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CHICAGO — Two pizzeria employees were tied up during an after-hours armed robbery in the Loop overnight. An employee at Lou Malnati’s, 805 South State, called 911 after freeing themselves around 1:45 a.m. Without identifying the business by name, Chicago police said a man and woman confronted a male employee as he exited a back door near a garbage area. The male robber grabbed the employee, put a knife to his throat, and forced him back into the restaurant, police said.

Terrence is hitting the roof over crap the left is saying about Trump.

The top political adviser to Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman suggested that the attack on Donald Trump could have been “staged,” even as Hoffman was criticized for joking before Saturday’s attack about Trump becoming a “martyr.” Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, whose net worth is reportedly $2.5 billion, joked at last week’s billionaire confab in Sun Valley that he wished he had made Trump “an actual martyr.” Sunday, he said on X that he was referring to “accountability to the rule of law” and that he’s “horrified and saddened” by the attack. The scale of Hoffman’s political donations isn’t public but...

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump came about through Joe Biden’s enfeebled administration creating “the atmosphere” that enabled the shooter to undertake his failed mission, Russia claimed in the wake of the attack. The Kremlin laid the blame squarely at the doorstep of the White House, the Daily Telegraph reports. “We do not believe that the attempt to eliminate and assassinate Trump was organised by the current authorities,” Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told reporters, suggesting even in the denial that it was a possibility.

Robert D. Philpot spoke to NBC News' Tom Llamas about what he saw at former President Trump's rally before the assassination attempt and what he believed was a "noticeable" difference in security compared to a previous rally he attended with his daughter.

Innocent rallygoers were shot, and one was brutally murdered. The callous media is oblivious. We don’t have the people’s names yet, but it’s very heartbreaking. They went to enjoy themselves and show support. Now, one is deceased, murdered and two are critically injured. We are so sorry for the victims and their families. The witness had been speaking to the deceased man, who was with his family. He died in front of his family. The man was shot in the head. It reminded the witness of the Zapruder film of the shooting of JFK. If CNN really wants to rebuild...

The war in Ukraine has long become one of attrition and endurance, where the status of the competing forces is arguably more important than individual pieces of terrain changing hands. In this piece, leveraging the work of various people and sources, we look at what we can determine about the status of Russian equipment stocks and active vehicle fleets in 2024, and try to project potential paths forward and establish a baseline for comparing against Ukrainian forces in a coming episode.

[cut] The pictures and film of Trump rallying the crowd will likely be the enduring image of this election and perhaps his entire political career. Even before President Biden’s catastrophic debate last month, Trump had run on a platform of strength, portraying himself as a politically muscular figure against a weak and aging incumbent president. Next week’s Republican nominating convention will deliver Trump a hero’s welcome and an audience to match, befitting a party leader who had a brush with death. “The raised fist will become the iconic symbol of the convention,” predicted longtime GOP strategist Mike Murphy. Convention planners...

President Biden just spoke about the assassination attempt, said many of the right words--full review, whatever security Trump needs, reassess security at Republican convention.

FWIW : A 'Brian Crooks', may or may not be related to shooter Thomas M Crooks, of Oakmont PA (about 20 miles from Bethel Park, PA, home of shooter) donated repeatedly to Nikki Haley for the 2024 campaign - per OpenSecrets. Not implying anything. Just reporting what I found. https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/

In the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Brexit leader Nigel Farage announced that he is going make an emergency trip to the United States to show solidarity with his longtime friend and political ally. The newly-elected Reform UK Member of Parliament said that he will fly to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention this week to “stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump and the US to stand up for democracy.” Writing in The Telegraph the morning following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life by a gunman, Mr Farage said: “I do so to support my friend,...

ABC host Martha Raddatz said Sunday on “This Week” that former President Donald Trump’s “first instinct” was to say “fight” after an attempted assassination. Co-host George Stephanopoulos said, “You’ve traveled around the country talking to voters in this deeply divided nation. In some ways, this is a horrific symptom of the underlying division in this country.” Raddatz said, “It certainly is, George. I’m sure that will probably continue. We saw President Trump raise his right hand, as Jon just described, and we’ve seen those pictures. But we could also see him say, ‘Fight, fight.’ That was his first instinct.”

ABC host George Stephanopoulos said Sunday on “This Week” that Donald Trump and his supporters have contributed to “violent rhetoric” while discussing yesterday’s assassination attempt on the former president. Stephanopoulos said, “Of course, President Trump and his supporters have contributed to this violent rhetoric as well.” Co-host Martha Raddatz said, “Absolutely, George. We were just looking back this morning at some of the things that former President Trump has said. He warned last March of potential death and destruction if he were charged by the Manhattan district attorney. ‘Our country is being destroyed as they tell us to be peaceful.’...

No indication who the guests will be. Usually folks with military intel and special ops backgrounds. Live stream kick off is 12pm PST / 3pm EST.

That was quick, Tom MacDonald just put this out - "You Missed". I'm no rap fan but Tom does have a way with words. It may be a bit exploitative but is on point...they missed, now they should be terrified. No way this was only 'simply a deranged Antifa goon'.

Earlier this year, I read Gionathan Lo Mascolo’s edited collection The Christain Right in Europe: Movements, Networks, and Denominations. I’d initially intended on skimming a couple of chapters but ended up reading it cover-to-cover. The book is an essential resource for anyone trying to understand the global reach of Christian nationalism and connections between the United States and Europe.* Gionathan was kind enough to give an interview in which he discusses several of the essays and issues discussed in the volume. Wondering how the Nashville Statement influenced Dutch churches? Trying to understand what’s going on in Hungary, or with Putin,...

On CNN this morning, host Kasie Hunt described the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in blunt, truthful terms as:"A massive failure by the Secret Service."Moments later, when panelist Elliott Williams, in the context of a discussion of unverified information on social media, made mention of people floating the notion of an "inside job," Hunt shut him down, saying:"We don't want to get into that."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

David Frum, a prominent “Never Trump” pundit and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, published an article on Sunday in the Atlantic blaming former President Donald Trump for his own attempted assassination. Trump narrowly survived the attempt on his life when a bullet from a high-powered rifle grazed his ear during a rally in Pennsylvania. One man in the crowd, former fire chief Corey Comperatore, was killed; two others were injured (not including the assassin, who was immediately shot by the Secret Service).

The trigger in the gun was pulled by many hands! The media tried to assassinate Trump. From the time he came powerfully down that escalator in New York, looking every bit the prize fighter he exhibited yesterday, the press was and is merciless. They have mocked him and attacked, slandered and defamed him, but they have not taken him out. The Democrats have tried to assassinate Trump. They called him illegitimate, they called him a tyrant; President Biden who went all wobbly tonight, is still calling him a threat to democracy; many have wished him dead. Thank G-d that wish...

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, says Saturday night’s shooting at President Donald Trump’s rally, is a “catastrophic failure” of the Secret Service. “This is an obviously catastrophic failure and NO excuses should be made, or even attempted,” Bongino posted on X. “The failures are profound and questions must be answered about ground surveillance, air surveillance, post-stander support, and counter-sniper advance work and response. We have ONE job, and we came within inches of a deadly failure today. An uneventful failure is NOT a success.” Bongino also said he was in touch with other former Secret Service colleagues.