September 8: Breitbart News:
Ninth Circuit: California cannot ban concealed carry in hospitals
On Friday a three judge panel of the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California cannot ban concealed carry users from bringing weapons into hospitals. The case centers on "sensitive places" bans on concealed carry which exist in Hawaii and California. In a unanimous ruling, the three judges said bans could be "enforced in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol and in parks, and that California can enforce bans in casinos, libraries, zoos, stadiums and museums." However, the three judges also ruled against Hawaii's ban on concealed carry in banks "or adjacent parking lots" and against California's ban on concealed carry in hospitals, churches, and public transit. Places that have long existed that are only recently considered to be sensitive will continue to be so. With this approach, the three-judge panel upheld some "sensitive places" bans while striking enforcement of others.

September 8: The Washington Examiner:
Trump gets pre-debate boost ahead of Tuesday's debate
A new poll signaled trouble for Kamala Harris, as her honeymoon period continues to fade. A New York Times/Sienna poll (that is normally friendly to Democrats), conducted Sept. 3-6, had Trump in the lead for the first time in a major national nonpartisan poll since Harris's ascension began in July. Though still within the margin of error, Trump was given a narrow lead, 48%, compared to Harris's 47%. The two are neck-and-neck in the battleground states of Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada with Harris slightly ahead in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

September 8: News Max:
Two NATO countries claim Russia has violated their airspace with drones
Two NATO members said Sunday that Russian drones have violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine while another crashed in eastern Latvia the previous day. A drone entered Romanian territory early on Sunday as Moscow struck "civilian targets and port infrastructure" across the Danube in Ukraine, Romania's Ministry of National Defense reported. It added Bucharest had deployed F-16 warplanes to monitor its airspace and issued text alerts to residents of two eastern regions.

September 7: The Gateway Pundit: Hungarian PM takes a page from American playbook; sending migrants to Euro-Globalist's doorstep
Conservative champion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán not only 'talks the talk', but he has repeatedly demonstrated his determination to 'walk the walk', when it comes to his readiness to implement anti-Globalist policies in his country. Orbán has almost single-handedly fought a slew of insane EU policies, most notably in the case of the unchecked mass migration that is destroying European societies one by one. Now, in order to ramp up the political fight and take it to the Euro-Globalist overlords' doorstep, the Hungarian leader is taking a page from the America first movement, showing that his adherence to the tenets of this movements goes way beyond of choosing 'Make Europe Great Again' as a slogan for his EU Presidency.

September 7: Fox Business:
WI senate race tightens; Dem Senator throwing a Hail Mary pass to dairy farmers
As Wisconsin's Senate race tightens, Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin is throwing a Hail Mary pass to dairy farmers in hopes of extending her single-point lead over Republican challenger Eric Hovde. During a recent speech at "LaborFest" in Milwaukee, Baldwin delivered a message to dairy farmers, making a promise to "always" have their "backs." However, Jenks Jerseys Dairy Farm owner Jim Jenks reacted warning her approach is "unappealing" for the state's dairymen. Co-owner of Miltrim Farms and fellow Wisconsin dairyman David Trimner also weighed in, revealing his "biggest concern" regarding Baldwin's policies. "My biggest concern is the fact everything that she's going to bring as a Democrat, in voting for all of their policies. So, we talk about overregulation. Dairy farms are one of the most highly regulated industries. Inflation, of course, has been a big issue. And that's been a big challenge for farmers," Trimner explained.


September 7: The Daily Caller:
Constitutional attorney and scholar Alan Dershowitz is no longer a Democrat
Prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz announced he is leaving the Democratic Party during an interview Aug. 23, attributing his decision to the presence of what he describes as "anti-Jewish" lawmakers within the party and his dissatisfaction with the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC). Dershowitz pointed to the DNC's decision to provide a platform for anti-Israel speakers and cited anti-Israel protesters present outside the event. "It was the most anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, anti-Zionist convention I've experienced," Dershowitz said, during the interview. "I was disgusted at the Democratic National Convention. Absolutely disgusted." Dershowitz said he now considers himself an Independent, but noted he has yet to decide who he will vote for in the upcoming presidential election, and will likely make his decision after Nov. 1. "I want to see how they deal with Iran. I want to encourage the current administration to support Israel," he remarked.

