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My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… Show more
2:13 PM · Jul 21, 2024

Does this mean Harris is automatically the nominee? The answer is no, but what this does is paint Democrats into a corner. With Biden having stepped aside, he's already done them a massive favor. For there to be any movement against Harris at this point would cause a huge rift within the Democratic Party. Yes, she's deeply unpopular and losing to Trump according to the current polling, but she's the vice president and she checks way too many intersectional boxes to be pushed aside.

In short, this could get really ugly going forward. Either Harris is coronated and there's some semblance of unity within the party or others step up to challenge her and you've got chaos. //

Regardless, no American voter should forget who lied to them. If the nominee does end up being Kamala Harris, she knew about Biden's condition. She was in the administration that covered it up and trashed anyone who dared question the official narrative. She is culpable, and the fact that she misled voters is a genuine scandal. This fight is just beginning.

Insiders told The Post that local law enforcement was recruited for the Butler, Pennsylvania rally because Secret Service headquarters denied the ex-president’s request for extra resources.

Trump’s personal detail asks Secret Service headquarters for resources –manpower, equipment, tech — headquarters approves or denies at their discretion.

Only when denied would the detail inquire with the field office, which would backfill with any available resources, including local law enforcement.

Congressman Ronny Jackson, who served as physician to the president during the Trump administration, said in a statement Saturday he evaluated the former president in Bedminster, New Jersey, last week. //

"The bullet track produced a 2 cm-wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear," the physician said. "There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear. The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly.

"Based on the highly vascular nature of the ear, there is still intermittent bleeding requiring a dressing to be in place. Given the broad and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were required."

Olbermann responded critically on X.

Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann
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In brief: Ronny Jackson isn't a doctor. Which is perfect, because Trump wasn't hit by a bullet.
6:13 PM · Jul 20, 2024. //

Olbermann's denial of this not only reeks of hatred, it is an act insulting to the family of Corey Comperatore, who was killed while protecting his wife and daughters. It's insulting to David Dutch and James Copenhaver, who were seriously wounded. Does Olbermann think their injuries were faked as well?

On Sunday, using his personal X account, President Joe Biden released a letter to the American people in which he announced his withdrawal from his 2024 reelection bid. //

Clodagh
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Does Joe know? //

anon-x7j0
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If he is not fit to run for reelection, how is he fit to run the country till January 20, 2025? The party that is screaming the most about “threat to democracy” has already ENDED our democracy because unelected people are running the country, not Joe Biden.

Re: Cor, blimey
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Take about a cup(235ml) of good white or cider vinegar, put it in a blender with a dozen or so ripe habeneros (seeds & all ... ghost, scorpion, reaper, whatever), a teaspoon (5g) of sea salt (not that nasty, metallic tasting, iodine-infused "table salt"), and about a tablespoon each of honey(20g) & turbinado/demerara sugar(12g) (muscovado or piloncillo also work, if you can find 'em). You can leave the sugars out if you like, taste before adding. A tablespoon of chipotle powder (10g) (or smoked cumin) adds a nice smoky note, but isn't required. Blend well. Add a little more vinegar or another habenero if needed, to get a Tabasco-ish consistency. It's usable immediately, but bottle it & stick it in the back of your fridge for a couple months and it just gets better ... A turkey baster with the plastic bit from an eye-dropper stuck on the end works well for re-filling old Tabasco[tm] bottles.

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WARNING! Keep this stuff away from mucous membranes! It WILL hurt you! Do not play with your contacts after handling it ... come to think of it, don't play with anything after handling it. If you get my drift. (Hang on a second ... we EAT this stuff? On purpose?)

What happens when reckless hate meets today’s realities and social media. //

Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital
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That feeling when you're Politico and try to cancel JD Vance by saying that he loves Lord of the Rings and that LOTR is far right propaganda but accidentally end up making him the coolest profile photo possible.
3:54 PM · Jul 19, 2024. //

Meanwhile, the memes are flowing like the lava on Mt. Doom.

If the former chief medical advisor to President Biden wants to talk tough, let’s see him back it up.

Downplaying an assassination attempt against Trump barely one month after getting weepy-eyed discussing threats against himself and his family during a House hearing is rich.

“Yes, there have been everything from harassments by emails, texts, letters of myself, my wife, my three daughters,” Fauci testified during a House Oversight Committee hearing in June.

“At these moments, how do you feel?” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) pressed.

“Terrible,” Fauci said, still visibly upset and trying to collect himself. //

Don’t let the crocodile tears fool you. Try to imagine what Fauci’s response would be if somebody fired a shot directed at his skull and ended up with a face covered in blood.

Think he’d be back on CNN the next day saying, ‘Look guys, don’t worry about me, it’s simply a superficial wound. Carry on.’

In that same hearing, Fauci claimed the “credible death threats” against him have “required my having Protective Services essentially all the time.”

(Side note – There is no more credible death threat than actual shots fired and having a supporter nearby killed in the hail of bullets. Fauci would have you believe the threats he receives are more credible than those others receive). //

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), went on to point out that as a high-profile senator who has nearly killed himself on multiple occasions, he doesn’t have a security force comparable to the left’s greatest false idol. He also mocked Fauci for trying to garner sympathy.

“He wants to develop empathy and sympathy. He wants to paint Republicans as creating this danger. I've had 34 death threats in a week before. I have had death threats as soon as this last week,” Paul said.

“So we get them all the time, and nobody picks me up in a limo and takes me to where I want to go every day.” //

Jim Dollar 4 hours ago

Has Trump ever claimed anything otherwise? He put a bandage on it and went on about his campaign.

The important part is that it was inflicted by someone trying to kill him, and would have succeeded but for a turn of his head. And that's a pretty serious incident.

Rep. Mike Waltz
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Once again Mayorkas has MISLED the public.

On CNN he called my statement that President Trump’s detail was DENIED repeated requests for stronger secret service protection “an irresponsible statement that is unequivocally false”.

Now WaPo is citing officials that I was CORRECT,…
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NEWS: Secret Service repeatedly denied requests from Trump’s detail, contrary to their statement last week. Requests included at times: snipers, magnetometers and agents to work them, specialty teams. Our latest: https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/20/trump-secret-service-security-attempted-assassination/
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Next time you’re going to call me and your own Secret Service agents liars on national TV, make sure that you're not the one lying to the American people yourself.

7:39 PM · Jul 20, 2024

Rep. Mike Waltz
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I have very reliable sources telling me there have been repeated requests for stronger secret service protection for President Trump.

Denied by Secretary Mayorkas.
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Comer wants USSS Director Cheadle to appear for a hearing on Trump shooting “soon.” His committee has oversight of Secret Service:

Comer: My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the assassination attempt at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. I thank the brave Secret…
9:59 PM · Jul 13, 2024

Rep. Mike Waltz
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Director Cheadle should be fired just for how badly she’s dealt with the public this week.

NO press conferences, NO on-camera briefings, NO flow of information to the American people.

The public has a RIGHT TO KNOW how someone came within 1/4 inch of killing President Trump!

5:00 PM · Jul 20, 2024

Iran supplying Samad-3 drones — like the one that hit Tel Aviv — to Mexican drug cartels and Venezuela, Israeli sources say. //

Iran-made drone flew over 1200 miles before hitting Tel Aviv
The Iran-made Samad-3 drone “traveled about 2,000 km from Yemen to Israel through the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt,” the Israeli news website YNET reported Friday. “The drone used different routes to confuse the IDF detection systems. The drone’s payload was relatively small and contained few kilograms of explosives to prolong the aircraft’s distance, allowing it to cross Sinai and enter Israel through the Mediterranean Sea.”