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The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena for the Secret Service director to testify next week on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The committee had written to agency Director Kimberly Cheatle on Tuesday to request a voluntary hearing July 22, which the Secret Service originally said she would attend. However, after Department of Homeland Security officials intervened in scheduling, the director's attendance was called into question, House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a letter released alongside the subpoena.

The widow of the volunteer firefighter who was fatally shot at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday said she received a phone call from former President Donald Trump. “President Trump called me to share his condolences,” Helen Comperatore wrote on social media. “He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead. I told him the same thing I told everyone else. [Her husband Corey] left this world a hero and God welcomed him in. He did not die in vain that day.” JUST IN: The widow of Corey Comperatore...

"Hey Hey My My" says rock and rock will never die. I'm posting this Count Vlad version to say that FREEDOM too will never die as long as we tend to it. Yes, Neil Young has been a shlthead, but he has written some good songs and I hope he comes to his senses. If you like the music, please give a thumbs up and subscribe.

July 17 (UPI) -- It was a not-so-sweet, not-so-savory situation Wednesday morning on an Interstate 440 ramp in Raleigh, N.C., when an overturned truck spilled thousands of gallons of steak sauce. Police said the tractor-trailer overturned about 1:45 a.m. on the ramp from Wade Avenue to I-440 and lost its load of steak sauce and teriyaki marinade gallon bottles into the roadway. The driver was not injured, but the spilled cargo left a sticky mess that required several hours to clean up, officials said. Morning commute drivers were advised to find alternate routes while crews worked to clear the truck...

Hello Muddah, hello Faddah I have joined Camp Intifadar> Camp is very instigating And they say the quad sprinkler will soon stop raining The tuition is so pricey To attend a Poison Ivy You remember Ilhan's daughter She’s now homeless for defending Jewish slaughter All the comrades hate the Zios Who lack pronouns in their bios And we want to charm the Houthis So we hold hands and chant ‘Death to the Yahudis’ I've made new friends who are less white And my Hebrew is now left-right And when Jew kids, start to roll in We demand that they all...

“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”

Allendale United Methodist Church is one the most progressive we’ve ever seen. Led by Rev. Andy Oliver, his congregation is “committed to anti-racism and radical solidarity with folx on the margin,” while he himself is “grounded in liberation theology and following Jesus” while being “a community organizer who always located himself with the oppressed.” When they’re not having drag-queen-led worship services, Easter services, monthly drag-led bingo, or selling merch featuring Jesus as a drag queen, they’re preaching cringe sermons that give trigger warnings for “violent” bible verses, reassuring congregants that if the scripture is too triggering, people can leave, all...

“There he is! He’s walking! He’s walking!” Chills.

The leadership team of Lexington City Church (LexCity) in Lexington, Kentucky, announced July 10 that it will be closing its doors. The church posted a statement on its website. “Through thoughtful prayer and heartfelt tears, the leadership team of Lexington City Church has voted to permanently cease our ministry,” it reads. “Due to the continued effects of the financial situation our church inherited several years ago and the impact of the ongoing investigation of a former staff member, we have lost the ability to remain financially viable and fulfill our God-given mission.” The investigation refers to alleged actions of the...

Neigh-sayers galloped outside Manhattan Criminal Court Monday afternoon to call for a shutdown of the city’s carriage horse industry as a handler of a horse that died two years ago faced his first day of trial — or so they thought. Ian McKeever, who is facing animal abuse charges in connection to the death of his carriage horse Ryder in 2022, was not able to appear in court Monday due to a scheduling conflict with his attorney, The Post learned. Despite the adjournment, roughly 30 demonstrators remained in the scorching heat for the “Criminal Horse Abuse Trial for Ian McKeever”...

The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation after the Secret Service catastrophically failed to protect former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend. Trump narrowly escaped death after a bullet went through his ear while he was speaking at a lectern. The shooter was positioned on an unsecured roof just 140 yards away from the stage. The DHS Inspector General has also opened an investigation. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have also launched separate investigations and have called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on Monday, July 22. According to House...

I don’t like rap and I usually don’t trust people with tattoos above their neck but this rapper is spot on with this song!! Enjoy! Trump needs to play this at some point during his rallies.

NATIONAL PEACH ICE CREAM DAY National Peach Ice Cream Day on July 17 sweetens the day with a few scoops at the peak of peach season. Since peaches begin peaking in July, this celebration comes just in time. Plus, it also lands right in the middle of National Ice Cream Month. #PeachIceCreamDay So, it's an excellent time to add peach ice cream to the growing list of flavors to choose from when it comes to frozen, creamy treats. Generally speaking, there are two types of peaches - freestone and clingstone. The difference has to do with how the flesh comes...

BREAKING - Biden said in a new interview that he would considering dropping out if he was diagnosed with a “medical condition” by doctors — BET Interview

In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Trump, federal law enforcement can’t figure out a motive for the shooter, and they can’t get into all the details of his phone, but they’re 100% sure that he acted alone. ..... Snip...... Another part of the story that makes no sense is that 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, who lived an hour away before he went to the rally, knew that he would need a ladder in order to scale the walls and take a shot at President Trump. According to federal authorities, Crooks stopped at Home Depot on his way to...

As the FBI continues its investigation into the shooting at the rally of former US president Donald Trump, urgent reviews of the security surrounding the event are in motion. Just how 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to get onto a building with a rifle, relatively close and with a clear view of Trump is one of the key questions being asked of the Secret Service. Another is why buildings less than 150 metres from the former president were not secured. To get a better understanding of what took place at the rally in the Butler Farm Showgrounds and its surrounds,...

Television personality and investor Mark Cuban said Wednesday that Silicon Valley’s recent wave of support for former President Trump could be a “play” to boost bitcoin. Cuban, the pro-crypto billionaire who has backed President Biden’s bid for reelection, argued that the potential inflationary impacts of lower taxes and higher tariffs under a second Trump presidency could drive up the price of bitcoin. “Here is a contrary opinion on the emergence of Silicon Valley support for former President Trump. Which like all my opinions on here, probably won’t be popular,” Cuban wrote in a post on the social platform X. “It’s...

"...the president's alive today not because of the Secret Service because the Dude missed yeah yeah yeah bring up the diagram of where this guy shot from like the Secret Service y'all got one job how many roofs y'all got the cover that day look at that that's where Trump was shot he was 148 yards away he was the closest it's pretty much the closest roof to him..."

Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” knocked Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Wednesday for continuing to criticize President Biden publicly — as the president maintains he’s committed to staying in the race. Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski in their newscast rebuked Biden’s critics and defended the president for occasionally stumbling over his words. 2024 ELECTIONS Scarborough knocks Axelrod over Biden criticism BY SARAH FORTINSKY - 07/17/24 1:16 PM ET SHARE POST Joe Scarborough speaks April 11, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” knocked Democratic strategist David Axelrod on...

The shooter's parents called the police on the day of former President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shortly before he attempted to assassinate him