September 6: Politico: No legal reason to delay sentencing of Trump
As a strictly legal matter, there was no good reason to delay Trump's sentencing but Judge Merchan has the right to make such a decision. Friday, he announced that he wanted to avoid any appearance of trying to affect the approaching presidential election. Prosecutors left the judge on the hot seat when several weeks ago they said they wouldn't oppose Trump's request to delay the sentencing beyond the November election. That was a powerful signal to the judge, because it's first and foremost the responsibility of prosecutors to ensure that criminal defendants are sentenced in a timely manner. If Trump were to be sentenced to do jail time, it is possible the U.S. Supreme Court would promptly take the case on appeal and according to legal experts it is highly likely that they would overturn the conviction. If that were to happen it would defeat the Democrat's purpose in bringing the case in the first place – in order to be able to label the former president as a convicted felon sentenced to jail.

In a related story, The Daily Wire reports Judge Juan Merchan delayed the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in his Manhattan case until November 26, exactly three weeks after the general election. The sentencing was initially scheduled for July 11, and that date was changed to September 18, which would be only seven weeks before the election. Merchan again postponed the sentencing in a ruling on Friday after Trump and his legal team had pushed for the sentencing date to be moved back to after the November 5 election. Trump has maintained his innocence in the case. The former president argues that the case, which was brought by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, is "election interference."

September 5: The Gateway Pundit:
DOJ Chief caught admitting in undercover footage that Trump indictments are politically motivated to make Trump a "convicted felon" and to "affect his candidacy"
In a bombshell video released by Louder with Crowder's MugClub Undercover unit, , new footage reveals an explosive admission from a senior Justice Department official, suggesting that the ongoing legal battles faced by President Donald Trump are part of a politically motivated campaign. The undercover video appears to show Nicholas Biase, Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York admitting that the slew of criminal charges against Trump is part of a larger political maneuver designed to derail his presidential candidacy and to make him a 'convicted felon.' In June Congressman Andy Biggs suggested the sequence of events—Biden's controversial remarks, Trump's presidential presidential announcement, Colangelo's resignation and subsequent move to Bragg's office, Smith's appointment, and Wade's meetings with White House lawyers—indicate a coordinated effort to prevent Trump from becoming President again.

September 5: Fox News: Hunter Biden to plead guilty on Tax Charges
Attorney and constitutional scholar Johathan Turley said of the Hunter Biden plea deal, "It's not uncommon to see plea deals occur before trials. …Timing is important. You can get a better deal if you plead early rather than late. It's sort of like waiting for the water to reach the deck on the Titanic before you ask about swimming lessons. I mean, it's a little bit late for some of those options. And so, he really has succeeded in putting himself in the worst possible position. In terms of a plea… … there's a lack of intelligent design here. I mean, in some ways, you could say, well, this is just a game of chicken, but if it is, they lost. By pleading guilty on the eve of the trial, you don't have much to trade away." Hunter's attorney hinted in court Thursday that the First Son is considering changing his plea to guilty. When the Federal prosecutor heard about this he said, "this is the first we are hearing about this." A source familiar with the special counsel's team has said this is not a done deal for Hunter, and that it's currently just an offer the defense put on the table.

September 5: Breitbart News: Biden admits "Inflation Reduction Act" was wrongly titled and should've been named for what it really was
Joe Biden admitted Thursday that the "Inflation Reduction Act" was wrongly titled. His remark came at an event in Westby, Wisconsin, where he was touting his Bidenomics investments. He called the Inflation Reduction Act "the most significant climate change law ever," adding, "by the way, it is a $369 billion bill…" The bill was really a Biden/Harris climate change bill. It also extended the Obamacare subsidies for three year at a cost of $64 billion, increased taxes on American taxpayers during a recession, and boosted funding for the IRS by $80 billion – making it the largest U.S. agency, more so that the Pentagon, the State Department, the FBI, and the Border Patrol combined.

September 5: News Max:
Former ambassador; One-state Israel rule will benefit the Palestinians
David Friedman, former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Trump administration, said Thursday the best way to quell the crisis in the Middle East is to have Israel absorb the West Bank territories and integrate Palestinians there into their society. His book "One Jewish State; The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" pushes back against the decades-long efforts among the international community of a two-state solution. Friedman contends that under one-state Israeli rule, Palestinians in the West Bank who integrate into Israeli society will be provided with better opportunities to succeed. Friedman, a key broker of the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states, said it's not a hostile takeover. Because Israel has achieved higher levels of business and commerce than its Arab neighbors, implementing sovereignty over the West Bank would help secure the region and help it to flourish. "The Palestinians will benefit from connecting to Israel, which is the only success in the region," he said. "And I would add, you know, the cherry on top is that it actually fulfills the will of God because this is exactly what God said should happen in the book of Genesis, and this is what the prophets all viewed."

