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Go big or go home.

Totally unlike Zuck, who donated $400 million to the "good guys". To support remote voting and mail in ballots. And he even looks reptilian. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. On an aside, I wonder if tongue reduction surgery is painful?

I doubt that Iran was involved. But the fact that they were aware of an elevated threat and still let the disaster unfold is scary. Had there really been Iranian (or Ukrainian, as in other stories circulating) assassins instead of a kid, Trump would be dead. The only thing that saved him was sheer dumb luck and an even dumber kid. The DEI Secret Service failed miserably.

FWIW: Elon Musk denies donating $45 million monthly to Trump-supporting PAC https://fortune.com/2024/07/15/elon-musk-donating-trump-45-million/ But just his endorsement alone is enough to move the needle.

U.S. authorities reportedly received intelligence ahead of an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump over the weekend that Iran was reportedly plotting to kill him, CNN reported on Tuesday. The intelligence, provided to U.S. authorities by a human source, prompted the Secret Service to ramp up protections for the former president in the weeks leading up to the shooting, several people briefed on the matter told CNN. Pretty scary if that was the Secret Service's ramped up effort. https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/16/us-reportedly-received-intel-iran-plot-kill-trump/ https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/16/iran-plot-assassinate-trump-00168830

I don't have a clue what happened. But if I were a Burmese laborer working in the area, I'd make myself scarce for awhile.

Waste it on restoring free speech to social media? Some things matter more to him than money. Thank goodness. It'll be interesting to see the results of his lawsuit against the advertisers' cartel that's colluding to keep advertisers from conservative sites, and not just X. That could be worth $$ Billions.

Maybe he wasn't really talking about nukes and Brits and Muslims. Maybe it's a comment on the dangers of open borders and unfettered immigration. TBH, I haven't found the actual video because most social is blocked here. I will eventually.

But it's okay for cities to violate state (and federal) law by becoming sanctuary cities. And it's perfectly fine for cities to impose firearm restrictions that are stronger than state law. No, this is really simple. It's about fairness and safety and protecting women.

Did you see where Morning Joe was pre-empted the day after the Trump shooting because they didn't trust their hosts and guests not to say something stupid, like advocating more practice at the range? That's the kind of professionals they hire. They don't trust 'em. Neither do I. Even CNN is having a chuckle. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/media/msnbc-morning-joe-pulled-trump-assassination/index.html https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joe-scarborough-surprised-very-disappointed-msnbc-1236073476/

Have a look at these 2 photos. They explain what I think happened. Bottom line, I think the SS snipers were looking for the guy for those 42 seconds as opposed to looking at the guy. Probably because the crowd was shouting. I think they only saw the guy when he popped up to threaten the cop. He was on the far side of a gable roof and probably not visible until he popped up. One adjustment I'd make to my theory is that the cop wasn't on a ladder. He was apparently standing on another cop's shoulders and that's partially why he lost his balance and fell away when the shooter threatened him. Still looking forward the the full report. Not as a recommended link, but as a fair use attribution: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/new-secret-service-identified-rooftop-next-trump-pennsylvania/

What do you think the LGBTQ+ mean when they protest laws that restrict "Gender affirming care for minors", and try to ban schools from telling parents when their kids decide to change gender identities? If it's not cutting off winkies, it's feeding them hormones that have a permanent effect, for what Euro studies say is usually a temporary angst.

I've been to a lot of churches, of many different denominations. Not a single one has suggested that cutting off my winkie may solve my transitory teen angst. See how I worked "transitory" in there?

I'm not questioning this lady's courage, her training, or her dedication. But you can't send a 5'5" 140 pounder to be a human shield for a 6'x" 2xx pound president. Had there been another shooter, they'd be at the Trump funeral, not the RNC Convention.

CNN says forensic audio suggests 3 weapons were fired at the site. Which (my guess) would probably be the shooter and 2 SS snipers. Several other CNN blurbs don't seem to raise any alarm about multiple shooters, simply estimating the distance from the shooter to the stage. I wouldn't put to much credence on a witness who heard shots from a water tower, because of echoes. If they claimed to see another shooter, that's different. We'll see if any photos or video show up. https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-rally-shooting-07-14-24/index.html (The 3 weapons blurb is timestamped 5:10 p.m. GMT+8, July 15, 2024) Audio forensics suggest as many as three weapons fired at Trump rally

So, Obama, Obamacare and the Dem donation machine have their fingerprints all over this.

Maybe in Bizzaro World, after the disastrous debate and the just as awful recovery attempts. But, the MSM will keep on giving him do-overs. Like his "tone down the rhetoric" interview where he urged everyone but himself to tone down the rhetoric. In the next breath, he accused Trump of being an existential threat to Truth, Justice and the American Way. Made him sound like Lex Luther on steroids. Like that's not a dog whistle for another shot at the prize.

It's gonna be interesting. It's not unusual for a common practice that's been going on for years to be found unconstitutional when a party brings it up. I'd also remind you that it was "common practice" for presidents to take arguably classified documents when they left office, even since the Presidential Records Act. Up until Trump, none of them were prosecuted for it. At worst, they argued, lost the argument, and gave up the papers. I can't name one whose home was raided at gunpoint. So much for the concept of "common practice" when Trump is involved. Edit: Read this if you want to understand why they're so eager to have her pulled from the case: The second version Cannon asked for assumes that as president, Trump had complete authority to take records he wanted from the White House, which would make it nearly impossible for prosecutors to secure a conviction. If she were to institute this sort of instruction, Smith’s team said, “the Government must be provided with an opportunity to seek prompt appellate review.” https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/politics/special-counsel-mar-a-lago-jury-instructions/index.html

Ben Shapiro summed it up well. Biden wants everyone to ratchet down the violent rhetoric, except himself. He's still going to call Trump out as a threat to democracy and the American way of life. And still refuses to acknowledge that may trigger the next nutcase who thinks they're doing the world a favor.

Name someone alive today that has changed the world more than Elon Musk. In fact name anyone in modern history, other than Robert Oppenheimer. Just his history with Twitter/X shows there are some things he values more than money.

You mean like those German geniuses that mocked him for suggesting that Germany may not want to tie their economic future to gas from Russia? How did that age?

The emojis make it hard to calculate the P/RW ratio. That's Pejorative/Real Words. I don't know where the emojis go...

I think that's against the DNC Bylaws.

Next Biden's going to claim the mRNAs were developed during the Biden years, and he was working at the lab where it happened.

If you believe the Biden hype, we should also thank him that we don't have to wear masks any more, and Covid deaths are way down.