From Bone Spurs to Ear Spurs

Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt

The FBI identified the shooter, who was fatally shot by Secret Service agents, as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• 'It's Going to Be Covered Up!' Fox & Friends Diners Get 'Heated' Over Trump Assassination Attempt
• 'This Is Very Wrong': Secret Service Spox Lashes Out at Reporter for Asserting Trump's Security Resources Were 'Diverted' to Jill Biden
• Mayorkas Shuts Down House Republican's 'Baseless and Irresponsible' Claim He Denied Trump Security
• NEW POLL: Only 20% of Americans Are ‘Very Confident’ Secret Service Can Protect Presidential Candidates from Harm

This shooting will undoubtedly cause Trump to become kinder and more philosophical, just like what happened with Steve Scalise. - Al Cappuccino

Well, We ALL Knew This Was Coming. 11th Circuit, Your Move.

The Florida judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents trial dismissed the case against the former president Monday on the grounds that the appointment of and funding for special counsel Jack Smith was illegal.

If Judge Cannon's ruling holds, the Hunter Biden conviction would have to be thrown out. - Kyle Griffin, MSNBC

Reminder: Judge Cannon, a Trump appointee, has already been overruled multiple times by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. - Kyle Griffin, MSNBC

So will Judge Cannon have a speaking spot at the RNC? - Al Cappuccino

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump VP finalists Vance, Rubio and Burgum offer prayer, horror and anger after shooting
• 'Come On Aileen': Judge Cannon Gets Pilloried By Legal Analysts and Pundits for Tossing Classified Docs Case
• Trump Signals Project 2025 Migrant Deportation in Fox News Interview: 'We're Going to Get Them Out'
• Trump joins calls for RFK Jr. to get Secret Service protection
• MAGA Republicans Push Unhinged Conspiracy to Explain Trump’s Shooting
• 'Imminent': RNC's Bossie Teases Big Trump Move on Monday at RNC
• 'Fundamentally a Different Thing': Maggie Haberman Cites Lack of Trump Assassination Attempt Merchandise as Evidence of Different Approach
• Marjorie Taylor Greene blames "evil" Democrats for shooting by registered Republican
• Byron Donalds: Trump’s RNC entrance will be like ‘Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania’

Sarah Palin once created a crosshairs map that resulted in the shooting of Gabby Giffords. Take your both sides BS and get lost. It gets none here. - Matt Murphy

Marking A Turning Point?
Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed former President Trump’s campaign after an assassination attempt on the former president at a Saturday rally, marking a turning point for Musk and his political shift toward the right in recent years. 

Has there been any kind of news conference by Trump's doctors? I just find this weirder every moment... - Joan Walsh

THE DUDE IS A F---ING PEDOPHILE WHAT ARE WE DOING?! - Colin  Robinson

Mike Pence sent a condolence card to trump. It said “Sorry about the assassination attempt, it happened to me at my last job.” - NotHoodlum

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Rock The Voter News

• Joe Biden urges America to 'lower temperature' after Donald Trump shooting
• Vice President Kamala Harris postpones visit to South Florida in wake of Trump assassination attempt
• AOC to anonymous Democrat who said party resigned to Trump win: ‘Retire’
• Senate Homeland Security chair pledges ‘bipartisan investigation’ of Trump shooting

Our founders anticipated a Donald Trump but they didn't anticipate an entire rogue judiciary. - Jeff Tiedrich

MAGA: “We need to unify and stop dividing this country!”

Also MAGA: “Fuck you, California libtard f*ggot soy boy!!” - mikeynog

Interesting:  Bill Barr Rears His Ugly Head
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said he thinks Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should be fired for the way she has handled the fallout from the Saturday assassination attempt against former President Trump.

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Business/Tech News

• BlackRock Pulls 2022 Ad Featuring Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks
• Meta lifts Trump’s remaining account guardrails
• Elon Musk says the Trump assassination attempt is making him want to build a flying metal suit of armor
• Houston woman dies in apartment without power; Center Point restores after FOX 26 report

A little Ivermectin should heal that ear right up. - Rick Lenzie

MAGA keeps saying god intervened to save Trump's life, but how do they know it wasn't Satan. -  adgirlMM

Texans Still Without Power In This Brutal Heat Shame On You, Gov. Abbott!
 With around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday said he's demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the area as well as answers about its preparations for upcoming storms.