September 5: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
Harris, opportunity missed; Trump took advantage of same
On a night where he was supposed to debate Kamala Harris, former President Trump was at a Town Hall, hosted by Fox News' and KTRH's Sean Hannity. Last month, the former president announced that the Harris campaign had refused a debate that would have been on Fox News September 4th and that the former president would instead take part in a town hall the same night. The former president spoke on the border crisis saying the Biden-Harris immigration policies are allowing terrorists and criminals from all over the world to come into the United States unchecked. If elected, Trump said he would begin a massive deportation of illegal aliens. Trump and Harris are scheduled to debate on September 10th and again last night the former president questioned the fairness of next week's event. Former President Trump called ABC News "dishonest," while also suggesting Harris would be getting her questions in advance which was done for Hillary Clinton in years past.

September 4: One America News Network:
Dem Tim Walz's family gather to show support for President Trump
A new photo "Thank you very much, Jeff. It is a great honor to have your Endorsement. I look forward to meeting you soon!" Trump wrote on Truth Social, accompanied by the viral photo. taken of eight of Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz (D) relatives has surfaced, showing their support for the opponent of Harris/Walz in their presidential race. They are strongly in support of GOP candidate Donald Trump, Walz and Harris's rival. In the photo their shirts say, "Nebraska Walz's For Trump." "He's not the type of character you want making the decisions about your future," Jeff Walz wrote in a Facebook comment. President Trump responded on Truth Social, "Thank you very much, Jeff. It is a great honor to have your Endorsement. I look forward to meeting you soon!"

September 4: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
VP candidate Walz reportedly has long had ties to Communist Chinese
If the Harris/Walz ticket is elected expect things to be worse for the US and better for China, KTRH reported. They say, Tim Walz has been closely tied to the Communist Chinese Party since before he entered politics. China expert and author Gordon Chang said, "Tim Walz's contacts with the Communist Party go back to the 1990s, and they actually continue through today." Chang says that a presidential administration with close ties to China would be a disaster. He said, "I think that the Harris administration would go back to the failed engagement policy of five decades, where American presidents thought it was in their best interests to promote the interests of the Communist Party" and he warned this is why Walz should never be allowed near the Oval Office.

September 4: The Washington Times:
AG Paxton sues to stop mass voter registration mailing in Bexar county
On Wednesday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County to stop officials' plans to mass-mail voter registration forms to residents, saying they could end up in the hands of illegal immigrants and others ineligible to vote. Paxton said state law doesn't let counties print and mail their own state registration forms. The Bexar commissioners approved the mass-mailing plan on Tuesday, defying the Attorney General's warning from earlier in the week. "This program is completely unlawful and potentially invites election fraud. It is a crime to register to vote if you are ineligible," the AG said. Bexar, which includes San Antonio, is the fourth-largest county in Texas, with more than 2 million people. Paxton also warned Harris County, the state's largest jurisdiction with nearly 5 million residents, earlier this year telling them not to mass-mail voter registration forms.

September 3: The Hindustan Times:
Harris faces backlash for using accent in Detroit rally
Kamala Harris faces backlash for using a different accent in order to ingratiate herself to her audience during her Labor Day rally in Detroit, with critics comparing her to a Looney Tunes character. Harris is being trolled for her speech as critics claim she adopted a new "accent" while addressing the crowd. And netizens compare her accent to that of Foghorn Leghorn, a well-known Looney Tunes character.

September 3: Politico:
NY Dem strategists concerned; abortion amendment & LGBTQ+ getting pushback
Democrats are squabbling over an effort to guarantee abortion rights in New York — a fight that is threatening to upend the party's plans to win control of the House. Democratic consultants for swing seat candidates are increasingly anxious that a well-organized campaign by conservatives to sink a proposed state constitutional amendment on abortion could hurt the party's candidates in battleground seats. For now, top New York Democrats are not planning to open up their coffers to respond to those attacks. The unwillingness to spend has some party operatives concerned state Democratic leaders are failing to effectively counter an opposition that has seized on the amendment's expansive language pledging rights for LGBTQ+ people. The so-called equality amendment would ban discrimination against "gender identity" and "pregnancy outcomes," adding to current constitutional protections for race and religion.

