United States is blacklisting four companies for assisting in the training and development of the Chinese military. Two of the companies are located in China and two are located in the UK, according to a notice issued by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. China's Global Training Solutions and Smartech Future, as well as the UK's Grace Air and Livingston Aerospace, will be added to the department's trade restriction list due to their relationship with the Test Flying Academy of South Africa, which the posting says trained Chinese military forces using North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sources. The Commerce Depatment's Bureau of Industry and Security has place these companies on its Unverified List, which is a list of parties whose bona fides BIS has been unable to verify. No license exceptions may be used for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to any entity on this list and a individual licenses is required from BIS. A statement must be obtained from such parties prior to shipping items not subject to a license requirement.

July 2: The Blaze: Alan Dershowitz explains landmark immunity decision
Yesterday, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court determined in a 6-3 ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution for actions related to the core powers of their office. This will send Trump's case back to the lower courts where it will be determined whether his actions on January 6th were official or personal. How should we interpret this ruling, and what does it mean going forward? "I think it's a win for the republic," Glenn Beck said. Dershowitz agreed and added it's likely a win for Donald Trump too, as "it probably means there won't be a trial before the election." However, "I think [the ruling] is going to be hard to implement in practice because everything the president does; he does as president. That's very hard to separate out private acts from public acts," Dershowitz explained. But there may be another issue. "It's going to be implemented by the lower courts, and the lower court of the District of Columbia [is] completely biased against Trump," Dershowitz pointed out, adding "it may come back to the Supreme Court." Beck predicted, if "President Trump loses this election ... these cases will just disappear," but "if [Trump] wins this election, they'll fight it tooth and nail, and they'll drag him all the way through."

July 2: iHeartMedia/KTRH: DA Bragg okay with postponing Trump's sentencing
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office announced on Tuesday that it will not oppose delaying the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in light of the recent SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity. Following Trumps request for the delay, Assistant DA Joshua Steinglass said in a letter, "Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion." Trump's sentencing is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 11th.

July 2: The Blaze: Justice Thomas raises doubt about Jack Smith appointment; AG Garland may have acted illegally
In a separate concurring opinion on the immunity case, Justice Thomas questioned whether Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of special counsel Jack Smith may not be lawful because the office was not "established by law." He said "Those questions must be answered before this prosecution can proceed" and argued that Garland "purported to appoint a private citizen as Special Counsel to prosecute a former President on behalf of the United States." " I am not sure that any office for the Special Counsel has been 'established by Law,' as the Constitution requires. By requiring that Congress create federal offices 'by Law,' the Constitution imposes an important check against the President – he cannot create offices at his pleasure," Thomas continued. "If there is no law establishing the office that the Special Counsel occupies, then he cannot proceed with this prosecution." Additionally Thomas said "[A] private citizen cannot criminally prosecute anyone, let alone a former President," he added. "If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone duly authorized to do so by the American people." Former Attorney General Ed Meese previously submitted an amicus brief to the Court arguing that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed, "Not clothed in the authority of the federal government, Smith is a modern example of the naked emperor," Meese's brief stated. "Improperly appointed, he has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than … Taylor Swift or Jeff Bezos."

July 2: The Daily Caller:
CNN legal analyst; There may not be enough evidence to try Trump
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday that there may not be sufficient evidence to try former President Donald Trump in his election interference case after the Supreme Court's Monday presidential immunity ruling. The Supreme Court found in their ruling on Trump's immunity appeal to toss special counsel Jack Smith's case against him that presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts" they take while in office. Honig said the ruling's inclusion of a prohibition on presenting evidence of "official acts" means Smith's indictment against Trump will "get torn to shreds."

July 1: News Max:
SCOTUS decides Trump's immunity case, sends it back to the lower court
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former presidents have the presumption of immunity from prosecution unless it can be proven that they are acting on a personal basis and not as part of their official duties. The court's decision will delay the Washington criminal case against Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election results and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. In a historic 6-3 ruling, the court's majority returned his case to the trial court to determine what is left of special counsel Jack Smith's indictment. The outcome means additional delay before Trump could face trial. The court's decision in a second major Trump case this term, along with its ruling rejecting efforts to bar him from the ballot because of his alleged actions following the 2020 election. "Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court. "And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts." The trial court must now determine which of Trump's actions are covered under his responsibilities as president and which, if any, were personal actions.

July 1: Axios.com: Joe Biden responds to SCOTUS limited immunity decision; "dangerous precedent"
Joe Biden called the Supreme Court decision on President Trump's immunity claims in his federal Jan. 6 case a "dangerous precedent." The 6-3 ruling has major implications for past and future presidents. Without this protection, presidents might well be reticent to act because they might be held personally responsible. For example, if the president orders a strike against terrorist but it hits civilians instead, without immunity he could conceivable be tried for murdering innocent civilians. Biden, however, is saying the decision "almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits what the president can do." Biden ignored the SCOTUS determination that personal actions, taken outside of a president's official duties, are not immune from criminal prosecution. So, if it were proven that Biden was taking payments from his son Hunter's illicit activities (selling influence with his father), would Joe Biden be liable for these personal actions or would they be considered part of his official duties?

July 1: Washington Free Beacon:
Report; Biden Administration flying Trump deported immigrants back to the US
The Biden administration is reportedly flying previously deported Cameroonians whose asylum claims were determined to be invalid back into the United States, according to interviews with Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff and internal agency memos. The program, which has not been announced to the public, appears to be a response to a February 2022 Human Rights Watch report about dozens of Cameroonians deported between 2019 and 2021 and then allegedly mistreated by their government. An estimated 80 to 90 Cameroonians were deported during that period of time. Both current and former ICE officials say some are arriving back in the United States under a program with little precedent, All of the individuals deported under the previous administration were found not to have valid asylum claims in the United States. The decision to fly back the previously deported Cameroonians is the latest instance of the Biden administration reversing its predecessor's immigration initiatives. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden rolled back a number of former president Donald Trump's border policies and paused southern border wall construction. Biden later ended a policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico before their court hearing.