Then there was this amazing video taken by Rick Foerster who had been in the front row at the rally with his wife Karen, but had to go the hospital because she was overcome by the heat. They were there when the car arrived with Trump in front of the hospital. They had heard he was supposedly shot in the head and there was blood, from someone in the front row. I looked at this and thought about how John F. Kennedy was brought into Parkland Hospital. But fortunately, this was so different. You can hear how people in the room prayed for Trump when they heard that.
The New Madrid fault line remains something of an enigma to seismologists.
In its statement, the company promises to distance itself from the poisonous DEI parasite that has attached itself to the John Deere brand.
We will no longer participate or support external social or cultural awareness parades, festivals, or events.
Business Resouce Groups will exclusively be focused on professional development, networking, mentoring, and supporting talent recruitment efforts.
Auditing all company-mandated training materials and policies to ensure the absence of socially motivated messages, while being in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
Reaffirming with the business that the existence of diversity quotas and pronoun identification have never been and are not company policy.
We fundamentally believe a diverse workforce enables us to best meet our custonmers' needs and because of that we will continue to track and advance the diversity of our organization. //
It also doesn't define what it means by "track and advance the diversity of our organization." That could be as benign as complying with mandated reporting requirements, or it could mean that employees will continue to be advanced based on something other than merit. //
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I never quite got how DEI is "needed" to attract the right work force. Because my company does DEI, I get the feeling they hate me because I am not the right race or gender for them. I get the feeling that I will not get promoted, or be much less likely to be promoted because of my gender/race.
It makes me dislike my company and is definitely not making me want to spend the rest of my life working there - no loyalty any more - why would I, the company hates me.
All this just for the "3%" or so of people that might be attracted to this, who probably have mental conditions and won't function well in engineering in the first place.
President Trump withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. He did so for two reasons. First, Russia was cheating on the treaty like it always cheats on treaties (which is why I categorize anyone wanting an agreement with Russia as invincibly stupid, terminally naive, or a Russian agent of influence). It had developed and deployed prohibited weapons in Europe. Second, China was not bound by the treaty and was developing intermediate-range nuclear weapons while we were prohibited.
There is no "unilateral moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate-range missiles" on Russia's part for Putin to suspend. Putin made several proposals for a general moratorium, which the Trump administration rejected. There are no monitoring or verification measures in place.
If you want more details on the events leading up to President Trump's departure from the INF, read Trump Announces the US Is Leaving a Treaty Russia Is Violating, and You Can Guess What Happened. https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/10/21/trump-announces-us-leaving-treaty-russia-violating-can-guess-happened-n96589
What Putin wants is to retain roughly 100 forward-deployed launchers for missiles that would be covered by the INF and for the US to negotiate away its ability to respond. Putin's lapdogs are all upset about Russian cities being within range of NATO weapons but not a single one of those voices has ever expressed any concern about Russian weapons based in Kaliningrad threatening a majority of NATO capitals.
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When people claim medium-range missiles in Germany are destabilizing because they can reach homeland targets deep inside Russia, including Moscow, ask how often they’ve complained about short-range ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles stationed in Kaliningrad.
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And threatening to nuke NATO capitals is something that happens on Russian state television a couple of times a month. //
Hopefully, Trump won't let himself be rolled by Putin the way that China's Xi pantsed Biden; Checkmate? US Removes Missiles From the Philippines As China's Xi Plays JFK to Biden's Khrushchev.
CNN contributor and Democrat strategist Van Jones was impressed with model and rapper Amber Rose's speech, as were many who listened to her at the Republican National Convention on Monday.
Jones told CNN viewers that Rose's speech was "probably the most dangerous speech" for the Democrat party.
That was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She is describing the experience that a lot of people have — feeling that maybe, if you’re around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much or you might not be able to speak your mind, and she spoke to it really well. //
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12:22 PM · Jul 16, 2024
On Sunday, Trump said in an exclusive interview with the New York Post, aboard Trump One while en route to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, that he was "supposed to be dead," as he recalled the "very surreal experience."
The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle. I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead ... I’m supposed to be dead.
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By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here. //
Donald being Donald, he also took a moment to describe the "iconic" picture taken soon after Secret Service agents helped him to his feet and led him off stage.