September 3 : The Daily Caller:
House pondering addition to add proof of citizenship for voters to funding bill Democrats are pushing back against a GOP-led plan that would temporarily fund the federal government until March while also adding the language of the SAVE Act to the measure. The SAVE Act, which already passed the House earlier in the session, requires proof of U.S. citizenship for all people registering to vote in federal elections. Speaker Johnson (R-LA) is considering tethering the two measures when he introduces the continuing resolution (CR) next week. Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) says it is a non-starter but adding the SAVE Act to the CR places the Democrat controlled Senate in a difficult situation. It could force Democrat senators who are up for election this year – some in tight races – to take a stand on prohibiting non-citizens to vote, something most of the voting public reject. If the House holds firm in this game of chicken it could result in a shutdown of the federal government on October 1st. The question is who will take the blame and who will benefit. If, by some miracle, it is passed, it is then questionable whether lame duck Joe Biden will sign it. The SAVE Act passed the House in July with all the Republicans voting for it and with five Democrats joining them.

September 3: The NY Post:
Pollsters differ but those with good track record find Trump swing state Lead
Most swing state polls show Kamala Harris leading but two pollsters who got it right in 2016 and 2020 are questioning the other polls, they show Donald Trump leading in the swing states. The polling by InsiderAdvantage and Trafalgar in the seven battleground states finds Trump on a path to getting 296 electoral votes – 26 more than needed -- suggesting Harris has already lost her momentum. Matt Towery of InsiderAdvantage also found Trump ahead in Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina (and down by 0.4% only in Georgia). To be sure, all of Trump's leads are narrow and within the margin of error — meaning the states could still very well go either way on Election Day.

September 2: Fox News:
Harris should be cautious in debating Trump
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Kamala Harris needs to be cautious going into a debate with President Trump. "I don't think anybody should underestimate Donald Trump," Pritzker told CNN's Sara Sidner. "He has a won a couple of debates that he did. Certainly, people would say that he won the debate against President Biden a couple of months ago." Trump and Harris are scheduled to debate on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC News. "We saw that he won the debate against Hillary Clinton when he ran the first time," Pritzker said of Trump. "He's not to be underestimated." Pritzker said that while Harris is a "tremendous person with great capability" and communication ability, that might not be enough to beat Trump.

September 2: Politico:
US seized Venezuelan president's plane
The U.S. government seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the custody of federal officials in Florida, the Justice Department said. Reportedly associates of the Venezuelan leader purchased the $13 million aircraft through a shell company which then transferred it to the Maduro regime. The Department of Commerce's Office of Export Enforcement helped in the investigation; a violation of U.S. export control laws administered by DOC. "Let this seizure send a clear message: aircraft illegally acquired from the United States for the benefit of sanctioned Venezuelan officials cannot just fly off into the sunset," the assistant secretary for export enforcement said.

September 2: News Max:
Hamas; New instructions to hostage guards, kill them if IDF approaches
The spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, announced on Monday that the group has issued new instructions to guards on how to handle hostages if Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza. He said the new instructions, which he didn't detail, were given to guards of hostages after a rescue operation by Israel in June. At that time, Israeli forces freed four hostages in a deadly raid in which dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, were killed. Given what happened recently where six hostages were murdered by there Hamas guards as the Israel military approached, it would seem those are the new orders. In a convoluted kind of logic Ubaida said his group holds Israel responsible for the deaths of the hostages. Israel has agreed to several ceasefire agreements having made concessions but each time Hamas has rejected such measures, and yet the Biden/Harris administration holds Israel responsible. Go Figure!

September 2: Fox Business: Musk doesn't mince words with Brazilian Supreme Court Elon Musk didn't mince words on Monday, writing on his "X" platform that Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes should be arrested. "De Moraes deserves prison for his crimes," the tech billionaire wrote after the country's high court upheld a ban (censorship of free speech) on the social media platform. Musk previously wrote: "X is the most used news source in Brazil. It is what the people want. Now, the tyrant de Voldemort is crushing the people's right to free speech." [Which, of course was the point of the entire judicial exercise.] The court also froze the financial accounts of satellite interne provider Starlink's financial accounts in Brazil, which is 40% owned by Musk.

September 1: Breitbart News:
Harris closes a hard week by trashing Gold Star families
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.

September 1: The Daily Caller: Harris's attack on Trump over ceremony at Arlington for "Afghanistan 13" backfires as Gold Star families chime in
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."

September 1: The Epoch Times:
Hamas brutally murdered six hostages just prior to their rescue
Israel is mourning the deaths of six hostages at the hands of Hamas, officials said on Saturday. The hostages had been "brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them," IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in an update on Sunday morning of initial assessments. Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant said on Saturday the hostages had been recently "murdered in cold blood," not long before the IDF and ISA—who were fighting Hamas terrorists in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza strip—found them. A spokesperson said that security forces have since been "instructed to act with extra caution, even more so than usual, understanding that there might be additional hostages in the area."