Well, Joe Biden's age is not the hot hot hot news it was last week, thanks Trump!

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Odd News

• All SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rockets Grounded After One of Them Explodes
• Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers
• Soccer Fans Storm Stadium Gates in WILD Scene Ahead of Championship Match in Miami
• Cruise line breaks world record with pizza party aboard multiple boats
• Florida mom denies instigating 500-person skating rink riot after daughter’s party was canceled

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Cala Luna in Sardegna, Italy. Just beautiful, I wish I was in that inflatable boat right now.

Peace.

Watch Biden's full news conference from last night defying calls for him to drop out

Watch Biden's full news conference from last night defying calls for him to drop out

President Biden, in a solo press conference Thursday night, said he's staying in the presidential race in order to "finish the job" he...

I’ve lost all faith in the media. It’s consolidated and mostly owned by “conservative” fascists who probably visited Epstein Island. - ivanastaircam

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• 'Suit Up, Lemmings!' John Bolton Rips on Biden’s Message to Dems: 'I’m Going Off the Edge of the Cliff and You’re Coming With Me'
• U.S. Officials See Hopeful Signs in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
• Emergency workers uncover dozens of bodies in a Gaza City district after Israeli assault
• After last-ditch effort, the Gaza pier aid mission is coming to an end
• Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Ukraine
• Russia increases income taxes for the wealthy to help fund Ukraine offensive

Trump is getting a free pass just like he did in 2016.  No way he could do a press conference for 40 minutes after 3 long days with world leaders.  He is incoherent most of time when he’s not spewing bile. Its sickening. - Karen Finney

John Bolton is more dangerous than Trump. El Pais wrote an article about him 2 years ago when he admitted being involved in some coups -- click here for the English version 

SHOCKER: CNN Analyst Showers Biden With Praise
CNN analyst and longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala gushed about President Joe Biden’s performance at a press conference, praising Biden’s “mastery” and calling it a “tour de force and a tour of the world!”

“I’ve spent more time with Xi Jinping than any other president,” says Biden, before adding “And by the way I handed in my notes.”

That, a reference to Trump infamously keeping the notes from one of his conversations with Putin. - Jim Sciutto, CNN

Republican Shenanigans

• Fox News' Gutfeld Rages at 'Self-Serving Prick' Biden: 'Won't Let Go of the Wheel Even If He Drives the Car Off the Cliff'
• Cruz leads Allred by just 3 points in Texas Senate poll
• Massie ‘amused’ by conspiracy theories surrounding wife’s death
• Mulvaney: Trump team cheering that Biden didn’t ‘crash and burn’ at NATO summit
• Brian Kilmeade Insists Biden Did 'Fine' at Press Conference — And That's 'The Worst Possible Scenario for Democrats'

The constant piling on of Biden day after day is not having the intended effect many hoped for.  He stood there and talked about policy details in ways Trump never has in his entire life at any age. - Adam Parkhomenko

If Texas Was On The National Power Grid, All Of Texas Would Have Power

Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water.

More than 1 million power customers in southeast Texas – mainly between Galveston and north of Houston – are still without power after Hurricane Beryl hurtled into the Gulf Coast on Monday, leaving at least 10 people dead in Texas and one dead in Louisiana.

Donald Trump was in clear cognitive decline for four years in the White House.

