George Clooney implores Biden to step aside in opinion article

George Clooney implores Biden to step aside in opinion article

The actor says he talked to Biden at LA fundraiser and concluded: 'We are not going to win with this president'

Biden, who famously doesn't listen to "elites," now receives a public plea to drop out from one of his most high-profile fundraisers, George Clooney. Clooney also called him in June and asked him to quit besmirching the ICC, where his wife works, to protect Israeli war criminals. - Emma Vigeland

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Israel calls for Gaza City to evacuate, affecting hundreds of thousands
• A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school
• Morocco to acquire Israeli spy satellite worth $1 bln
• NATO summit: Ukraine moving 'closer' to membership
• Blinken: F16s will fly in Ukraine this summer 
• Keir Starmer Says Ukraine Can Use UK Missiles to Strike Inside Russia

We should be talking about the fact that our feeds today would have been dominated by tomorrow's sentencing of Trump on 34 felonies but because of a corrupt Supreme Court we're only discussing Biden. - Will Bunch

Watch The Video, He Wasn't Smirking.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller’s press conference took a contentious turn Tuesday when reporter Sam Husseini accused him of “smirking” as he discussed the number of civilian deaths in Gaza.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are building a luxury resort in Albania that will be managed by Aman Resorts, owned by Russian businessman Vladislav Doronin, Reminder that Doronin among other things is also Blavatnik’s partner (front man for Kremlin)

Of course, Ivanka and Kushner continue to take Russian money. - Olga Lautman

Trump Requires Running Mate to Also be Cellmate. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Ex-Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka Makes 'WTF' Racist Comment About Kamala Harris
• 'She Wants Him Out!' Fox & Friends Face-Off On Pelosi's Guarded Remarks On Whether Biden Should Drop Out
• Barron Trump makes political debut at father’s rally: ‘You’re pretty popular’
• 'Deranged': Critics React To Trump's 'Fat Pig' Rally Rant
• Watch: Trump Fumbles Repeatedly in Terrifying Speech at Florida Rally
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott Jets Off to Asia as Hurricane Beryl Lashes His State
• House Freedom Caucus drops two members in one night
• Brian Kilmeade Presses Trump On Whether JD Vance's Beard is a VP Dealbreaker
• No, This Photo Does Not Show Joe Biden Pointing Gun at Jill Biden

Due to the vigilance of Republican governor Greg Abbott, the only time Texans won't have air conditioning this summer is when it is dangerously hot. - Middle Age Riot

Trump Appointed Judge Resigns. But The Reason Why, Oh My.

Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred, who resigned Monday following a sudden announcement of his intent to do so last week, has been “publicly reprimanded and admonished” for judicial misconduct “by creating a hostile work environment for his law clerks and by having an inappropriately sexualized relationship with one of his law clerks,” according to documents made public Monday by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit.

Kindred, 46, was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2019 and confirmed in 2020 to the lifetime position. 

Democrats: "Our candidate has to be perfect in every way. An eloquent statesman of pure articulate genius. A blameless, faultless, sinless, spotless paragon of absolute virtue. An angel. A saint."

Republicans: "We literally don't care if our candidate is a convicted criminal."- Middle Age Riot

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden points to Texas leaders over delay in Beryl aid
• Dem Shontel Brown Hammers Trump When CNN Anchor Asks About Mispronouncing 'Kamala Harris' At Rally
• Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal Tells Reporters He's 'DEEPLY Concerned' About President Biden
• 'She's Not an Idiot': Democrats Think Pelosi Purposefully Fanned Anti-Biden Flames on Morning Joe

For those saying the media won't stop until Biden is out...you all aren't prepared at all for what they're gonna do to Kamala Harris. - Wajahat Ali

Well, Someone In Congress Is Working: AOC Introduced Articles of Impeachment Against Alito & Thomas
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, citing their “pattern of refusal to recuse” themselves from matters to which they are connected and their “failure to disclose” millions of dollars in gifts over decades.

You know who will do just fine if Trump wins? 

People like George Clooney, Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart.

118 days to the election.

This is the wrong fight. - John Pavlovitz

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Business/Tech News

• Oil surges after OPEC maintains demand forecast
• Powell stresses message that US job market is cooling, a possible signal of coming rate cut
• Nearly 1 in 4 55-year-olds will need financial support from family after retiring: Survey
• Musk beats $500M severance lawsuit by fired Twitter workers
• Russia declares newspaper The Moscow Times 'undesirable' amid crackdown on criticism

Donald Trump raped children.

