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Donald Trump’s comments on Wednesday questioning whether Vice President Kamala Harris is Black were not an off-the-cuff expression of racism, but part of a broader campaign strategy that Trump and many of his key lieutenants plan to make a heavy focus of their final three-month sprint to retake the White House.Asked on Wednesday about Republicans accusing Harris of being a “DEI hire” or “DEI candidate,” Trump responded by questioning Harris’ racial identity. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened...

One of the main issues for the election is the economy. It's already been bad under Biden-Harris. It got worse on Friday as the stock market tanked and a bad July jobs report came in, as we reported. Hiring slowed to 114,000 jobs last month, the government report said, missing expectations. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent—its highest level in nearly three years, when the economy was still clawing its way back from the pandemic. That was also worse than expectations. Now, that raises big concerns about a slowing economy, which my colleague Ward Clark noted. Economist John Lonski...

DHS IG confirms in report that the Biden/Mayorkas DHS significantly stonewalled his J6 investigation. Texts deleted, cell phones of top officials presumably including Kim Cheatle were wiped. Data never recovered

US Secretary of Defense revokes plea deal with 9/11 suspects.

[Catholic Caucus] Rupnik’s center denounces ‘cancel culture’ of removing disgraced priest’s imagesSome of Marko Rupnik’s alleged serial abuse is said to have taken place at his Rome-based Aletti Center, which has become his international base of operations and where he continues to live an unimpeded life.Pope Francis meets Aletti Center director Maria Campatelli, Sept 2023.Vatican Media The staff of Father Marko Rupnik’s Rome-based art center have hit back against international decisions to cover the disgraced priest’s art as being part of “cancel culture.”As shrines and religious centers around the world begin to examine the future of the mosaics installed by...

Former President Trump vowed to “unleash hell” at his rally Saturday in Atlanta, targeting his new opponent, Vice President Harris, just days after thousands rallied for her in Georgia.“24 HOURS UNTIL WE UNLEASH HELL,” began Trump’s campaign email sent Friday afternoon. “At this time tomorrow, Crooked Kamala’s worst nightmares come true.”His running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), will join him at Georgia State University’s Convocation Center.The former president said he plans to take the stage in “DEEP BLUE Atlanta” and be greeted by thousands of “MAGA Patriots.” When he does so, he said Harris won’t be able to hide from...

California regulators have proposed a variety of government intrusions into the petroleum industry in order to combat future energy price surges, according to a report released Thursday by the California Energy Commission (CEC). As the Golden State continues to pursue its green agenda, the CEC expects some of California’s nine oil refineries to be shuttered due to falling demand, which would give the remaining refineries increased pricing power and raise the possibility of a surge in gas prices, the study concluded. To solve this problem, the commission proposed a variety of government interventions, including expanded regulation on private refineries, the...

The chief of the Secret Service said at a press briefing Friday that agents on the ground in Butler, Penn. did not know Thomas Crooks had a weapon until he fired his first shot at former President Donald Trump from the roof of a nearby building on July 13. Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said the agency took "full responsibility" for the law enforcement failings that day, when one of the bullets fired by Crooks grazed Trump's ear and nearly took his life. Corey Comperatore, a former volunteer fire chief from Pennsylvania, was killed in the gunfire. Also injured in...

West said 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh was 'not a terrorist'.. Kamala Harris has a "powerful" new campaign adviser: her brother-in-law Tony West, the former Obama Justice Department attorney who defended a convicted terrorist sentenced to 20 years in prison for fighting with the Taliban and colluding with al-Qaeda. West is now "a powerful adviser" to Harris's "new campaign," Axios reported Friday. Roughly 20 years prior, West held a different role: attorney for a Taliban terrorist. West in 2002 signed on to defend "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who was captured in Afghanistan one year earlier and subsequently indicted for...

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-7-when-states-mail-out-absentee-mail-ballots#Body Alabama 45 days before the election. Alaska 25 days before the election. 24 to 27 days before the election. Arkansas 46 days before the election. California 29 days Colorado 18-22 days Connecticut 31 days Delaware 60 days Florida 50 days Pennsylvania

ActBlue is hit with a DEMAND letter from @JasonMiyaresVA regarding accusations of campaign money laundering that is interfering in the U.S. election. "My office has become aware of multiple serious allegations that ActBlue... [has] engaged in fraudulent, deceptive, and/or otherwise illegal activities in the Commonwealth of Cirginia and/or have aided and abetted others in doing so." "This includes hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions through individual donors in the Commonwealth in volumes that are facially implausible and appear suspicious." "Taken together, these circumstances appear to indicate that contributions via ActBlue are being made from fictional donors or dummy accounts,...

Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing. Marwa Abdelhady and Doaa Elghobashy represented Egypt at the Paris Olympics, wearing hijabs, long black sleeved shirts and black ankle length leggings in a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain. If they had been playing for France, the pair would not have been allowed to wear their hijabs. The host of this year’s Olympics has banned its athletes from wearing any “ostensible religious symbols” while competing. Speaking to CNN’s Swedish affiliate...

Israelis braced for a potential attack by Iran as they headed into the weekend, amid threats by Iranian leaders to retaliate against Israel for a strike that killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week. Many travelers found themselves stranded by canceled flights, as several American and European airlines suspended service to Israel through early August, though the Israeli government insisted that Israel remains safe for travel.

Kamala Harris has close ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a radical organization whose executive director celebrated the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel... CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad, said he was “happy” at news of the terror attack. Throughout the war that erupted thereafter, CAIR has spread inflammatory anti-Israel propaganda. ... In 2007-8, CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the terror financing trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. .. a federal judge ruled that the government “produced ample evidence to establish” the ties of CAIR with Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization....

A cryptocurrency executive found it 'hilariously funny' that the Democratic Party of Oregon reported his donation under another name, nearly leading to federal criminal charges. While Nishad Singh was working as an engineer for the now-disgraced FTX at its Bahamas headquarters, he was told by a colleague he hardly knew to send $500,000 to the Party to make Singh and the company look good, according to Oregon Live. Singh signed off on sending the half-million dollars via his account with Nevada-based Prime Trust, which specializes in wiring cryptocurrency to ordinary bank accounts. The Oregon Democrats scrambled to figure out how...

Matt Gaetz reposted Kyle Rittenhouse @ThisIsKyleR Over the past 12 hours, I've had a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump's team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights. My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I'm 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House. 3:46 PM · Aug 2, 2024 · 4.7M Views

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a troubled West Virginia federal prison. Massachusetts gangster Paul J. DeCologero was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to an assault charge. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison. DeCologero was already serving a 25-year sentence handed down in 2006 after he was convicted of buying heroin used to try to kill a teenage girl. Prosecutors initially had said DeCologero and inmate Fotios "Freddy" Geas used...

Robinson, with his wife present, makes an admission.

Cora Masters Barry, Melanie Campbell have visited Biden-Harris White House over 50 times combined.. In addition to Barry's comments about White women, Fox News Digital previously reported on Barry lavishly praising notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan in 2022 at a private event honoring her late husband, former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. During Barry’s remarks at the private ceremony, she praised Farrakhan, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric for decades, including calling Jews "wicked" and comparing them to termites. Barry referred to Farrakhan as a "friend" and "member of the family" while also telling him "I love you more than words will ever...