Why was no one talking about that? - Rep. Pramila Jayapal

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Denies He’s Mentally Hobbled, But Says ‘I Do Have a Little Problem with My Left Foot’
• He Should Stay In': Swing Voter Tells CNN Biden Presser Changed Her Mind — Most In Focus Group Agree
• Lawrence O'Donnell Declares Biden Presser 'the Most Masterful Televised' Foreign Policy Talk From a President: 'As Good As It Gets'
• Biden Campaign Chair Admits to Having Two 'Bad F*cking Weeks': 'If We Can Get Through These Two Weeks... We Can Get Through Anything'
• Biden Spox All But Pops Champagne Amid Mixed Reviews for High-Stakes Press Conference: 'He's Just That F*cking Good'
• Chris Matthews: Biden critics are ‘going to pay for it’

The NYTimes’s declaration that Trump is unfit is only about 8 years late. - Andy Borowitz

David Axelrod Is A Danger To The Democratic Party
Veteran Democratic Party strategist David Axelrod warned after President Joe Biden’s Thursday night press conference that it sounded like “ Biden’s team has not been very candid with him” about his current political standing.

President Biden has been in politics for 50 years. 

There will come a time when his service to this country will end - specifically in about 4 and a half years. 

He will go down as the man that single handedly blocked the strongest push to fascism America has ever encountered. - justcuuper

Still Ridin’ With Biden, and the sanctimonious elites like George Clooney can kiss my tattered frogman’s ass. - LeftyNavySeal

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Business/Tech News

• Rent prices are dropping across Florida and these US cities
• National French Fry Day 2024: How to score freebies and deals at McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and more
• How to know if you were affected by the AT&T data breach and what to do next
• Stop & Shop closing 32 underperforming grocery stores in the Northeast

CNN is in shock as their senior focus group overwhelmingly praised Biden's performance, with all but one member agreeing that he did very well and should run again. - ChrisDJackson

Apparently, The GOP Anti-Immigration Policy Is Working
For the first time since 2005, a majority of Americans believe immigration levels should be decreased, according to a Gallup poll conducted in June.

I just hope I live long enough to see the media do this to a Republican. - John Cole

Media: Biden didn't perform a triple lutz with a backflip. He needs to resign.

Biden: GFY

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Odd News

• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets are grounded after an in-flight failure
• New image captures glowing cosmic dance of the Penguin and Egg galaxies
• NASA Says No Plan to Use SpaceX to Rescue Boeing Starliner Astronauts
• Florida woman faces lawsuit, code violation after filling storm drain with concrete
• California city aims to host world's largest water balloon fight

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Lacets de Montvernier in the French Alps. Car, yes -- bicycle, no.


Have a wonderful weekend everyone!


Peace.

Morning Joe Goes Scorched Earth on Obama, Suggests Jealous Ex-President Is Behind Clooney’s Biden Op-Ed

Morning Joe Goes Scorched Earth on Obama, Suggests Jealous Ex-President Is Behind Clooney’s Biden Op-Ed

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski teed off on former President Barack Obama Thursday morning, blaming him for a scathing New York Times op-ed by George Clooney calling for President Joe Biden to be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee.

America has lost its damn mind. - Luke Zaleski

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Finnish president says he ‘no concerns’ about a second Biden term
• Israel says Hamas ceasefire demands at odds with deal blueprint
• Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say
• US reportedly foiled Russian plot to kill boss of German arms firm supplying Ukraine
• Biden touts latest aid package for Ukraine, telling Zelenskyy: ‘We will stay with you, period’
• After Beryl, power outages could last a week or more for 350,000 Texans
• Clarence Thomas Gifted Luxe Trip to Putin’s Hometown: Dems

Biden was up there yesterday literally leading nato with deep respect from heads of state. Trump’s meeting with dictators. And Biden’s the problem here? Give me a break. Dude is literally doing the job while idiots say he can’t. - Umairh

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Are Worried About Putin's Influence On The Election. Aren't We All?
Russia is turning to a familiar playbook in its attempt to sway the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, looking for ways to boost the candidacy of former President Donald Trump by disparaging the campaign of incumbent President Joe Biden, according to American intelligence officials.

