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An eyewitness who was detained by the police on the day of the Trump assassination attempt has come forward with explosive claims. The witness claims that during his time in police custody, he overheard alarming details on police radios that were not disclosed to the public. The witness, who goes by the name Dave James Stewart or “realDJStew724” on YouTube, claims to have overheard police discussing the presence of blood in a bathroom and a potential second shooter on the loose.

Dr. Hani Suleimani discusses his views on the growing tensions between Iran and Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran is likely trying to showcase its military strength, send deterrent messages to Israel, and demonstrate its conventional military capabilities, Dr. Hani Suleiman, a researcher on Iranian affairs, told the Saudi Al-Hadath channel on Saturday. In the interview, Suleiman discussed his views on the growing tensions between Iran and Israel and the potential response following the assassination of the head of Hamas's political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

Israeli intelligence officials believe Iran has settled on attacking Israel in the coming days over the assassination of Hamas’ top leader, according to a new report. The updated assessment on Tehran’s expected retaliation suggests the attack could even come before Thursday, sources told Axios reporter Barak Ravid. That would be before scheduled hostage negotiation talks between Hamas and Israel on Aug. 15, which the terror group announced Sunday it was backing out of. Iran has been assessing its options on attacking Israel for nearly two weeks, after a suspected Israeli bomb killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh while he was...

Biden spoke to CBS’ Robert Costa in an interview taped for Sunday morning and stated that he left the race despite claiming he was in a dead heat with Trump in the polls (he wasn’t). But Democrats were concerned that his struggles would hurt them in down-ballot races. He also seemingly confirmed one critical part of the coup: Nancy Pelosi pressured him to drop out behind the scenes due to her concerns over him losing and dragging Congress down with him. Joe Biden also issued another veiled threat against President Donald Trump. This comes less than one month after he...

Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for the White House in 2019 may seem like a political lifetime ago, and Democrats are hoping she can elude scrutiny in a lightning campaign. But Ms. Harris is a California progressive, and if you like your health insurance—ever heard that line before?—you’ll want to look at the Vice President’s record. Harris campaign aides are whispering that she no longer supports single-payer healthcare, but travel back to Ms. Harris’s Senate tenure. She co-sponsored a bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that would set up a single-payer system in the U.S. in four years. That would...

Ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has openly doubted whether President Biden wrote the letter he sent to Democrats last month insisting he was “firmly committed” to staying in the race. Biden, 81, sent the missive to congressional Dems to try to put to rest any notion that he’d exit the race over widespread concerns about his mental acuity after his June 27 debate performance against GOP foe Donald Trump. Two weeks later, Biden dropped out. “I didn’t accept the letter as anything but a letter,” Pelosi told New York Times‘ columnist Ezra Klein in an interview last week. “I mean, there...

Anyone gonna ask Space Council Chair Kamala Harris about the 2 American astronauts still stranded in space?

President Joe Biden repeated the Charlottesville “fine people hoax” in an interview with Robert Costa on CBS News’ Sunday Morning. Biden falsely claimed, as he has since he launched his campaign in April 2019, that then-President Donald Trump praised neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. In fact, as the transcript reveals, Trump condemned the neo-Nazis.

Hamas announced on Sunday that it refuses to send representatives to the next round of negotiations which are expected to begin on August 15th. The discussions were set to begin on Thursday seemingly in Doha, Qatar. According to Hamas, "We call on the mediators to present a plan to implement what we agreed to on July 2nd, instead of holding new negotiations." The organization further stated: "Additional rounds of talks or new offers will only provide cover for the occupation's aggression and will give it time to win the war of destruction." .....

A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of his news conference .. 1. “I think our country right now is in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in from an economic standpoint…” ..but gross domestic product still grew at a relatively healthy annual clip of 2.8% in April, May and June – which is faster than the pace in three of the four years when Trump was president. 2. “…from a safety standpoint, both gangs on the street…” Nationally, violent crime-has been trending way down after a surge in 2020, according to the most recent data...

After nearly a week of high water blocking access to the homes in Laurel Meadows, Friday marks a new day for many. Although still flooded, most of the water inside the homes have gone.Like so many of their neighbors, the Gregory family returned home to survey the damage caused by Debby. "I feel terrible. I just was crying like I just, I don't know where to begin," said Kim Gregory. "All my beautiful furniture, all the things that you know, we take time to pick out and put together and spend money on— all gone." The last time Kim Gregory...