The media is ignoring it because they want him reelected because he is good for ratings. - Mark Romano

Wow. CNN Is Firing People and Launching A Paid Digital Product. I Bet Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Jonathan King, David Axelrod, etc... Won't Be Fired. Same Old, Same Old.

CNN plans to cut scores of jobs as it goes through a major restructuring of its news-gathering operation and launches a digital subscription product later this year.

“CNN is one of the world’s most successful multi-platform global news brands, but we can’t thrive as a company unless we find new sources of revenue to offset the structural pressures on legacy income streams,” CEO Mark Thompson wrote in a memo

Biden was up in the polls after the debate. After almost 2 weeks of non-stop coverage of Biden bashing, Biden dropped in the polls. Apparently, CNN is paying the cost.

On this date in 1776 the statue of King George III was pulled down in New York City.

Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law. - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Europe’s first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely
• Evidence Mounts For Ancient Black Hole In The Milky Way Say Scientists
• Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures
• Kangaroo captured after half a year on the loose in Germany
• Teen safely stops runaway boat speeding in circles on New Hampshire's largest lake

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Mt. Tymfi in Greece. Why do people stand so close to the edge? Shiver me timbers.

Peace.

Marla Maples: I’m Ready to Be Trump’s Veep

Marla Maples: I’m Ready to Be Trump’s Veep

The former president’s second wife opened up on her relationship with Trump and 2024 in a new interview, and sources tell the Evening Standard she’s ready to join the veepstakes.

Marla Maples has as few morals as Trump. When she and Trump were openly dating while he was still married to Ivana, Marla would hurl insults about Ivana to the press. Nice, huh?

There is a presidential candidate who rambles at length about being eaten by a shark and electrocuted by a boat, and he is not the one whose mental state is being scrutinized. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• US President Biden condemns 'Russian brutality' after deadly Ukraine strikes
• Zelensky arrives in Washington for NATO summit with support for Ukraine’s war effort top of the agenda
• Putin hosts India's prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
• Heavy Israeli bombardment in Gaza City forces medical facilities to close as thousands flee
• Egypt, US, Israel spy chiefs to attend Gaza truce talks in Doha
• ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Actor Finally Pleads Guilty to Jan. 6 Crime
• Justice Sotomayor’s Bodyguard Shoots Suspected Carjacker Outside Her Home

I don’t care about White House logs showing a doctor visiting. 

I care about call logs showing Trump communicating with Jeffrey Epstein. - KD

The Sad Thing Is That The Supreme Court Will Throw Out Any Case Brought Against Justice Clarence Thomas 

Two Democratic senators are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for possible tax law violations.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent the letter to Garland last week asking him to appoint a special counsel “to investigate possible violations of federal ethics and tax laws.” The two lawmakers pointed to public reporting over the last year which found Thomas failed to disclose multiple luxury trips and gifts from billionaire friends.

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips. - The Onion

Republican Shenanigans

• 'They Rolled Us!' RNC Committeewoman Rages After Trump Loyalists Ram GOP Platform Through Without Debate
• Josh Hawley Declares At Convention He Is 'Advocating Christian Nationalism'
• Haley releasing delegates to Trump
• MAGA Senate Hopeful Falls for Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement
• Parkinson's Doctor Tells NBC Biden Has 'Classic Features' of Disease: 'I Could Have Diagnosed Him From Across the Mall'
• Trump Vows to Send 'Election Fraudsters' to Prison For 'Long Periods of Time': 'ZUCKERBUCKS, Be Careful!'
• Biden assails Project 2025, Trump denies knowing about it

George Santos Urges Trump to Step Aside for Him. - Andy Borowitz

I'm So Old I Remember George W. Bush Saying He Left The Oval Office At 5pm and His Bedtime Was 9pm

White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby continued facing questions about President Joe Biden’s health on Tuesday following a press conference the day before where Kirby defended the president, but said he’s “uncomfortable” talking on the subject.

Kirby joined CNN on Tuesday where Kate Bolduan asked about reports that Biden told Democratic governors recently he’d like to avoid events after 8 p.m. to get more rest...“I can appreciate it may be uncomfortable to offer such an assessment on your boss at any point, but especially publicly and on television, but Biden himself has said for months and months that age is legitimate issue and something we saw last week is CNN is reporting that Biden told Democratic governors that part of his plan going forward after the debate was to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he could get more sleep,” Bolduan said.

