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As you might have heard if you have been on social media in the past 24 hours or so, the upcoming presidential election is slated to be the first in 48 years in which the Democratic and Republican tickets will not feature a member of the Bush, Clinton or Biden families. And that is true. From 1980 through 1992, the Republican ticket featured George H.W. Bush, first as a vice-presidential candidate and then as a presidential one. Then Bill Clinton defeated Bush in the 1992 race, meaning that he was on the ticket again in 1996. In 2000, George W....

Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk has posted a rumor that President Joe Biden had a medical emergency in Las Vegas last week and may be in hospice care. This claim contradicted the official account of the president's COVID-19 diagnosis, and has sparked widespread speculation, but what are the facts? Kirk, who has a history of promoting questionable theories, shared the rumor Monday on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote: "Got a weird lead on a story that people should look into. I got a call from a source close to Las Vegas Metro. The official story was that Joe Biden's trip was...

Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle’s claim that the “sloped roof” at the Butler rally site played a major factor in her catastrophic security failure, which saw former president Donald Trump come within inches of assassination, was blown apart by lawmakers. After visiting the site in Pennsylvania, lawmakers walked out on the roof from which the shooter fired at Trump. After a thorough investigation, lawmakers obliterated Cheatle’s excuse for not stationing Secret Service agents on the roof.

The St. Louis Cardinals are denying that the home run celebration several of their players performed last weekend was an homage to President Trump’s reaction following his assassination attempt. On Sunday, Alec Burleson hit a home run in the third inning of the Cardinals’ game against the Braves. As he was rounding the bases, Burleson and a couple of teammates in the dugout put a hand over their ears. They raised a fist in what appeared to be a tribute to President Trump’s reaction following his assassination attempt on July 13. Is this a Trump home run celebration by the...

SUBJECT: Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order as follows: Section 1. (a) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the functions and authorities vested in the President by sections 104(a)(1) and 104(a)(2)(A) of the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act (Division F of Public Law 118-50) (the “Act”). (b) I hereby delegate to the...

When DEI can killElon Musk was spot-on when he slammed Boeing for focusing on woke DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) goals instead of prioritizing product quality and safety. “People will die due to DEI,” he stated, in a post on X. Adding, Musk asked a rhetorical question in another tweet: “Do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over your safety?”True enough, in a 2023 report on “Global Equity, Diversity & Inclusion”, Boeing admitted the following: “Our goal was to achieve diverse interview slates for at least 90% of manager and executive openings. We exceeded...

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said his union was “not going to rush” an endorsement for Vice President Harris after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race Sunday. The UAW in January endorsed Biden, who endorsed Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee Sunday after he exited the race amid concerns about his age and mental acuity following a disastrous debate at the the end of June. Several major labor unions have endorsed Harris since the announcement, including the AFL-CIO, the United Steelworkers, the American Federation of Teachers, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the International Brotherhood of...

As speculation mounts regarding Joe Biden‘s whereabouts, alarm bells began ringing when the president made a phone call to a press gathering, resulting in an “odd” exchange with Kamala Harris. Biden addressed the staffers during the call, while Harris spoke to Biden as if it was the last thing he’d ever hear on this earth. During Biden’s frail mumblings, Harris made sure to let everyone know that the president had ensorsed her for the Democrat presidential nominee. Many have argued it wasn’t even Biden on the phone after Harris appeared to slip up by almost saying it was a recording....

American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten has been ripped as an “unhinged lunatic” after she delivered a wild, political rally-style speech suggesting that former President Donald Trump was an “existential threat” to democracy. The teachers’ union president screamed and shouted at her members as she warned of looming violence and fascism if Trump wins the 2024 election when she took the stage during the AFT’s annual convention in Houston, Texas, on Monday. “The November elections will determine which path we take as a nation. Progress is indeed possible, but so is the eradication of the rights and freedoms we...

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, reacts to Democrats rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris following President Biden's withdrawal from the race on 'The Evening Edit.

