'Their brutal ordeal is over': Biden addresses largest prisoner swap since Cold War

'Their brutal ordeal is over': Biden addresses largest prisoner swap since Cold War

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden said Thursday a prisoner swap that freed Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul...

Trump is devastated. Even Putin left him for Biden.

Biden was working to secure the release of a WSJ reporter while the paper was calling him old and weak and telling him to drop out...- Covie

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Biden Slams Trump When Asked About Ex-President's Claim He Could Have Saved Russian Hostages
• 'Pretty Badass': Freed Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Asked Captors For an Interview With Putin
• JD Vance Calls Biden's Russian Hostage Deal a 'Testament to Donald Trump’s Strength'
• Gov. Burgum Tells Fox Russia Only Agreed to the Prisoner Swap Because They Think Trump Is Going to Win
• EU snubs Hungary and Slovakia over Ukraine oil sanctions
• Israel says it killed Mohammed Deif, architect of Hamas attack that launched Gaza war

Last night, Donald Trump called Leader Schumer "a proud member of Hamas."

In response, Leader Schumer says: "The lower he drops in polls, the more unhinged he becomes." - Kyle Griffin, - MSNBC

Wow, Are Republican Senators Having Second Thoughts On Trump?
National security-minded Republican lawmakers are alarmed by what they see as a growing split between themselves and former President Trump on key issues, including the war in Ukraine, preserving the NATO alliance and protecting Taiwan from Chinese aggression.

Remember that all of this is a strategy. The politics of outrage and insult are the last refuge of a politician who cannot defend his own plans. - Pete Buttigeig 

Republican Shenanigans

• Ex-Trump Employee Alyssa Farah Griffin Says NABJ Appearance Proves He's Mentally Declining, 'Slowing Down'
• 'Speaking To YOU Miss Harris!' Trump Spox Alina Habba Attacks Kamala Harris At Rally Over Her 'Roots' After Trump Race Rant
• Billionaire GOP Donor Peter Thiel Blames Christianity for 'Wokeness': 'It Always Takes the Side of the Victim'
• ‘It Beat Elvis!’ Trump Brags He Has ‘The Number One-Selling Mugshot in History’
• Republican Strategist Says Trump 'Did Crap the Bed Today,' Tells Him to 'Change Your Sheets' After Bizarre Comments at Press Event
• Kaitlan Collins Grills Republican Senator on Whether It's 'Defensible' for Trump to Suggest Kamala Harris Isn't Black – He Says 'Of Course'
• Appeals court rejects Trump’s challenge to hush money gag order

Trump Brings JD Vance's Streak of Saying Most Idiotic Things to an End. - Andy Borowitz

I Crown Thee Queen of Journalism
Primarily due to sharp questioning by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, former President Donald Trump's appearance before a gathering of Black journalists turned remarkably contentious on Wednesday.

At NABJ, Trump screwed the pooch and stepped out the door. His supporters don't care (many won't even know), and Trump himself doesn't care. All he wants is to yank back the spotlight from Kamala Harris to where it belongs: him. - Stephen King

“If you’ve got something to say to me, say it to my faces.” - Ivanka Trump

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Rock The Voter News

• Harris delivers eulogy for late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
• Schumer introduces bill to strip Trump’s presidential immunity
• JUST IN: Kamala Harris Leads Trump in Election Betting Odds for First Time
• 'The View' Absolutely Hammers Trump, Praises ABC Colleague Who Interviewed Him at NABJ Forum: 'He Unravels' When 'Women Challenge Him'

Donald Trump crumbled under a black female journalist. Wait until he has to face a black female prosecutor. - Alex Cole

Wowser. Apparently, Even Conservative Female Judges, Said Woah On Abortion Ban.

The Utah Supreme Court upheld a block on the state’s near-total abortion ban Thursday, keeping in place a law that allows abortion up to 18 weeks of pregnancy while litigation continues. 

