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Former Obama administration official Van Jones said Wednesday that Democrats, behind closed doors, are discussing “how” to replace President Biden at the top of the ticket, “not whether.” The CNN commentator said the Democrats who defend Biden on TV have “completely different” conversations in private, amid growing concern in the party about Biden’s standing as the presumptive nominee. “I understand people want to, you know, defend him and protect him and give him the space and the dignity to make his own choice,” Jones told CNN’s Jim Sciutto Wednesday, referring to Biden. “But there is a big conversation happening right...

Netflix's billionaire co-founder who's one of the Democrats' most generous donors has called for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. Reed Hastings, 63 is asking Biden to step aside after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump last week. 'Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous,' Hastings told the New York Times Wednesday. Hastings, alongside wife Patty Qullin, packed the party's coffers during the Trump era to the tune of over $20 million. They've also specifically backed Biden in the past, giving $1.5 million...

A CNN segment discussing Joe Biden's ailing missteps descended into a shouting match between two guests. Scott Jennings, who served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush, appeared on OutFront on Tuesday to discuss the competency of Biden. He clashed with fellow guest Jamal Simmons, the former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris. 'Are you comfortable with Hunter Biden running White House senior staff meetings? Do you think this is good?,' Jennings shouted before Simmons replied: 'Why are you yelling at me?' Jennings was discussing the concerning report about President Biden's cognitive abilities and another about how...

Most voters believe Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance on Thursday was not caused by a cold or too much preparation, but by dementia. That is one of the most damning findings in an exclusive national poll for DailyMail.com. Only 10 percent of respondents accepted the White House's excuse that a cold was to blame for the President struggling to answer questions or hold his train of thought during a 90-minute showdown with Donald Trump. At the same time, it reveals that Trump, 78, has extended his lead over 81-year-old Biden to six points, deepening the crisis facing the president's reelection...

The White House on Wednesday explained what President Biden meant when he misspoke and said “We finally beat Medicare” in last week’s presidential debate. “He meant to say he beat big pharma,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a briefing when asked about the president’s words. “I mean, that’s what he meant to say.” The statement about Medicare by the president last Thursday night left some confused, and the president has faced an overall negative review of his performance in the debate against former President Trump. The debate, in which Biden spoke with a raspy voice and stumbled...

From New Year's Eve some years ago, but still good for celebrating the birth of a great nation.

In 2015, retired Catholic priest Paul-André Harvey from Quebec's Chicoutimi diocese pleaded guilty to 39 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency. Most of his victims were girls between the ages of eight and 10. Harvey was sentenced to six years in prison. But before Harvey died in prison, the defrocked priest did something extraordinary — he provided a confession for his victims to use in a class-action suit against the Catholic Church. He claimed that church officials were aware of his crimes for years. When complaints surfaced, Harvey says he was simply moved. Records show between 1963 and 2002,...

After Thursday's disastrous CNN debate, President Joe Biden and the First Lady Jill tried to get ahead of the inevitable backlash, glossing over the debacle with a flurry of soft-ball publicity appearances. A quick stop off at a debate viewing party held by ardent Biden-loyalists was followed by a midnight visit to an Atlanta Waffle House. As the President – still looking stunned after his televised humiliation – greeted fellow diners who awkwardly remained seated, Jill swept up to the counter and giggled: 'Order for Biden.' But, for all her slick attempts to paper over the cracks, what happened next...

That's right, I said it, and I've been saying it for a while. Look, I know we all have our opinions on this, but here are some facts: 1. Trump CANNOT be allowed to win in '24. Considering that the anti-American leftist marxist democrats have opened the door to indicting their political foes, it's probably even more important that Trump loses than in 2020. 2. The 2020 election was NOT the "most secure election ever". The tactics used by the left in 2020 only worked because it was seemingly plausible, to the general voting public, that Trump would lose, what...

'The economy is fine!' 'Wages are up!' 'Inflation is down!' If all of those things sound familiar, it's because that's what the Biden administration has been telling us for years. They bragged about saving you a whopping 16 cents on your Fourth of July dinner a couple of years ago and bragged about cheaper Thanksgiving dinners, too. Now -- four months from the election -- Biden finally admits grocery prices are still too high. This is something 99.9% of Americans could've told you, and something that pops up as a major concern in polling. And here's Biden's plan to 'fix'...

