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Modern history holds more bad news than good for Kamala Harris as she tries to ascend from the vice presidency to the nation’s top public post. Three quarters of those who have tried in the post-World War II era have failed. But she can find some solace in an unlikely example: George H.W. Bush. Ronald Reagan’s vice president, Bush won the presidency in 1988, against what initially seemed like long odds. Not so three other vice presidents who tried but failed to make the same transition: Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968, and Al Gore in 2000. Some...

INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY The first Friday in August brings a toast to ales, lagers, and pilsners that put the international in International Beer Day. Whether your beer is fermented or not, dark or pale, hoppy, bitter, smooth, or domestic, we raise our mug on International Beer Day. #InternationalBeerDay Perhaps there's a porter or a Belgian in your glass. Lift it high among friends around the world, thanking those who work at brewing delicious beer in your local area. Why? Because International Beer Day brings the world together, celebrating the beers of all cultures on one remarkable day. Did you know,...

In a recently released video of Kamala Harris speaking at the Islamic Center of Southern California, the vice president declared that, “We must have the courage to object when they use that term, ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’”

Chevron plans to relocate its headquarters from California to Texas, joining a growing list of companies bound for the Lone Star State citing excessive regulation for their departure. The Financial Times reports the second-biggest U.S. oil company said Friday it would leave the state where it has been a fixture for almost 150 years following clashes with authorities over climate policies and penalties it has said render California “closed for business.” The promise of lower taxes and lighter regulation is also often given as a reason by other companies that have also made the same move from the West Coast.

The United States government said in a statement on Thursday that Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia beat socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro during the country’s recent presidential election. The announcement comes after at least 17 protesters have been killed and hundreds more arrested so far in riots that have broken out over the country’s sham election. More than 12 million Venezuelans voted during the election, which is run by the Maduro-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE). “The CNE’s rapid declaration of Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the presidential election came with no supporting evidence,” the U.S. State Department said in...

The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed it destroyed several U.S.-made Patriot air defense system launchers in one day amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces hit three launchers of the U.S. Patriot air defense system on Thursday, 1 August, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry. Russia used a combination of drones, artillery, and ground troops to target the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system. Moscow also claimed to have shot down 14 rocket launchers manufactured by the United States and one MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System.

A Louisiana mayor, who abruptly took a leave of absence before resigning last week, is accused of raping a minor during her time in office. Former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts was charged with third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, Louisiana State Police announced on Thursday. An investigation into the 42-year-old mayor, who was in her second term, was opened on July 26, after the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office requested the state police look into a complaint against Roberts. “As the investigation progressed, LSP SVU conducted interviews with two juveniles, one of which was the victim. Both juveniles...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has met with Vice President Kamala Harris’ vetting team as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee considers who to choose as her running mate, sources confirmed to ABC News. The governor had previously declined to comment on whether he was sending vetting materials to Harris’ team.

This week, Trump attended the National Association of Black Journalists conference, an event that Kamala Harris skipped. Democrats and the media have worked very hard to try to make Trump’s appearance controversial, rather than giving him credit for going. Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who was an early Trump supporter and is an expert in persuasion, thought Trump’s performance at the event was perfect. From Twitter/X: “Oh my God it was perfect. It was good as the Rosie O’Donnell. In my mind this was as good as the Rosie O’Donnell play. Did he look nervous? Nope. Did he look completely comfortable...

"We love death like our enemies love life.” After attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president among the festive chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh found death waiting for him. “We always shout: ‘Death for the sake of Allah is our loftiest aspiration,’” Haniyeh had claimed. The Hamas billionaire who lived in luxury in Qatar hadn’t actually wanted to die, but he should have been careful what he wished for before the missile granted him the death he cheered for. After the Hamas atrocities of Oct 7, Haniyeh had declared that we need...