The 4-1 ruling from the majority-woman Supreme Court is a blow to anti-abortion Republicans in the state Legislature but is not the final word on abortion access in Utah. It impacts only the district court ruling that previously blocked the law.

When I see Kamala Harris, I’m not thinking, “Indian,” “Black,” “Woman,” or “Jamaican.” I’m thinking, “That’s the person who is going to whip Donald Trump’s punk a** in the election!” - Jack Hopkins

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Business/Tech News

• UAW endorses Harris, citing ‘track record’ with workers
• Delta CEO says global tech outage cost airline $500M
• Biden admin proposes free family seating mandate for airlines
• Don Lemon files suit against Elon Musk over canceled X show

Photos with Epstein:

Kamala Harris: 0

Donald Trump: 77

That's weird. - Alex Cole

 

Venezuela's Oil Is Flowing Amid More Shipping Delays
Venezuela's oil production and exports were working normally on Thursday following last weekend's disputed presidential election that has triggered protests and international reactions, but shipping delays accumulated since early this year persist, sources said.

Thanks to the skill and persistence of @POTUS, @VP, and our allies, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza are being released from Russian custody. It’s a tremendous diplomatic achievement, and we’re grateful that they’ll be back home with their families where they belong.  Barack Obama

Problem solved

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Odd News

• Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic ice
• Nova explosion 3,000 light-years away will be seen from Earth
• Olympic Surfing-Tahiti surfing to resume after storm delays
• Korean Air says turbulence is knocking instant noodles off its economy menu
• Florida woman allegedly caught with drugs in bag labeled 'Bag of Drugs'

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Sagrada Familia is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).

Peace.

Harris dares Trump to debate her as she campaigns in Atlanta: "Say it to my face"

Harris dares Trump to debate her as she campaigns in Atlanta: "Say it to my face"

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Georgia with rapper Megan Thee Stallion as she seeks to keep the battleground state in play for...

I love how Vice President Kamala Harris has snatched the narrative right out of his grubby little hands.

New GOP Attack Ad Accuses Harris of Dancing. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• 'This Is Not Quid Pro Quo': Trump Fumes He Did 'All These Things' For Israel And Didn't Win More Jewish Votes
• Al Jazeera Reporter Breaks Down On Air Covering Graphic Killing Of Two Colleagues In Gaza
• Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, a US official tells AP
• Jan 6 Defendant 'Horrified' by Fox News 'Ongoing Misinformation' While Blaming 'Lies Sold to Him and Millions of Others'
• Secret Service detains man for incident involving security detail for Harris’ stepdaughter

Trump is third-most-talked-about political figure right now, behind Kamala Harris and JD Vance. - Windsor Mann

Someone Assassinated One of the Hamas Peace Negotiators In Iran. I Wonder Who?
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.

Ten bucks says they’re going to try another ear shot. - NotHoodlum

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Fires Back at Kamala Harris Allies Attacking Him as 'Weird' With Stunning Originality: 'She's a Weird Person!'
• Trump VP Pick Makes Unfortunate Reference At Rally Amid Baseless Couch Fornication Memes
• Trump Claims 'Crazy' Kamala Harris Will Copy Him By Eventually Meeting With Black Journalists Organization: 'She Has No Choice!'
• Trump Calls Kamala Harris 'The Most Anti-Catholic Person Ever' to Run for President and Adds 'P.S. Jewish People Are Treated Even Worse'
• Fox Business Guest: Media 'Trying to Sell' Kamala Harris as 'Obama In A Skirt'
• Barr led DOJ into ‘chaotic and disorganized’ response to George Floyd protests: Watchdog

Trump isn’t just weird.  He’s downright creepy. - Cheri Jacobus

Harris was doing 20 min speeches as VP. It works. No reason for hour-long stemwinders. Get in, make your points, get out, make your calls, do media. Rinse, repeat. - Peter Hamby

Apparently, JD Vance's Negative Rating Is Crashing and Burning

Sen. JD Vance’s (R-OH) favorable rating has slid even further from where it was a week and a half ago, prompting CNN’s Harry Enten to call Vance the worst vice presidential nomination pick since 1972.