For anyone that needs a primer, Jeff Zucker was head of NBC/Univ when Trump hosted ‘Apprentice’ & ‘CA’ Trump was the same guy then he is now: snorting Addy, sexual harassing, racist. I if knew about it don’t u think head of network did? Zucker left and went to CNN & helped Trump. - Noel Casler

The Right has spent decades glamorizing the military, militarizing the police, flooding the nation with weapons of war, encouraging vigilante violence, and saturating the culture with fear- & anger-based propaganda...what could possibly go wrong? - Curtis Rissmiller

Trump Screens VP Candidates for Any Worrisome Signs of Self-esteem. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Dismayed House Dem Says Party Still Divided on Biden After Meeting: 'We're Not Even in the Same Book'
• AOC Backs Biden Amid Growing Calls for Him to Drop Out: ‘He Is in This Race and I Support Him’
• James Carville Predicts Biden Dropping Out Is 'Inevitable': 'Everybody Knows What's Going on Here'
• Jasmine Crockett Flames ‘Ignorant’ Chip Roy for Calling Kamala Harris a ‘D.E.I. Vice President’ 
• Top Biden Donors Blast Jill and Hunter: ‘Sullying Legacy’

Stop asking Biden to drop out over the first 30 minutes of a debate and start asking Trump to drop out over the Epstein stuff, Project 2025, the Coup on our nation's Capitol, his botched response to Covid, his 34 felony counts against him for business fraud and hush money payments - Richard N. Ojeda II

Flashback Meme from 9 years ago

Hillary Has Already Said She Would Not Run. But Here's A Poll Anyway!
Both Vice President Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ran ahead of former President Trump in a new survey from a Democratic pollster, while President Biden trailed slightly behind the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

DNC has launched billboards tying Trump to Project 2025 in Doral, Florida ahead of his rally tonight. - Outspoken

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Business/Tech News

• USPS stamp prices are about to go up
• Washington Post Reporter Hits Competition For Jumping On Biden Parkinson's Story: We Checked If Was ‘Actually Newsworthy’
• NewsNation's Leland Vittert Calls Biden Mental State 'Terrifying': Real Debate Is Whether He Can Have 'Nuclear Codes' Now
• 'People Are Still Freaking Out!' CNN's Abby Phillip Tells Colbert About 'Silent Scream' Among Dems After Biden's ABC Interview
• CNN’s Harry Enten on Downballot Doomsaying: Biden Loss Will Likely Cost Dems Both the House and Senate
• ‘He’s Proud to Be the First Black Woman?’ Jake Tapper Airs Brutal Montage of Biden’s ‘Not Coherent’ Post-Debate Stumbles

When you deport millions of working Latinos in an already understaffed job market, how do you fill those jobs?

You slash social security and force millions over the age of 65 back into the workforce.

That’s Project 2025. - cjnmm

Treasury Secretary Defends Biden

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called President Biden “extremely effective” amid growing calls for him to step aside after a poor showing in his first presidential debate against former President Trump.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) asked Yellen during a House committee hearing if she had “noticed any mental or cognitive decline” in any of her meetings with Biden...Yellen also offered a single “no” when Lawler asked if there had been any discussion among Biden’s cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment.

There are two people you should never trust. A religious leader who tells you how to vote and a politician who tells you how to pray. - Alex Cole

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Odd News

• Europe’s powerful new Ariane 6 rocket lifts off in debut flight
• Astronomers sniff out pungent exoplanet using James Webb Space Telescope
• Used toilet paper 'all too familiar' a sight at Yosemite National Park
• Video shows dog starting house fire by turning on stove in middle of night
• Italian land artist plows giant Eiffel Tower in farm field to celebrate upcoming Paris Olympic Games

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Dinner among the grapevines in Tuscany is definitely on my bucket list.

Peace.

Since It's Not In The NEWS: The newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have Donald Trump's name all over them.

The newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have Donald Trump's name all over them. He had been secretly disguised as 'Doe 174.'

Former President Donald Trump may have fought to keep his name redacted in court documents before a judge ordered to have it unsealed.

Hey MAGA, why did Trump make 69 calls to known child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein? - Tea Pain

To A Room Of Main Stream Media...

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• NATO debates calling Ukraine membership path 'irreversible' at D.C. summit
• ‘No words for this’: horror over Russian bombing of Kyiv children’s hospital
• India’s Modi makes first Russia visit since Ukraine invasion
• Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City in pursuit of militants. Thousands flee again
• Iran's president-elect reaffirms policy towards Israel

One failed attempt at a shoe bomb and we all take our shoes off at the airport. 

One failed attempt at overthrowing our country and we still allow the guy who orchestrated it to run for President so he can do it again.