A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen. They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture. I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are seeking a federal permit to experiment in the waters off Cape Cod and see if tweaking the ocean’s chemistry could help slow climate change. //
The scientists want to disperse 6,600 gallons of sodium hydroxide — a strong base — into the ocean about 10 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The process, called ocean alkalinity enhancement or OAE, should temporarily increase that patch of water’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the air. This first phase of the project, targeted for early fall, will test chemical changes to the seawater, diffusion of the chemical and effects on the ecosystem.
If successful, the team plans to conduct a larger trial next year in the Gulf of Maine.
Just for the record, the Atlantic Ocean contains 82 billion billion gallons of water. That's a lot of water. (And yes, gallons. I use freedom measurements.) The world's oceans combined contain 97 percent of the water on the planet, amounting to 352,670,000,000,000,000,000 gallons. Even if this experiment were to yield some measurable results, what do these researchers propose to do next? There isn't enough lye on the planet to be able to do this on a global scale. //
Desert Knights
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Always knew climate change folks were lyers. //
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And thank God they are not able to do it to sufficient scale to have any measurable effect. We currently have an atmosphere with roughly 420 Parts Per Million CO2. Ideal saturation for plant growth is closer to 1500 PPM, and the Earth has averaged somewhere around 1000 PPM for the entirety of its existence. At 150 PPM, plants start dying off at a potentially unrecoverable rate. In other words, we don't have too much CO2. We have too little... or at the very least on the lower end of acceptable. CO2 doesn't cause climate change. It is a byproduct of climate change. When the Earth warms, CO2 increases.... usually after a period of between 50 and 100 years (depending on how rapidly the Earth warmed). During the glacial eras, CO2 was down to about 180 PPM. These clowns, likely trying to get grant money, are going to some day do something that actually does have an effect, and endanger actually killing the planet... because when the plants go, the animals aren't far behind.
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/climate-scientists-say-we-should-embrace-higher-co2-levels-5551562?src_src=Morningbrief&src_cmp=mb-2023-12-31&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZec9eh0f3cDe%2FrwZrW5AK7N3ykoCaSoB2Kl%2FSebydvZTYx08oz5RWkI%3D
Senate Candidate for Virginia Hung Cao knows the magnitude of the gift his family was given when they were allowed to immigrate from Vietnam to the United States. In an inspiring speech at the RNC Tuesday evening, Cao tells of how America saved his life.
"We escaped from Vietnam days before Saigon fell to the communists. We were given a new life in the most generous country on earth. My name is Hung Cao, and America saved my life."
Cao's speech reminded us of the beauty of the American dream and that no country in the world is like our own. He shows us immigration done right — a treasured piece of American history and heritage that has gotten lost in the reckless stewardship of poor leaders. . //
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"Don't ask for the American dream if you aren't willing to embrace AMERICAN LAWS & AMERICAN CULTURE." -- @HungCao_VA
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My fellow Republicans, let's send Joe Biden back to his basement, and let's send Donald Trump back to the White House. Life was more affordable when Donald Trump was President, our border was safer under the Trump administration, and our country was respected when Donald Trump was our commander-in-chief. Joe Biden has failed this nation. //
Our enemies do not confine their designs between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. We need a commander-in-chief who can lead 24 hours a day and seven days a week. America cannot afford four more years of a 'Weekend at Bernie's' Presidency. //
Let's be honest here, Biden is just a figurehead. He's a tool for imposing a leftist agenda on the American people. They support open borders, allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and to burden our communities, but just don't send any to Martha's Vineyard, then they get really upset.
RSB
7 hours ago
Well Cannon has things going for her here:
1) Justice Thomas concurrence, which she quoted from and based her ruling on. And Thomas doesn't write that if he doesn't have at least 5 votes behind it. It was basically what he did when he used opinion writing to beg for a Chevron case.
2) 11th Circuit is not a leftist sinkhole. And...it's SCOTUS supervisory justice is Thomas.
3) Jack Smith is unique in that he was a private citizen and not an already in place US Attorney. Without the Independent Counsel statute being in effect there was no authority to just appoint a private citizen to these powers without Senate approval.
4) In addition to the Immunity concurrence, the ruling that revoked Chevron plays here as it directly refutes deference to DOJ interpretation of its regs.
I think ultimately she gets upheld here. And that SCOTUS takes it even if a Trump election "moots" it so they can make a definitive ruling. //
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That's the issue. The Statute authorizing the DOJ to appoint Special Counsels expired many years ago and was never renewed.
The current trends of the court here indicates that their interpretation is that an agency can not by itself decide it has authority. Only Congress can grant it to them. The fact that the previous authorization expired without being renewed indicates Congress withdrew that authority.