Biden returns from Delaware on Tuesday after recovering from Covid at his house there. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will give a prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday to discuss his decision to exit the presidential race, according to a source familiar with the matter. Biden issued a letter on Sunday saying he would not accept the Democratic nomination and then endorsed his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, to replace him atop the ticket. Biden was diagnosed days before with Covid, which delayed him giving remarks about the decision.

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Tuesday on “CNN This Morning” that what Democrats knew about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline was not relevant. Host Kasie Hunt said, “We know that the one of the principle lines of attacks, and I’ve talked to sources who say the polling shows this is a serious vulnerability that Republicans are going to say that Kamala Harris knew that President Biden wasn’t up to four more years. I mean, they would say that about you, I think as well, and they’re going to allege a coverup. They’re going to say she knew she covered it...

Kamala Harris will likely be the next president of the United States – and that’s overall good news if you care about democracy, justice and equality. Joe Biden’s decision on Sunday to bow out of the presidential race clears the path for the country to elect its first woman and first woman of color as president. Even though the electoral fundamentals for this year’s election have always favored the Democrats – despite what numerous misleading polls have been showing (and with most of the news media reacting purely off those polls) – Harris’s selection will largely shore up the weaknesses...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Matthew 12:48–50These questions of Jesus were posed by Him to a crowd of people who were inside a house where He was teaching. His mother and brothers arrived outside asking to speak to Him. First of all, it should be noted that the word “brothers” in ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and other languages did not necessarily...

NATIONAL VANILLA ICE CREAM DAY Vanilla Ice Cream Day on July 23 tips its hat at the second most popular flavor in America. Take a bow, vanilla. I scream, you scream, we all scream for...VANILLA ICE CREAM!! Of course, the day is part of National Ice Cream Month and not too far behind National Ice Cream Day. #VanillaIceCreamDay Since Americans love vanilla ice cream so much, it shouldn't come as a surprise that vanilla is the most common flavoring in North America for ice cream. In fact, many people consider vanilla ice cream to be the default flavor. Many may...

Breaking – Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigned on Tuesday morning. This is one day after her evasive and repulsive testimony before Congress and 10 days after President Trump was shot on stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Cheatle failed in her primary job – to protect the President of the United States. On Monday, Cheatle took full responsibility for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the murder of Trump rally Corey Comperatore. Members of Congress, including Speaker Johnson, called for Cheatle to resign. Director of Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle claims she takes “full responsibility” for the failure...

[Catholic Caucus] Former USCCB official sues Grindr for allowing his ‘outing’» Continue to this story on Daily Journal CWN Editor's Note: Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill, the former general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has filed suit against the “hookup app” Grindr for allowing public disclosure of his identity. Msgr. Burrill was forced to resign his USCCB post in 2021 after it became known that he had used Grindr to arrange homosexual encounters. He returned to parish ministry in the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. In a suit filed in Los Angeles County superior court, Msgr. Burrill argues that...

Harris campaign is already using ActBlue money laundering scheme, $20 million from Johann Georg Wyss known as Hansjörg Wyss, born 19 September 1935, a Swiss billionaire, and was broken down into over 1,600,000 donations across 400,000 donors. Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!

An international team of researchers, including a chemist from Northwestern University, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor can produce oxygen at depths of 13,000 feet. This finding challenges the traditional belief that only photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and algae, generate Earth's oxygen. The discovery suggests oxygen can also be produced at the seafloor, supporting aerobic sea life in complete darkness. The study will be published on Monday, July 22, in the journal Nature Geoscience. Andrew Sweetman from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) discovered this "dark oxygen" during ship-based fieldwork in the Pacific Ocean. Franz...

Javier Milei’s triumph in the first round of the Argentine elections last year—the first of three that make up our tortuous process of electing a president—provoked not just shock, but confusion. Immediately, WhatsApp threads were bursting with different versions of the same question: Was he “far right”? Or was he something more bizarre—the first libertarian candidate in the world with a chance to win? The question was—and is—far from foolish. Milei presented himself as a central part of a new right-wing international, expressing solidarity with world leaders like Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. Everyone was happy then: The global...