August 31: NY Post/Fox News:
AME church strikes down move to stop their ban on same-sex marriage
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris thanked leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church for their support this week and told them she is determined to move the country forward for them, but the church's leaders don't seem to want that when it comes to gay marriage. Leaders of the AME church voted Wednesday at its 52nd quadrennial conference held in Columbus, Ohio, to strike down a bill that would have ended the AME church's ban on same-sex marriage.

August 31: News Max: Trump; Dems give illegals luxury hotels leave our Vets are on the street
The flood of illegal migrants into America's Democrat-run cities is overwhelming us and forcing Americans to suffer, causing kids' education quality to decline and leaving homeless veterans in the streets while illegals get put up in luxury hotels, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lamented Friday night. "We have the dumbest people in history running our country," he said. "We have our veterans sleeping on the streets and we have illegal immigrants coming into our country living in luxury hotels about where the veterans are. It's so reverse of what it should be."


August 31: Fox News: Bill Maher on the Harris/Walz Interview
"Real Time" host Bill Maher shared his own reactions about Kamala Harris' CNN interview. "I don't know why we ever thought she was as bad as people thought she was. It was like Biden had that one bad night, she had a bad three years." He suggested that both Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was also present at the interview, were "insulting [his] intelligence" by the things they chose to be evasive about. The host called out Walz's comments suggesting he speaks the way normal people speak. "No, you don't. You're a huge liar, like all politicians are," Maher reacted. "They're just insulting my intelligence."

August 30: The Daily Caller:
Kelly to Bash "You've Failed Us! Didn't have the stones' to press Harris-Walz"
SiriusXM's Megyn Kelly said on Friday that CNN host Dana Bash "didn't have the stones" to press Kamala Harris or her running mate Tim Walz, allowing her to avoid explaining her policy reversals during their first joint interview. CNN on Thursday released an edited 15-minute interview of Harris and Walz. While Kelly argued that the CNN host didn't "press" Harris because she knew the vice president "couldn't take it." "She's [Bash] a nice person and honestly she's a real journalist — she really is. She's not like some of these other hacks, but she fell down on the job last night. There's no question," Kelly said. Kelly continued to call out Bash by stating she "failed the profession and the country" as she's been the only person to interview the potential next president of the United States."

August 30: Breitbart News: Harris CNN interview further fractures Democrat base
Democrat presidential nominee Harris is facing a severe crisis with the pro-Palestinian wing of her party after she doubled down on her Israel policies in her CNN interview on Thursday. CNN's Dana Bash asked Harris about her arms policy toward Israel after Harris initially skirted a direct question about potentially withholding "some" arms to Israel, as the pro-Palestinian Uncommitted movement has been demanding for seven months, Bash did not let her off the hook. Following up on the same question, she drew a "No" from Harris when she asked if there would be any "change in policy in terms of arms and so forth" towards Israel, igniting a frenzy of condemnation from prominent pro-Palestinian figures, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The response and the fallout underscore and worsen a massive problem for Harris, who has a fractured base heading into the home stretch of the election. These voters, more than half a million of whom protested the Biden-Harris administration with "uncommitted" votes in the Democratic primary, have threatened and continue to threaten to stay home in November, barring a radical change in policy or a cease-fire. The movement includes Arab Americans, Muslims, young voters, and far-left progressives. Of critical concern for Harris should be the strength of these voters in the swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Another aspect to contemplate is that if Harris does change course on this position, she runs the risk of looking that much more insincere to undecided voters on crucial issues. She has already waffled on a number of critical policy positions. [See related story coming soon]

August 30: The Gateway Pundit:
Walz's brother ponders joining Trump Team
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's own brother, Jeff Walz, is reportedly considering joining forces with President Donald Trump, publicly criticizing his brother as "not the type of character you want making decisions about your future." The discovery was made by conservative journalist Laura Loomer, who uncovered Jeff Walz's Facebook profile, which contains a series of posts highly critical of both his brother and the current administration. One post, dated May 2023—the same day the Biden-Harris administration indicted Donald Trump in New York City—reads, "We've just become a third world banana republic." When prompted by a follower to discuss these concerns with his brother, Jeff revealed that he hasn't spoken to Tim in eight years and is "100% opposed to all his ideology." He further claimed that his family was blindsided by Tim's political rise and denied security after being selected for office.