You would think Clarence Thomas going to Russia on someone else’s dime and not reporting it would be more of a story. - Jon B. Wolfsthal

Defiant Ginni Thomas Vows to Keep her Seat on Supreme Court. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Governor Declares He's Not Voting for Trump: He's 'Not My First Choice'
• NEW POLL: Biden Tied With Trump Even As 67 Percent Say He Should Drop Out Over Debate
• 'What Does Clooney Know About Anything?' Trump Slams 'Fake Movie Actor' Over Op-Ed Calling for Biden to Step Aside
• House Republicans target vulnerable Democrats over Biden health
• Michelle Obama for president? Ted Cruz thinks she could be the Democratic nominee
• Luna push to fine Garland $10,000 per day over Biden-Hur tapes fails 
• Spartz charged after bringing firearm to Dulles airport

Trump's been posting pictures of Barron all day like he's his running mate.

What the fk is up with that? - Molly Ploofkins

The Dictator & The D____ To Dance At Mar-a-Lago. Will Barron Attend or CIA Moles?

Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet on Thursday at the Republican presidential candidate's Florida home, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The full agenda of the meeting was not immediately clear, though one of the sources said the war in Ukraine would be a topic of conversation.

Jeffrey Epstein 2006 grand jury documents are public. Read for yourself what happened

Dear journalists: Every story you write about Trump's VP selection process should note that he wanted his last VP hanged. - Mark Elliot

If you think the GOP and MSM won't go after Kamala Harris 100 times harder than they're going after Biden you're as deluded as the other guy's cult. - Michael Little

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden to hold news conference today amid debate over his 2024 campaign
• Biden Laughs As Reporters Scream About George Clooney For Solid Minute After World Leader Meeting
• House Democrats call for investigation into crisis pregnancy center funding
• 'Never Seen Anything Like It': Presidential Historian Calls on Biden to Immediately Resign Amid Exodus of Dem Support
• Daily Show Roasts Biden's 'Big Boy' Press Conference': 'Sounds Like He's Going to Show Everyone He Can Tie His Own Shoes'
• Jon Stewart Accuses Biden of 'Trumpian' Mafia-Style Refusal to Discuss Criticisms
• Stephen Colbert Mocks Biden With Dr. Seuss Parody: ‘Is He Mentally Fit? Can He Serve a Whole Term? Can He Beat RFK With His Brain Full of Worm?’

FACT: Donald trump's administration disbanded the U.S. Pandemic Response team in 2018, well before COVID struck and his deadly incompetence cost lives. 

Many people have forgotten this is part of his failed record, but I'm here to remind y'all. 

PASS IT ON. - Brooklyn Dad Defiant

So, How's The GOP House Legislation Going?

Ten House Republicans joined most Democrats on Thursday in sinking GOP-led legislation to fund the legislative branch for fiscal 2025, throwing an embarrassing wrench in GOP leadership’s ambitious plan to pass all 12 annual funding bills by the August recess.

Dems are still going to win in November and I don’t think a lot of folks are prepared for it. - Brett Meiselas 

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Business/Tech News

• 'Hot Numbers Coming In!' CNBC Gushes About 'Fantastic' Inflation Numbers Ahead Of High Stakes Biden Press Conference
• Biden administration giving $1.7B to auto industry to bolster US EV production
• Barstool's Dave Portnoy Tells Fox Biden Actually Did 'Great' at Debate Despite Dems Trying to 'Set Him Up' to Fail
• New York Times Editorial Board Calls for Republicans To Reject Trump

Biden took on corporate America by backing unions, forcing down the price of insulin, stepping up antitrust enforcement and freeing workers from non-compete agreements - in case you were wondering why the rich white guys in our own party have it in for him. - Wesley Clark

I'd Bet The Ranch That Jack Smith Received Manuscript Updates

Prosecutors who worked with former special counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation focused on Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin are set to have a book published in the fall, according to a Thursday press release.

If the Supreme Court wasn't corrupt, Trump would be getting sentenced today. - Molly Ploofkins

Florida In One Picture

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Odd News

• Climate-driven ice breakage is shortening shipping season in Northwest Passage: Study
• Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin
• Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests
• 205-foot bonfire pyre in Northern Ireland unofficially breaks world record
• Alabama woman, 108, stays young by 'flirting with men with mustaches

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Cerro el Cono is an extinct volcanic cone located in the Sierra del Divisor region of the Amazon rainforest, Peru near the border of Brazil. Imagine hiking through that forest to reach it.

Peace.