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) said he “disavows” far-right white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who criticized Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, for her Indian heritage, while arguing the best response is to “ignore” the attacks. Fuentes, who dined at Mar-a-Lago with former President Trump in 2022, went after Vance and his family after he joined the former president’s reelection ticket last month. “Who is this guy, really? Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?” Fuentes said of Vance last month. When asked on...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia has started a fire on the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe. It comes as the war between the two countries enters a new phase, with Ukraine occupying Russian territory for the first time last week as part of its retaliation against Russia’s full-scale invasion, which is now in its third year. Russia captured the plant, which is in Ukrainian territory, shortly after invading Ukraine in 2022. Its six nuclear reactors are in cold shutdown and no nuclear activity was recorded on Sunday, but the...

Hamas has rejected hostage talks that were set for this week, hours after CNN published a poorly-sourced article claiming that the terrorist group was serious about a deal but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not. Axios.com reported (original emphasis): Hamas announced on Sunday that it rejects the invitation by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt for a final round of negotiations over the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal planned for Thursday. Why it matters: Hamas’ announcement is a significant setback for the Biden administration’s efforts to reach a hostage and ceasefire deal and prevent the Gaza conflict from escalating into...

Sen. JD Vance made the rounds on major news networks on Sunday, appearing on ABC, CBS and CNN, while his Democratic counterpart, Gov. Tim Walz, was nowhere to be found. Vance gave an extended interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl, with their conversation airing in full on Sunday. Vance detailed plans for deportations and defended his support for family voting. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has attacked Vance for past comments, suggesting that parents should get extra votes when they have children. "The Democrats are talking about giving the vote to 16-year-olds, but let's do this instead," Vance said in...

Maya Harris, Kamala’s sister, a radical ACLU activist, ran her 2020 presidential campaign. Maya’s husband, Tony West, who formerly served as the lawyer for John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban, is playing a major role in her current presidential campaign. Meena Harris, Maya’s daughter (but not West’s daughter), who is very close to Kamala, has tweeted in support of the pro-Hamas encampments and spread false claims of atrocities against Israel. All of this provides a certain amount of background about Kamala’s views from some of the most important people in her life who have also served as close advisers to...

A former Minnesota bar owner who now commutes two hours a day to sling suds in neighboring Wisconsin said Gov. Tim Walz’s restrictive pandemic-era lockdowns in the state “decimated” local businesses — and caused financial ruin for those who stood up for their livelihoods. “I think he’s an evil man who overstepped his role as the governor. He took small businesses and ripped them up. He destroyed us,” Lisa Zarza. ... She said when shelter-in-place and business closures first went into effect in March, 2020, “I did everything I was supposed to do. I wore my mask, I social distanced....

Menu HUGE: Thomas Crooks Trained at Shooting Range, Where Multiple Federal Agencies Reportedly Train, Including DHS — Visited the Club 43 Times Including Holidays Since Last Year, Records Show by Jim Hᴏft Aug. 11, 2024 1:20 pm305 Comments TruthTweetShareGettrGabTelegramLinkedIn Screenshot: Jesse Watters Primetime New evidence shows that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man suspected of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump, had been intensely preparing for his attack at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club, a facility frequented by multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the documents released by Grassley’s office on Thursday, Crooks signed up...

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” – Amendment VIII, The U.S. Bill of Rights Americans argue today about whether or not capital punishment is, in and of itself, cruel and unusual. The Founders would not have recognized it as so. In fact, “cruel and unusual” punishments to them referenced the torturous and disfiguring punishments which were going out of fashion even in their day, but were not too distance of a memory – things like branding, for example. This Amendment also ensures that you receive reasonable bail and are not...

JD Vance was everywhere on Sunday, doing three separate interviews with CNN, NBC News, and CBS News. Facing adversarial questions and interviewers determined to protect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Vance dominated with precision. He was prepared for every question and skillfully batted down various attacks while turning each topic in his favor. In one especially satisfying moment, Dana Bash tried to obscure reporting from her own network to cover for Walz lying about his service. Vance was ready for it.