August 30: The New York Post:
CNN interview shows Harris has nothing meaningful to say on inflation
Our biggest single takeaway from CNN's brief Kamala Harris-Tim Walz interview Thursday night is that Harris still has nothing meaningful to say on inflation or really on anything else. When asked twice about what Harris would do on day one both Harris and her running-mate Walz, they dodged the questions. Harris insisted her "values have not changed," but the only thing we really know about her values is her record as a lefty California Democrat and her choice of impeccably-progressive Walz as her running-mate. She still doesn't have a policy section on her campaign website. Her "economic plan" apparently is to impose price controls which she drew back on when pretty much everyone dumped on the idea. Crucially, she fully defended "Bidenomics"," and certainly hasn't offered any other distinct economic policy beyond those now-disavowed price controls.

August 29: The Washington Examiner:
Harris tries to defend flip-flops during edited CNN interview
Kamala Harris is attempting to defend her past support of more liberal policies during the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, repeating that her values "have not changed" in her first (and edited) interview since becoming her party's nominee. "I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed," Harris told CNN on Thursday. Since Harris took over as the Democratic nominee, her aides have walked back many of her previous stances, including being in support of a fracking ban and support for a federal job guarantee.

August 29: The Daily Caller: Turley; I don't know what they will do after SCOTUS shoots down another Biden/Harris attempt to forgive student debts
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said on Thursday the Biden/Harris administration seemed determined to bypass Congress to forgive student loans despite the Supreme Court halting a forgiveness program. The high court refused to lift an appeals court's order blocking the administration's latest effort to forgive student loan debt, which it proposed following a 2023 Supreme Court decision that struck down a different student debt forgiveness proposal from Biden/Harris. Turley said that the administration was trying to find some legal justification to forgive student debt.

August 29: One America News Network: TX AG Paxton launches election fraud tip line
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) has launched an illegal voting tipline ahead of the presidential election in November, hoping that anyone with direct knowledge of unlawful voting taking place can come forward and voice these concerns with the state. Paxton's website said with the "Significant growth of the noncitizen population in Texas and a pattern of partisan efforts to illegally weaponize voter registration and the voting process to manipulate electoral outcomes have created urgent risks to local, state, and federal elections." The election advisory also provides civilians and government entities with warning signs as to what is considered illegal conduct within the context of voting, such as vote harvesting and lying about U.S. citizenship. Paxton said. "I invite all Texans to report suspected violations at our new tipline, illegalvoting@oag.texas.gov... …I will fight every step of the way to protect your vote and your voice."

August 28: The Post Newspaper: Trump has seen more action than Tampon Tim has
The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, by all reports served for over twenty years in the National Guard. That's a good thing. What is not a good is – at best – his embellishment of the facts about his service or – at worst – his downright lying about it. He has done so in order to have people (voters) think he is something he's not. He continued this charade as the Democrat Vice President nominee until his fellow guardsmen and GOP Vice President nominee JD Vance called him on it. Do we really want someone one step away from the Presidency and the nuclear codes who refuses to tell the truth or maybe isn't even capable of discerning truth? Do we want a Vice President who lies about his military service? We may not like the "attack dog" approach Donald Trump has taken from time-to-time, but at least we trust he's telling the truth.

August 28: News Max: The push for a Gaza Pier went forward even after warnings it would undercut other aid routes
Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open "more efficient" land crossings to get food into the territory. Biden announced plans to use the temporary pier in his State of the Union address in March to hasten the delivery of aid to the Palestinian territory besieged by war between Israel and Hamas. But the $230 million military-run project known as the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore system, or JLOTS, would only operate for about 20 days. Aid groups pulled out of the project by July, ending a mission plagued by repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other emergency supplies could get to starving Palestinians. The project fell short of its goal to feed 1.5 million people in Gaza for 90 days. Instead it provided food for about 450,000 people for a month before shutting down.

August 27: News Max: RFK, Jr and Gabbard join Trump's transition team
If President Donald Trump is victorious in November, he has already signaled he will add two former Democrats to his transition team. Former Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and former Hawaii representative and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard have both been named as key players in Trump's transitional team following their respective endorsements of the former president. "As President Trump's broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the Trump/Vance Transition team," senior campaign adviser Brian Hughes said. The transition team for a president typically makes key decisions in personnel and policy during the first critical months in office. Some critics have cited Trump's previous transition team's lack of experience as being the cause of a tumultuous first year in office with many positions in his administration left vacant.

August 27: The New York Post: Zuckerberg admits the FBI misled on Hunter's laptop causing Facebook censorship of coverage
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted Monday that the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor COVID-19 content and acknowledged it was wrong to stifle The Post's coverage of Hunter Biden's infamous laptop. In an explosive letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Zuckerberg said "senior Biden administration officials, including the White House, repeatedly pressured" Facebook (Meta) to "censor" content. "I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," he wrote. "I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today." Zuckerberg, 40, vowed that things will be different in future should the government make similar requests.