Why aren’t we protecting America from right-wing terrorism? - Melanie D'Arrigo 

FRANCE: NO TO Le Pen!!!

France's left-wing New Popular Front coalition is leading in the second round of voting, according to exit polls.

The unexpected result puts France on course for a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right in a major upset that would prevent Marine Le Pen's National Rally from running the government.

On NPR they said French people were crying with happiness and relief when they avoided fascism with their votes. I can't wait to feel that here.  - Paula Poundstone

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Has Been Golfing Quietly For 9 Straight Days
• RNC approves Trump-centric platform with softened language on abortion
• Trump Fires Off a Fundraising Email Declaring 'Biden is Dropping Out!'
• Chuck Todd Defends Dem Party 'Elites' After Biden Lashes Out: 'It's the Elites Who Put Too Much Faith in Biden'
• Trump Supporter Slams Republicans Over Joe Biden Backlash: 'Idiots'
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Brutally Roasted For Flubbing Basic American History: 'This Is Embarrassing'
• Kellyanne Conway launching weekly Fox Nation program
• Kanye West's Ex is Speaking at the RNC Next Week

Biden Uses Absolute Power Granted by Supreme Court to Declare Himself 40 Years Old. - Andy Borowitz

Media 2016: "You shouldn't make medical diagnoses of Trump if you haven't examined him."

Media 2024: "Let's all medically diagnose Biden without examining him." - Alex Cole

My Take On Project 2025: They Plan To Make The Self-Proclaimed Moses President (aka Mike Johnson). Trump Is Just Their Fool Tool.

An ex-national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that former President Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Project 2025 are “ludicrous,” citing its deep ties to his administration.

“This is preposterous,” Olivia Troye said in a CNN interview. “If you look at the collaborators and the authors of this plan, a lot of these people came from directly people that served in Trump’s Cabinet during this administration.”

Hillary Clinton is literally warning us about Project 2025 and Trump.

You better God damn listen to her this time. - aes

Reminder of the media's 2016 coverage of Hillary

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Rock The Voter News

• 'Absolutely! Whether He's In Or Not!' Biden Tells Reporters He's Committed To Debate Trump Again — Suggests Trump Won't Show
• 'We Did Not Come To Beat Up On You!' Black Church Pastor Defends Biden During Intro To Speech Amid Drop-Out Pressure
• Senate Democrat: Time to have Biden’s back
• Axelrod asks why Trump is ‘uncharacteristically holding fire’ as Biden teeters

All these people saying Biden should step down while Mitch McConnell is still out there somewhere buffering. - Rick Lenzie

Joe Tells Democrats, They Need To Step Up

President Joe Biden wants Democrats in Congress to know he has no intention of exiting this year's election, sending them a letter on Monday on his personal letterhead.

Here is Biden's letter to the congressional Democrats whose backing he likely needs...

Biden has had 18 appearances in 10 days. Trump has had ZERO

Hello, media? 

The media reminds me of people who just walk into traffic without looking - BlackKnight10k

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Business/Tech News

• Texas Power Outages Top 2 Million as Beryl Pounds State
• 1,300 flights canceled due to Hurricane Beryl
• Wall Street Titan Nukes Biden and Trump's 'Chronically Horrendous Leadership' In Brutal Takedown of Baby Boomers' Legacy
• Billionaire Reid Hoffman Invests Millions in Smartmatic to Help Blockbuster Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News
• Pa. middle-schoolers impersonated teachers on TikTok, district says

I want a President that wasn't leaving Jeffrey Epstein voicemails at 3 A.M. - TheRealThelma

Boeing Pleads Guilty To "Fraudulently" Killing People
Boeing (BA) will plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy in a Justice Department agreement that brands the aviation giant as a corporate felon but could resolve a big legal headache as Boeing tries to convince customers and investors that it has its problems under control.

The French Election and the British Election are good signs for the democrats come November. Trump’s team is worried. They have an unpopular hard right agenda and a candidate that disliked by a majority of his fellow Americans. - Anthony Scaramucci

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Here's a photo of why my electricity was out. 

Very dangerous 3 way intersection with no light. Sigh.

At least no one was killed. A big semi hit the pole.

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Odd News

• Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA's Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days
• New images reveal an asteroid that just whizzed by Earth has an unexpected companion
• High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil
• Florida researchers find unusual crooked fish in Silver Glen Springs
• Florida woman allegedly used ‘large magnet’ she got on Amazon to steal clothes, bags from brick and mortar store

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Lake Nakuru - Kenya, is the nesting site of over a million pink flamingos.

Peace.