Month: July 2024

Trump slams Harris as an ‘ultra-liberal’ as he returns to the campaign trail under a reshaped political landscape  CNNsource

Review | Donald Trump’s nephew asks questions about racism in new memoir  The Washington Postsource

House votes unanimously to create bipartisan Trump shooting ‘task force’  POLITICOsource

Biden says he put ‘personal ambition’ aside to ‘pass the torch’ to Harris for Trump battle  CNBCsource

Vice President Harris on Thursday forcefully condemned protests outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., during a speech to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, calling the display “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors.”  “I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews,”…
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Latina civil rights leader Dolores Huerta endorsed Vice President Harris’s presidential run on Thursday, adding a powerful progressive voice to her growing base of support. “I’ve known Kamala Harris for a long time — and I’ve seen firsthand how she fights relentlessly for Latino communities, working families, and for every American,” said Huerta in a…
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Kamala Harris campaign maps out ‘path to victory,’ raises $126 million in three days  USA TODAYsource

House votes to set up bipartisan task force to investigate Trump assassination attempt  CNNsource

Former President Trump is releasing signed photo books that feature the image of him pumping his fist after being shot at during a rally earlier this month. “I’m pleased to announce my new Book, ‘SAVE AMERICA.’ As everyone knows, the first two, ‘Our Journey Together’ and, ‘Letters to Trump,’ have been spectacular successes, and this…
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Donald Trump’s ‘Frivolous’ FEC Complaint Doomed to Fail: Lawyer  Newsweeksource

Christopher Wray suggested that investigators aren’t sure “whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel” that hit Donald Trump in his recent assassination attempt.

Trump blasts ‘lunatic’ Harris in first rally since Biden dropped out  The Hillsource

Freedom Caucus calls for blocking Bennie Thompson from Trump shooting task force  The Hillsource

Many Americans in a new poll say the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign stop earlier this month has not changed him, according to Yahoo News. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll, released Wednesday, found that 44 percent of respondents said the shooting has not changed Trump at all. Just 28 percent of…
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Missouri AG meets with Trump, ‘would love’ his support in race against ‘Trump’s attorney’  St. Louis Post-Dispatchsource

A Las Vegas man was charged with 22 criminal counts related to threatening to kill federal judges and other officials in New York and Washington, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Spencer Gear allegedly sent multiple threatening phone calls and emails threatening to kill judges and other federal employees between last November and this month,…
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Lawmakers subsidize things they want. These include manufacturing and investing.  They also tax things they don’t want. Hence the “sin taxes” on cigarettes and alcohol.  So overall tax policy is aimed at encouraging people to smoke and drink less. Right?  Not always. At least one sin tax on the books is encouraging the production of…
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The White House condemned what it called “disgraceful” protests outside Union Station Wednesday in Washington, D.C., while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol. “Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful,”…
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Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.) introduced a constitutional amendment Wednesday seeking to undo the Supreme Court’s decision that former presidents enjoy a presumption of criminal immunity for official acts. “Earlier this month the Supreme Court of the United States undermined not just the foundation of our constitutional government, but the foundation of our democracy,” Morelle said. “At its core,…
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The 2024 presidential election has so far been a turbulent ride, with weeks of tension between Joe Biden and his party over calls for the president to step aside due to concerns he can’t win in November. His decision not to seek re-election, reached on Sunday, ends a half-century of political life for the DC…
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New House task force to investigate Trump assassination attempt  NBC Newssource

Fox News sends debate invitation to Trump, Harris campaigns  The Hillsource

By ending his bid for a second term, President Biden did something Donald Trump could never do — he put his country’s interests over his personal ambitions. Biden showed Americans what real patriotism looks like.  Biden’s selfless act has thoroughly discombobulated Republicans, who reacted like kids at a birthday bash suddenly deprived of their pinata. Trump,…
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Oil Billionaires Bet on Trump’s Energy Agenda  The Wall Street Journalsource

One of two people wounded in Trump shooting released from hospital  NBC Newssource