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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has canceled a trip to the ritzy New York beach enclave of the Hamptons, as he is being considered to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Shapiro was supposed to go to at least two events in the Hamptons, including a meet and greet with wealthy donors at the home of public relations executive Mike Kempner. “The Governor’s trip was planned several weeks ago and included several fundraisers for his own campaign committee,” Shapiro spokesman Manuel Bonder confirmed to NBC News. “His schedule has changed...

ISM Manufacturing PMI retreated to 46.8 in July, the 48.8 consensus, from 48.5 in June. That marks the 20th time in the last 21 months in which economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted (Note a reading below 50 signals economic contraction). The index now has been in contraction terrain for four straight months.With new orders falling further into contraction, "demand was weak again, output declined, and inputs stayed generally accommodative," said Timothy R. Fiore, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. Employment: 43.4 vs. 49.3 prior. Prices: 52.9 vs. 52.1. New orders: 47.4 vs. 49.3. Production: 45.9 vs....

Hezbollah confirmed the death of its "No. 2" commander, a man with a history that includes helping orchestrate one of the deadliest days for the U.S. Marine Corps in history, after an IDF strike on Beirut. "The latest information out of Beirut suggests that he did succumb to his injuries after being taken to a hospital for treatment," Deputy State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a briefing Wednesday. "Let's also remember that this was an individual who was involved in the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks bombing and certainly has American blood on his hands." Fuad Shukr had a...

https://www.memri.org/reports/memri-archives-clips-and-reports-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyehThe following is a collection of MEMRI TV clips and MEMRI reports of statements by Hamas leader Isma'il Haniyeh. MEMRI TV Clips On Hamas Leader Isma'il HaniyehNo. 11281 - At Inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Majles Members Chant: 'Death to Israel!' 'Death to America!'; Foreign Guests, Including Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, Applaud - 07/30/24No. 2910 - Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Condemns the Killing of the "Muslim Mujahid" Osama Bin Laden - 05/03/11No. 10572 - Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh: We Need The Blood Of Women, Children, And The Elderly Of Gaza – So It Awakens Our Revolutionary Spirit –...

Claim: Her political opponents are sharing a screenshot supposedly comparing two Associated Press headlines — one from 2016 and another from 2020. Associated Press headlines referred to Kamala Harris as Indian American in 2016 then Black in 2020. Rating: TRUE On July 24, 2024, an apparent screen capture of a post from former U.S. President Donald Trump circulated online showing two alleged Associated Press (AP) headlines, one from 2016 and the other from 2020. The two headlines centered on Vice President Kamala Harris. The first one said Harris was the first "Indian-American US senator" while the second said she was...

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Megan Thee Stallion is under fire for her performance at Kamala Harris’ campaign rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 30. The singer was seen performing one of her hit songs featuring X-rated lyrics. Kamala Harris has been blasted too, with netizens saying she is “not a serious candidate.” Megan performed at the Georgia State Convocation Center, donning a blue pantsuit and tie. She rapped her Grammy award-winning hit, Savage, before an audience comprising an estimated 10,000 people. The song was released in 2020, and the lyrics include Megan bragging about being “that b-tch.” “P—y like water, I’m unbothered and relaxing,”...

Shocking new video filmed by one of the victims at the Donald Trump rally shooting shows just how close Thomas Crooks was to Trump ... and it's incredible the Secret Service missed him. The footage, obtained by Fox News, shot from the bleachers behind Trump, shows Crooks moving quickly along the roof of the American Glass Research Building, disappearing and then popping back up ... minutes before squeezing off 8 shots. It's the first video showing Crooks and Trump in the same frame ... and this new vantage point illustrates just how close the rooftop was to where Trump was...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg praised abortion for making men “more free” during a virtual campaign event called “White Dudes for Harris” on Monday. “I’m so glad she has made freedom the theme of her campaign because I think in so many ways that’s at stake,” Buttigieg said of Vice President Kamala Harris...“Of course, women’s freedom is Exhibit A after Donald Trump demolished the right to choose. But, of course, men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion care. ... “Pete Buttigieg is right. Men...

(Snip) Haniyeh, a father of 13 who presides over one of the world’s wealthiest terrorist groups, is worth more than $4 billion. He has been photographed with his two adult sons, Maaz and Abdel Salam, living the high life in luxury hotels in Qatar and Turkey, according to a recent social media post from the Embassy of Israel in the US. Last week, Haniyeh traveled to Iran to meet with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran is a longtime sponsor of Hamas. Last month, the Four Seasons hotel in Doha said he was not one of its guests after calls...

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Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned terror group Al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive.He was found guilty of directing the group and encouraging support for it through online meetings The sentence means that Choudary cannot seek to leave jail on licence until he is more than 85 years old. Choudary appeared shocked and rocked on his feet in the dock as he was given a minimum term of 28 years at Woolwich Crown Court. The extremist preacher was convicted last week of directing a terror organisation after a complex operation involving detectives and...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: United States Air Force Academy, ColoradoThe United States Air Force Academy is a military academy for officer cadets of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the youngest of the five U.S. service academies, having graduated its first class 65 years ago in 1959. Graduates of the academy's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force.Admission is extremely competitive, with nominations divided equally among Congressional districts. Recent...

President Biden delivers remarks and commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act during a visit to the LBJ Presidential Library. [Invitation Only Event]

A priest is suing the gay dating and “hookup” app Grindr after the company reportedly failed to protect his data, leading to his resignation from a top position at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In July 2021, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned from his post as the general secretary of the USCCB ahead of a report by The Pillar alleging that he had engaged in inappropriate behavior and frequent use of Grindr. The app advertises itself as “the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.” Its geolocation feature is popularly known to facilitate sex hookups...

A key Google feature is failing to show results for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump — drawing claims from the former president’s son that Big Tech companies are trying to influence the election. It has also sparked a Senate investigation. Google users were surprised to discover that the search engine’s “Autocomplete” was apparently omitting suggested results related to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. The anomaly quickly caught the attention of social media users, including a Texas congressman and Donald Trump Jr., who began sharing screenshots of their own examples showing Google search suggestions coming up empty for queries...

A new poll from The Wall Street Journal has found Vice President Kamala Harris neck and neck with Donald Trump after President Biden vacated the Democratic nomination for November’s election."Only 37% of Biden voters were enthusiastic about him in early July, and now 81% of Harris voters are enthusiastic about her," Democratic pollster Mike Bocian, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster David Lee, told the Journal. "This is an astounding change."The former president maintains a 2% lead over Harris in a two-person race, within the Journal’s 3.1% margin of error, indicating Harris has cut into the six-point lead Trump...

Biden announced his intention to drop out of the race July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee.MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Former US President Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden with removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution if he did not withdraw from the presidential race, US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. Obama told Biden he had gotten the approval of US Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the safeguard against presidential incapacity, Hersh said in a blog post on Substack. The journalist noted that, in accordance with the 25th Amendment to...

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ 1LT George K. SislerInfo from this website. George Kenton Sisler (September 19, 1937–February 7, 1967) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.Sisler joined the Army from his birth city of Dexter, Missouri, and by February 7, 1967 was serving...

In a statement shared with Newsweek by the IDF, spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari called it "the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7th," when a Hamas-led attack on Israel killed around 1,200 people, the majority of them civilians, according to Israeli officials. Following what the IDF called a "situational assessment and the intelligence in our possession," the Israeli military stated that "the rocket launch toward Majdal Shams was carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist organization." The group, however, denied any role in the attack. "The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon categorically denies allegations made by some 'Israeli' media outlets...