August 27: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Election interference; The role of mainstream media
While the media might not be stuffing the ballot boxes, that doesn't mean they aren't involved in election interference. The Harris-Hype is the latest example of this mainstream media election interference. Political commentator Jeffrey Lord says, "They will take somebody to whom no attention, or very little attention, has been paid, and all of a sudden they're the greatest thing since sliced bread." Lord says the good news is, this can only last so long before they run out of credibility, and the American people start to notice. He said, "I don't have any doubt that the air will go out of the Kamala Harris balloon. The question is, what happens when that happens?" Lord says that thankfully, the availability of more honest media in all forms is helping to combat the effects of mainstream media interference.

August 27: The Daily Caller:
Will the Real Kamala Harris please stand up; A changeling who only wants to win
Axios reports that Kamala Harris has reversed her position on spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build a wall along the southern border. She opposed finishing the construction of the border wall started by Trump, now, while under pressure for the Harris/Biden invasion of illegals across our southern border, she has changed her position. She was the Administration's unofficial "Border Czar" but didn't go to the border and has called the border wall "un-American," a "stupid waste of money" and Trump's "medieval vanity project." But now, facing a tough election race she is changing her mind. This is not the first time she has adopted Trump proposals: No Tax on Tips, and now building Trump's border wall. Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up?

August 27: iHeartMedia/KTRH: Controversial Voter Registration pla
n pulled from Harris County agenda The controversial 'voter outreach' plan, agenda item #400, was pulled at Harris County Commissioner's Court before it came up for a vote. "This is one of those instances where they knew what they were doing was not acceptable" said Charles Blain, president of Urban Reform, "So, because people started showing up and speaking out, they took it off at least for the time being. But I definitely think people need to keep their eye on it." Despite all of the findings of voter fraud and corruption within Harris County, the outreach plan called for the Voter Registrar to spend $200k on mailing out unrequested voter registration applications. "It is very clear that this is not ok" Blain said. "The power to register new voters should fall under the Voter Registrar. We have an avenue to do so, and we have an official to do so, and so why you would go out of bounds to do it a different way just makes no sense," unless you wanted to pad the voter rolls just prior to an election. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, State Senator Paul Bettencourt, and Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey all pushed back so hard on the proposal. "I don't think that they were expecting that level of pushback" noted Blain, "I think they figured that they could sneak this through, and who doesn't like voter registration? It sounds great, and so I think they expected no one to really look to deep into this."

August 26: The Gateway Pundit: Trump ad exposes Harris by having her debate herself
Kamala Harris has successfully undergone an image makeover following the Biden coup thanks to a fawning press and catchy clichés while avoiding all questions and interviews that could trip her up. Since reporters will not do their job exposing Harris' horrible record as "vice president" the pressure is on the Trump campaign to ensure Americans are fully exposed to the real Kamala Harris before it is too late. Their campaign appears up for this challenging task. This morning, the Trump campaign released an advertisement that completely tears away the wool being draped over the public's eyes. The devastating ad perfectly exposes the fraud of Harris' campaign merely by quoting her own words. She is seen 'debating herself,' with the first Kamala lamenting America's economic problems with inflation and housing while the second Kamala celebrates "Bidenonomics."

August 26: One America News Network: Dead people, non-citizens, and others removed from TX voter rolls – over a million total
Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced Monday that the state of Texas has removed over a million ineligible voters from voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law in 2021. "Election integrity is essential to our democracy," Governor Abbott said. "I have signed the strongest election laws in the nation to protect the right to vote and to crackdown on illegal voting. These reforms have led to the removal of over one million ineligible people from our voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state." Those removed from the voter rolls include over 134,000 people who have moved out-of-state, over 457,000 deceased individuals, over 6,500 noncitizens, over 6,000 voters with felony convictions, over 463,000 voters on the suspense list, over 65,000 voters who failed to respond to a notice of examination, and over 19,000 voters who request to cancel their registration. Within the 6,500 noncitizens removed, over 25% (1,930) have a history of voting in the state. The secretary of state's office is sending the records of the non-citizens with a voter history to the Attorney General's office for a review, as well as potential legal action.

August 26: The Epoch Times: Secret Service protection withdrawn for RFK, Jr.
Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no longer a candidate for president, his Secret Service protection has been removed, not that having such helped Donald Trump last month. Kennedy, in a well-organized and concise announcement, encouraged his supporters to vote for Trump. "Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS protection," his press secretary, Stefanie Spear, said August 25th. Kennedy was denied Secret Service protection five times before the Department of Homeland Security granted it shortly after the assassination attempt on Trump on July 13. Following the attack, Trump said that Kennedy should "immediately" get Secret Service protection.