The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. Economists expected the U.S. to add 175,000 jobs and keep the jobless rate steady at 4.1 percent, according to consensus estimates. The July jobs report comes two days after Federal Reserve officials hinted that they could begin cutting interest rates as soon as September. As both inflation and the U.S. job market keep cooling off, the Fed is aiming to bring rates down quickly enough to avoid a deeper slowdown, but slowly enough to keep prices...

The PLO’s money arm was the largest foreign principal for his law firm. “Will Doug Emhoff’s Legal Career Be an Issue for the Biden-Harris Ticket?” the New York Times asked four years ago.The newspaper noted that Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, was a partner at DLA Piper whose “lobbying clients” had included the governments of Afghanistan and Bahrain, as well as the Qatari government-funded Al Jazeera Network and the Palestine Monetary Authority.DLA Piper was good to the Emhoff-Harris family with the family taking home $2.7 million in 2019 and $1.2 million in 2020. “To aspire to create wealth is...

Terrorists, criminal illegals, Chinese companies and corrupt government officials have nothing to fear. The Democrats’ media allies – the same people who proclaimed the demented Joe Biden “sharp as a tack” – are now working three shifts to erase the record of Kamala Harris, claiming that she was never Biden’s “border Czar” and so forth. This should focus attention on events Harris might prefer to forget, such as her opposition to Jackie Lacey, the first African American, and the first woman, to serve as district attorney in Los Angeles.In September, 2020, two sheriff’s deputies were shot multiple times at close...

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FIRST DISPATCH. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Saturday, July 30 -- 9 o'clock P.M. After the explosion at an early hour this morning, everything betokened a brilliant victory, but soon after matters assumed a different aspect, part of the attacking force having given way, thus exposing the balance to an enfilading fire from both artillery, and infantry. The programme was as follows: The mine was to be exploded at 3 o'clock in the morning; the batteries to open at once along the entire line immediately after the explosion, and the Ninth Corps to make the charge, supported by...

The first U.S.-designed F-16 fighter jets have now arrived in Ukraine, it has been widely reported, but the government in Kyiv remains tight-lipped about the aircraft it has spent so long pleading for. The Foreign Minister of Lithuania has apparently confirmed the arrival of F-16 multi-role jet fighters in Ukraine, following days of anonymous source but unsubstantiated statements the long-anticipated aircraft had arrived. The Associated Press stated this week they had news of the arrival of F-16s from Ukrainian officials who couldn’t speak on record because they have been ordered not to discuss publicly. Reuters meanwhile said the same of...

According to a US congressional report, the United States lacks sufficient forces to simultaneously confront Russia and China. The American website Breaking Defense reported that, according to the U.S. Congressional report, the United States needs to expand its military industry and acquire more aircraft, ships, and submarines. The website states that the Pentagon's current national defense strategy is outdated, the U.S. military is inadequately structured, and the American industrial base is insufficient to address the dual threat of Russia and China, according to a new, powerful formal review. The U.S. public are largely unaware of the dangers the United States...

An increasing number of Silicon Valley investors and Wall Street analysts are starting to ring the alarm bells over the countless billions of dollars being invested in AI, an overconfidence they warn could result in a massive bubble. As the Washington Post reports, investment bankers are singing a dramatically different tune than last year, a period marked by tremendous hype surrounding AI, and are instead starting to become wary of Big Tech's ability to actually turn the tech into a profitable business. "Despite its expensive price tag, the technology is nowhere near where it needs to be in order to...

The success of a congressional investigation shouldn’t be measured by scoring an impeachment, but by getting to the truth, House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer says. “History will show Joe Biden and his family were the most corrupt occupiers of the White House of any family in the history of America,” Comer, R-Ky., told The Daily Signal in an interview late last week. “And a big footnote will be the investigative work that our committee did and made public.” During the course of its probe, Comer’s committee obtained records revealing that the Bidens and their associates received over $20...

Terry Andrew Heflin, 45, the Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, has been charged with seven counts of voter fraud with unlawful use of absentee ballots, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Wednesday. The indictment against Heflin alleges he falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and used their names to vote for himself by the ballot.