From what I read yesterday- Smith is using Stare Decisis as his argument-i.e previous courts have upheld the appointment of SCs therefore it is decided law. It's dangerous to try to predict what the court will do in a particular case but in general that argument will not looked upon with favor by this court. This court has repeatedly ruled that unconstitutional behavior by an agency is unconstitutional behavior by an agency- whether it as been previously upheld in the courts or or not. //
The Viking RSB
6 hours ago
Prior to his appointment, every other SC had gone through the approval process in one form or another, as either head of the FBI (Mueller) or as a US Attorney, such as Durham and Hur.
But now, according to the local news, Nicole Ford with WPXI, it is so much worse than just a couple of minutes — they spotted the shooter on the roof nearly a half hour before the shooting.
Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point. //
It was 26 minutes, running from 5:45 p.m. to 6:11 p.m., which is when the shot hit Trump. //
Guess what that building was, the one that the shooter was on? It was a staging area for the local police involved in security for the event. Unbelievable.
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Just think, one Pennsyl-tucky redneck on the roof of that building with a lawn chair and a case of Yuengling would have done more to protect Trump than the Secret Service.
11:50 AM · Jul 14, 2024. //
The issue of overwork is sort of baked in during campaign season. Other claims that Trump's security detail was pillaged to provide security for Jill Biden, that more resources were requested and denied, and that the counter-sniper detail was only assigned the day before the rally, if true, are the decision of Director Cheatle, or at least had her approval. The actions are also so petty that it is easy to believe that the White House, particularly "Dr. Jill," was behind them. //
It is very difficult to believe that Trump had "enhanced" security. On the other hand, the decision to add a counter-sniper team to security only 24 hours before the event does explain how the shooting happened. A shortage of personnel explains why the shooter's vantage point was "outside the security cordon," though not why local police did not guard it, //
In the end, it comes down to credibility. Siphoning off Trump's regular security detail to protect Dr. Jill goes a long way toward explaining the goat-rope we see as they are bundling Trump into the vehicle. The people leaking about what went on behind the scenes aren't making excuses; they are giving reasons.
Mayorkas has a very estranged relationship with the truth, and there is no reason to believe anything he said. The surest way to tell he was lying to Stephanopoulos was to watch his face. His lips were moving.
As I write, the information in the public domain regarding the perpetrator is still sparse. The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed shortly after firing his lethal shots. The public is therefore left to speculate about his motives.
However, what we do not need to speculate about is the climate created and cultivated by Donald Trump’s political enemies. America is polarized, toxic, and politically close to a breaking point in part because the country’s liberal political, cultural, and media elite never accepted Trump’s legitimacy as the country’s president. //
For years they have proclaimed Trump to be a danger to democracy and demonized his voters as witting or unwitting fascists. The May 16 edition of the once-revered New Republic depicted Trump as Hitler on its front cover.
“We chose the cover image, based on a well-known 1932 Hitler campaign poster,” wrote editor Michael Tomasky, “for a precise reason: that anyone transported back to 1932 Germany could very, very easily have explained away Herr Hitler’s excesses and been persuaded that his critics were going overboard. … But he and his people vowed all along that they would use the tools of democracy to destroy it.” Trump, argued Tomasky, was “damn close enough” to being an American Hitler, “and we’d better fight.”
The argument that Trump posed a Hitler-level threat to American democracy can be traced back to the first outbreak of Trump Derangement Syndrome among left-leaning journalists in 2016. What made the argument so malignant was that it justified using all means possible to disrupt Trump’s presidency and to prevent his re-election. //
The Democratic Party is in a mess today because they failed to do what a losing party in a major democracy is supposed to after it loses an election: conduct a thorough autopsy and get to the bottom of all the factors that lead to its defeat. That is supposed to be the main point of the years in opposition—to figure out what went wrong and come back equipped with insight, resources, and policy proposals to attract the voters.
Instead, after 2016, the Democrats invested their money, time, energy, and media ties into an effort to trash Trump’s presidency and thwart his bid for a second term. It seemed to work. They won the 2020 election.
But after 2020 the Democrats did not settle down to govern and bring a divided nation together. Under the stewardship of an elderly and superficially moderate president, they continued to wage rhetorical and legal jihad against former president Trump.
yaan Hirsi Ali
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The argument that Trump posed a Hitler-level threat to American democracy can be traced back to the first outbreak of Trump Derangement Syndrome among left-leaning journalists in 2016. What made the argument so malignant was that it justified using all means possible to disrupt Trump’s presidency and to prevent his re-election. We should not be surprised, then, at what happened yesterday. It was the inevitable result of years of vitriolic,
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Montage of democrats calling for violence and unrest.