August 25: iHeartMedia/KTRH:
IDF unleashes an attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon as a preemptive strike
The Israeli Defense Forces said they launched airstrikes on multiple Hezbollah positions throughout Lebanon. The IDF believes Hezbollah was preparing for an "imminent" attack on Israel Sunday morning. Thousands of citizens in south Lebanon were urged to evacuate their homes. "The IDF identified the Hezbollah terrorist organization preparing to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory," IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said. "In response to these threats, the IDF is striking terror targets in Lebanon." Hagari added that Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit targets belonging to the terror group that posed as a threat to the people of Israel. Hezbollah fired at least 210 rockets and approximately 20 drones into northern Israel Sunday morning. 26 civilians and 19 soldiers have been killed by the attacks in Israel.

August 25: Breitbart News: U.S. Merchant Marine pulls ships off line due to extreme shortage of manpower, impacting the US Navy
There aren't enough merchant marines for the Navy to fully man 17 vessels, forcing plans to take they out of regular service. The Merchant Marine is a civilian organization and jointly managed by the federal government and the private sector. It operates tankers, ammunition ships, and ships carrying food, stores, and repair parts for the U.S Navy. The US merchant marine has lost so much manpower impacting its ability to "properly crew and operate ships across the fleet." "The problem, of course, is the ships are at sea, away from home port 12 months of the year," Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, said. This is especially true for deployments to the South China Sea and Persian Gulf areas of operation. MSC ships are away from their home ports as much as a year at time. The lack of qualified crews can put ships at risk, especially [as shown here] during underway replenishment where vessels are 100 yards side-by-side traveling at up to 15 knots. One miscalculation has the potential for collisions or worse. The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has reportedly planned to put 17 ships into "extended maintenance." Sources have said MSC has scheduled "two Lewis and Clark replenishment ships, one fleet oiler, a dozen Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPF) and two forward-deployed Navy expeditionary sea bases" for "force generation reset," and to have their crews redistributed to other ships.

August 25: The New York Post: Senator Graham; If I were Israel I'd tell Iran, have your proxies release all the hostages who are still alive or we'll blow up your oil refineries
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

 

August 7: The NY Post: Harris and Walz "fiddled" as Minneapolis burned during the 2020 BLM riots

August 4: The Gateway Pundit:
PA court drops ruling: Digital images of completed absentee ballots are public information

August 3: The Daily Caller: Renowned Pollster says Trump can end Kamala's campaign with one "ten-word question"

July 1: The Washington Examiner:
Trump pivots toward voter's concerns

August 1: One America News Network:
U.S. deploys USS Roosevelt to middle east amid rising tensions

July 31: One American News Network: Delta/United Airlines suspends flights to Israel citing security concerns

July 28: The Gateway Pundit:
Brooklyn residents up in arms after voting for illegal immigration

July 28: The Washington Times:
US intel agencies blocked disclosure of Chinese spy balloon capabilities

July 27: The Daily Wire:
Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister at Mar-A-Logo

July 26: The Daily Acorn: United Airlines pilot surprises his mom on their first flight together!

uly 25: The Galveston County Daily News: Texas Heroes Monument, What Happened to Honor

July 24: The Daily Caller: Netanyahu to Congress; "Gays for Gaza" protestors are "Iran's useful idiots"

July 23: The Washington Examiner: Will the Democrats suffer impulse buyer's remorse?

July 23: The Washington Free Beacon: Palestinian Govt. paying $16 million a month to imprisoned terrorists, including Hamas fighters

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

July 21: The Washington Examiner: Biden bows out of 2024 Presidential race, endorses Harris

July 20: The Times of Israel:
IAF strikes back at Houthi-controlled port after drone attack on Tel Aviv

July 19: The Washington Times:
CrowdStrike update to Microsoft software shuts down airlines, banks, and more

July 17: The New York Post: Navarro: The Biden Admin is coming for you and your kids

July 17: News Max:
Smith appeals judge's decision to shut down Trump classified documents case

July 14: Fox Weather:
High winds and tornadoes possible as GOP National Convention begins

July 13: The Epoch Times: Would be assassin tries to take out Trump in Pennsylvania

July 11: The Epoch Times: Judge dismisses murder case against Arizona rancher "with prejudice" after mistrial

July 9: The Washington Times:
Homeless in San Francisco could face arrest after federal appeals court decision

July 9: Fox News: Stephanopoulos;
Biden can't serve another four years

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.