Poll: One Hundred Percent of Democrats Support Vance Remaining on Ticket. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Expected to Deliver Opening Night Speech at Democratic National Convention
• 'Too Scared! Too Scared!' Crowd Taunts Trump At Kamala Harris Rally Over Debate Reluctance
• Latest Bloomberg Polls Show ‘Kamala Harris Wipes Out Trump’s Swing-State Lead’
• 'You're Repeating Disinformation': Stacey Abrams Cuts Off CNN's Kaitlan Collins in Awkward Exchange About Her Election Rhetoric
• Kelly hits Trump, GOP on border: 'They don’t actually wanna solve this problem'

Want to talk weirdness in policy? 

It's pretty weird to have the opportunity to feed hungry children and say "I'd rather not." - Hillary Clinton

You Can Bet The Ranch That Maricopa County Will Contest The Election Results. And So It Begins...

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has lost his GOP primary for reelection, a notable upset in a critical election official’s race, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. 

Richer lost to Arizona Freedom Caucus member state Rep. Justin Heap for a role that manages voter rolls and early voting, among other responsibilities. 

Dear Trump supporters,

Go get a 4 year degree, get into medical school, take embryology and pass it with at least a B, until you accomplish that I really don't fucking care what you think about maternal/fetal medicine.

We good? - AndreaR MD

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Business/Tech News

• Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban lead more than 100 Silicon Valley investors backing Harris
• Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway Go OFF on X CEO After Elon's Latest Fake News Post: She's a 'Circus Clown' Scooping Up Elephant 'Sh*t!'
• Boeing names aerospace veteran Kelly Ortberg CEO to steer turnaround
• CDC investing $10M into bird flu response among farmworkers

John Deere announced another round of layoffs last week, impacting hundreds of workers.

But the company reported a profit of over $10 billion in 2023.

Its CEO received $26.7 million in compensation.

And it spent over $7 billion on stock buybacks.

Textbook corporate greed. - Robert Reich

Trump's Strategy To Gain The Black Vote: Insult Black Americans AND Their Intelligence

Donald Trump sparred with ABC News reporter Rachel Scott over whether Vice President Kamala Harris was a “DEI hire” during a Black journalists conference.

The former president spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago where he questioned if Harris was Black, adding “someone should look into that.” Trump said he was not aware Harris was Black until a few years ago because she only promoted her Indian heritage, but then claimed she “happened to turn black.”

Two weeks ago, Trump got shot & we thought this was going to be the darkest election of our lives. Last week, Biden dropped out, the affable governor of Minnesota called the Trump people "weird," and some kid said JD Vance f--ked a couch. Now, the vibes are perfect. - Ginny Hogan

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Odd News

• Space-junk scout captures amazing fly-around footage of discarded rocket in orbit (video)
• Massive sinkholes in China hold 'heavenly' forests with plants adapted for harsh life underground
• Mysterious unidentified fireball lights up sky from California to Texas
• Tank falls off flatbed trailer on Texas highway
• Man pulls three planes while walking on his hands

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Navajo Falls in Arizona's Grand Canyon. There are little caves under some of the waterfalls.

Peace.

More voters say Harris has right temperament compared with Trump: Poll

More voters say Harris has right temperament compared with Trump: Poll
...A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found 45 percent of respondents said Harris has the right temperament for the job, while 35 percent said the same about Trump. Fourteen percent said neither have the right temperament, and 6 percent said they were unsure. 

The bottom is falling out for the Trump campaign. - Brett Meiselas

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump Posts Bonkers Conspiracy Theory the FBI Knew About — Or Even Ordered — Assassination Attempt
• Secret Service leader grilled by GOP over lack of firings for Trump security failures
• Israel strikes Hezbollah target in Beirut in retaliation for soccer field attack
• US disrupts Russian government-backed disinformation campaign that relied on AI technology

The Secret Service agents are rigorously trained to immediately remove the president or anyone they protect, from danger. The SS lollygagged for 2 minutes when trump was "shot". Pence refused to go with the SS on Jan. 6. Since when does a president or vice president tell the SS what to do? Everyone they protect is at risk at this very moment. Something's rotten. Very rotten. 