In 19th century New York City, Theodore Gaillard Thomas enjoyed an unusual level of fame for a gynecologist. The reason, oddly enough, was milk. Between 1873 and 1880, the daring idea of transfusing milk into the body as a substitute for blood was being tested across the United States. Thomas was the most outspoken advocate of the practice. At the time, severe bleeding was often a death sentence. Blood transfusion was practiced, but it was something of a crapshoot. Medical science was still 3 decades removed from discovering blood types. Patients who received mismatched blood suffered discolored urine, itching, and...

An open-secret American spy plane has broken cover after the US Air Force released photos of its Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA). Built by DZYNE, the semi-classified drone is now confirmed as deployed and active. The recent unrest in the Middle East, and especially in the Red Sea have been a proving ground for Western military technology, tactics, and policy. The MQ-9 Reapers used for long-range reconnaissance to guard against terrorist attacks on shipping, as well as other on other missions, have been invaluable. Unfortunately, one hard lesson is that the Reaper is vulnerable and at a cost of...

June 29 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched spy satellites for the United States from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday night. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at the opening of a two-hour window, 8:14 p.m. PDT. The United States' National Reconnaissance Office described the classified mission as "the second launch of NRO's proliferated architecture, delivering critical space-based ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] to the nation." A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the booster landed on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, in the Pacific Ocean. It was the eighth launch...

Starlink Internet now available in Madagascar to Africa's east, company says. July 3 (UPI) -- SpaceX early Wednesday launched a new round of Starlink satellites into orbit in its first launch for the month of July after it saw a slight delay. The liftoff at pad 40 took place in at 4:55 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida after a two-hour delay. The Falcon 9 rocket carried with it 20 Starlink satellites that were successfully put into space above Earth. Included along with the 20 Starlink satellites launched Wednesday were 13 that have Direct to Cell...

One of the surprising discoveries of the Webb telescope involves an early population of compact red galaxies at redshift above 7, a time when the Universe was 20 times younger than it is today. The galaxies are redder than expected from their cosmological redshift, indicating additional reddening by a layer of dust. Some of these galaxies contain as much mass in evolved stars as our own Milky Way galaxy. Nevertheless, they are a hundred times smaller in radius, of an order of a few hundred light years. These compact galaxies manifest an increase by a factor of a million in...

Special Dispatch to the N.Y. Times. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Friday, July 1, 1864. The following particulars of the cavalry raid of WILSON and KAUTZ, are furnished by an officer connected with Gen. KAUTZ'S division, who took part in the expedition and was seriously wounded. The force embraced the following commands. KAUTZ'S division, consisting of First District Columbia Cavalry, Fifth and Eleventh Pennsylvania, Third New-York Cavalry. First two constitute the brigade, under Col. SPEER. WILSON'S division embraced Second Vermont, with regiments from Ohio, New-Hampshire and New-York. Also, three batteries of artillery, twelve pieces under Lieut. STANTON. KAUTZ started Tuesday,...

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NATIONAL FRIED CLAM DAY National Fried Clam Day falls on July 3 to honor an iconic food in the New England states. Let's explore a quick history about fried clams while snacking on a few ourselves. #NationalFriedClamDay Seaside clam shacks or roadside restaurants serve these delectable nuggets and tend to be the primary source for anyone seeking them. The clams are dipped in milk and coated with a combination of regular, corn, and/or pastry flour.Then the coated clams are fried in oil. They can be "clam strips" (sliced parts of hard-shell clams) or whole soft-shell clams. Whole soft-shell clams impart...

KEY POINTS * Although the unemployment rate is just 4%, there is a growing share of young adults not working. * “NEETS” are opting out of the labor force by choice. * Others, referred to as “new unemployables,” are struggling to find employment despite their best efforts. =================================================================== Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one. And not everyone even wants a job at all. Some, referred to as “NEETs,” which stands for “not in employment, education, or training,” are opting out...

Even as the Biden team ramps up its damage control, fresh word on the president’s compromised mental state keeps popping up. Among the worst of the latest: President Biden’s top staffers, per high-level leaks to Politico, have been keeping bad news from him during his regular briefings — lest it trigger one of his notorious rages. That is, they’re not just hiding him from the outside world — but also hiding the outside world from him. And this is presumably during the 10 a.m.-to-4 p.m. window (per aides’ leaks to Axios) when the staff figure the president is functional —...