Never forget.
8:31 AM · Jul 14, 2024
Now zoom out and think about the genocidal language of the last couple of years, that has been introduced, spun up, amplified, in our formerly more civil discourse. Pro-vaxxers wanted anti-vaxxers dead. Anti-vaxxers have made snide remarks about the deaths of the vaccinated. Pro-Palestinian protesters have cried, “Death to America” and “Death to Jews.” Pro-Israeli voices have called for the eradication — even “liquidation” — of Gaza and Gazans.
And on, and on.
My friend was telling me about the Pride parade in San Francisco this year —....
I wondered — as Candace Owens had done, I hope not as ignorantly — Why? Why devote this kind of energy - which is not needed, to support LGBTQ legal rights — to offending or degrading or corrupting public space, and affecting children?
Then I remembered something a mentor of mine had explained to me. He is involved with the Chabad movement, and many of the Rabbis expect the Messiah to appear (or appear again) soon.
My mentor is eager to see a world in which both Jews and non-Jews know about and follow the seven Noahide commandments. In the views of many Chabad religionists, it is only when humans align with God by living moral lives, that we prepare for and even “bring down” to earth, Mashiach, the Messiah. (In his view it does not matter if we call it a Christian or a Jewish Messiah; it is the same time of, act of, redemption, and the same establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven).
In this worldview, we had all better start getting ready, because Mashiach is due to arrive in the next few years.
“The dark forces know that their time is almost up,” he explained. “And so they want to get people to break every commandment — to do every evil deed — because only by doing so, does that delay the arrival of the Mashiach.”
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This is the problem that my Secret Sources have cited: Secret Services resources were diverted to Jill Biden's event and away from Trump's because they followed agency protocol applying to Trump as a former president, according to two sources within the Secret Service community.… Show more
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🚨New info from a source in the Secret Service community — Trump’s usual protective Secret Service detail was worked so hard (working 7 days a week with no days off) that many of agents assigned Saturday were temporary replacements from different field offices.
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2:11 PM · Jul 14, 2024
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🚨 (cont.) "I’m told the only permanent agent from trump’s detail during the rally was SAIC (Special Agent In Charge) Kern, two sources within the Secret Service community told me. All others were temps," Crabtree reported. Pittsburgh "USSS Field Office had a Jill Biden visit and designated a lot of resources to her, the source said. Also - the advance work only occurred one-day beforehand bc of a lack of resources."
Where were the resources? The Pittsburgh USSS Field Office had a Jill Biden visit and designated a lot of resources to her. “That is f—-ing unbelievable to me,” the source remarked.
2:33 PM · Jul 14, 2024
Another Secret Service source says approval for the Counter Sniper Team was only granted the day before the rally - and that is not enough time for a two-man team to do their survey. That’s nowhere near enough time - a site like that should have had at least three Secret Service counter-sniper teams at the very least.”. //
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Theres an untrue assertion that a member of the former President’s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed. This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo
7:38 AM · Jul 14, 2024
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Resign today.
7:49 AM · Jul 14, 2024
Byron York @ByronYork
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It's a huge day in politics and MSNBC has pulled 'Morning Joe' off the air. They're apparently worried the MJ crew might say something 'inappropriate' about the Trump assassination attempt. From CNN: https://cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html
7:36 AM · Jul 15, 2024
"The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution," her order states. "Special Counsel Smith’s use of a permanent indefinite appropriation also violates the Appropriations Clause [...] but the Court need not address proper remedy for that funding violation given the dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds. The effect of this Order is confined to this proceeding." //
"The bottom line is this," she wrote. "The Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers, and it gives to Congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers. The Special Counsel’s position effectively usurps that important legislative authority, transferring it to a Head of Department, in the process threatening the structural liberty inherent in the separation of powers. If the political branches wish to grant the Attorney General power to appoint Special Counsel Smith to investigateand prosecute this action with the full powers of a United States Attorney, there is a valid means by which to do so. He can be appointed and confirmed through the default method prescribed in the Appointments Clause, as Congress has directed for United States Attorneys throughout American history, see 28 U.S.C. § 541, or Congress can authorize his appointment through enactment of positive statutory law consistent with the Appointments Clause."