Putin Is Probably Smiling or Laughing...
The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race, top intelligence officials said Monday, detailing the latest efforts by America's adversaries to shape public opinion ahead of the 2024 election.

I guess it's hard to separate church from state when you can't even separate fact from fiction. - The Other 98%

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Agrees With Conservative Radio Host That Kamala Harris's Husband is a 'Crappy' and 'Horrible Jew'
• Trump VP Pick Busted By CNN Calling Childless People Sociopaths 'A LOT' In Unearthed Videos
• GOP Arizona Mayor Warns Trump Will Refuse To Leave Office If He Wins Second Term
• Lara Trump Compares Kamala Harris to a Designer 'Trash Bag'
• ‘Shame on You!’: Republican Castigates Bakari Sellers for Objecting to Slip-Up When Pronouncing ‘Kamala’
• Trump Tries to Clean Up JD Vance’s ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment: ‘He Likes Family’
• Josh Hawley and Secret Service Chief Get Into Shouting Match Over Trump Assassination Attempt: 'We've Got People Who Are Dead!'
• 'My Uncle Donald is Atomic Crazy': Trump's Nephew Opens Up About His 'Complex and Sometimes Cruel' Uncle in Stunning Interview

Burying your ex on your golf course is really f--king weird. - Rick Lenzie

The people who confused the Last Supper with Greek Mythology are the same people who want to eliminate the Department of Education. - The Other 98%

I, Personally, Have Never Seen Trump Laugh. A Grin, But Not A Smile.
Former President Donald Trump went after the way Vice President Kamala Harris laughs, telling Fox News that her chuckle indicates she is “a crazy person.”

Who killed the border bill in 2013-2014? Boehner and Republicans. Who killed the border bill in 2023-2024? Trump and Republicans. - Blue Progress

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden criticises 'extreme' Supreme Court in push for reform
• White Dudes for Harris raises $4 million
• Elon Musk Accused of Suspending "White Dudes for Kamala"
• NEW POLL: Kamala Harris Beating Trump by 4 in All-Important Pennsylvania

Harris: 34 years in public service

Trump: 34 felony convictions.

The choice is clear. - Alex Cole

Selfless Move By Gov. Roy Cooper
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate search in part due to concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would try to assume control if he left the state to campaign as part of the Democratic ticket, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Am I the only person who does not care who VP is because I have complete faith in Kamala Harris and it doesn’t matter to me who she picks? - AnnaMaria

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Business/Tech News

• Fox News Earns Highest July Ratings Ever During Bonkers News Month, More Than Triples CNN Viewers
• Trump claims Facebook, Google censored assassination attempt content
• Appeals court blocks Biden airline ‘junk fees’ rule
• Senate passes long-awaited bills to boost online safety, privacy for kids

Trump outsourced his VP selection to Eric and Don Jr, who I wouldn’t trust to choose a pizza topping. - Andy Borowitz

Paging Merrick Garland, There Is A National Security Risk In Operation. In Public. He's A Repeat Offender.

The organizers behind “White Dudes for Harris” have accused Elon Musk of suspending its official Twitter account following a fundraising video call.

The call, which took place Monday evening, drew nearly 200,000 attendees. More than $4 million was raised, which will be donated to the Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

Maybe more Republicans would believe in Climate Change if we'd refer to it as the Weather Rapture.

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Odd News

• ULA launches Atlas 5 rocket on the company’s 100th national security mission
• Phosphine discovery on Venus could mean '10-20 percent' chance of life, scientists say
• Perseid meteor shower, blue moon to captivate stargazers in August
• Woman learns of $207,199 lottery prize from email in spam folder
• Carrie Fisher's 'Star Wars' gold bikini auctioned for $175,000

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The Costa Rica Air Force.

Peace.