Minnesota State

Saint Paul, MN

Columbus, OH

Salon

President Joe Biden and his campaign, struggling to contain the fallout over his disastrous debate performance, have been nailing down Democratic support on Capitol Hill despite calls for him to step aside for a more viable nominee. But those efforts have done little to slow his tumbling poll numbers, which on Tuesday prompted the nonpartisan Cook Political Report to move three swing states — Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada — into the "Lean Republican" column.

"A landslide": Political analysts and some Democrats now say Biden is bringing down the whole party

TheDailyBeast

Former President Barack Obama has reportedly told allies that Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has made his bid to win back the White House even tougher than it had been previously.The Washington Post reports that Obama gave a harsher private assessment of Biden’s chances of re-election following the debate despite publicly trying to ease concerns by tweeting that “bad debates happen.”The outlet reported that Obama “spoke directly with Biden by phone after last Thursday’s debate to offer his support as a sounding board and private counselor for his embattled former vice president,” according to WaPo.It remains unclear how much or...

Obama Privately Goes Shaky After Offering to Prop Up Biden

While President Joe Biden’s support wanes, Vice President Kamala Harris is facing growing calls to replace him on the Democratic party ticket in November’s election. And it seems that all the chatter may be front and center of her mind. In a potentially telling verbal gaffe, Harris slipped...

Kamala Harris slips up almost calling Biden ‘vice president’ as they put on united front at July 4 event

Former President Donald Trump was asked about the presidential race against President Joe Biden and potentially facing a different candidate during an interview with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity.

Hear Trump’s response when asked if he wants Biden to quit the race

Washington, DC

President Joe Biden has ended his Thursday evening press conference on the outskirts of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. Biden fielded questions from 11 reporters, including three from foreign press outlets, in what his team had hoped would be an opportunity to quiet critics within his own party calling for him to exit the race.

Biden ends press conference after one hour, multiple flubs

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Ohio State

JD Vance, Donald Trump’s pick for his vice-presidential running mate, has been a U.S. senator for just a year and a half, but that’s been long enough for him to compile an extensive anti-LGBTQ+ record. Vance, from Ohio, was elected to the Senate in 2022 and was sworn...

JD Vance's horrendous record of homophobia and transphobia

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Nevada State

The Independent

 Joe Biden made a joke about getting a dog during an energetic speech at the NAACP meeting in swing-state Nevada on Tuesday (16 July).As well as using his speech as an opportunity to respond to calls for him to exit the presidential race, the US president also fired up the crowd by mocking Donald Trump’s references to “Black jobs” by citing the roles of Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the highest levels of governmentThe president has sat for interviews in the wake of the assassination attempt on his Republican rival, but the speech in Las Vegas marked his return to the campaign trail.

Biden makes dog joke in response to calls for him to exit presidential race

Pennsylvania State

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, has officially put his foot down against Biden’s naysayers in a New York Times op-ed published Saturday. Sanders said he has had “enough” of his party’s public infighting over Biden’s viability, and that “too many Democrats have joined that circular firing squad.” Sanders urged his fellow Democrats to “learn a lesson from the progressive and centrist forces in France who, despite profound political differences, came together this week to soundly defeat right-wing extremism.” Sanders writes that there are a number of areas in which he disagrees with President Biden, including the handling of the Israel-Gaza war and health care. But despite their disagreements, Sanders writes, Biden “has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump.” And, yes, Sanders wrote, “Mr. Biden is old, is prone to gaffes, walks stiffly and had a disastrous debate with Mr. Trump.” Yet, he added, “A presidential election is not an entertainment contest. It does not begin or end with a 90-minute debate.”Read it at New York TimesRead more at The Daily Beast.

Bernie Sanders Warns Democrats Against Biden ‘Firing Squad’

Wisconsin State

Bethel Park, PA

I grew up in Peters Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh that buttresses Bethel Park, the community where Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, James Crooks, lived. Bethel Park was a rival to Peters Township in many ways, especially when our sports teams faced each other. We disliked each other when those games occurred. And though there may have been a township line that divided the two communities, in so many ways, Bethel and Peters just blended together. The phrase “A great place to raise a family” comes to mind.

Bethel Park, Butler and Milwaukee, and how MAGA hate persists

ABC News

Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is expected to put President Joe Biden and his campaign even further on their back foot.

Trump assassination attempt could force Biden to limit newly aggressive campaign

WashingtonExaminer

A conservative watchdog group is calling on Reid Hoffman, the billionaire Democratic megadonor supporting President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection, to be removed from influential board seats after a comment he reportedly made before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Hoffman told GOP megadonor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel at a conference in Idaho […]

Biden megadonor should lose board seats over Trump ‘martyr’ comment: Watchdog

Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, whether President Biden should stay in the presidential race, and more.

If Joe Biden loses the race it'll be because of his age-related issues: Former Senator Bob Kerrey

In a recent episode of his online show Tucker Carlson Today, comedian Ari Shaffir and disgraced formerFox News host Tucker Carlson engaged in a candid conversation that veered into a provocative discussion about Transportation SecretaryPete Buttigieg’s authenticity as a gay man. During the program, Carlson and Shaffir questioned the...

Tucker Carlson accuses Pete Buttigieg of being ’not gay at all’

Las Vegas, NV

USA TODAY

“Folks, I know what the hell a ‘Black job’ is — it’s the vice president of the United States,” Biden said to loud cheers.

Biden says he knows what a ‘Black job’ is. It’s vice president of the United States.

Military.com

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies for a second term in office.

Here's What Biden and Trump Actually Did for Veterans as President

Milwaukee, WI

The Republican National Convention officially kicked off Monday in Milwaukee, where delegates from across the nation have gathered to nominate former PresidentDonald Trump for the 2024 presidential election. The convention, hosted at the Fiserv Forum, runs until Thursday and promises to be a landmark event for theRepublican Party. It comes...

What the LGBTQ+ community should expect from the Republican National Convention

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

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Pete Buttigieg calls out Donald Trump’s disrespect for military at Minnesota Biden campaign event

U.S. Secretary of TransportationPete Buttigiegvisited a Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter in St. Paul on Friday afternoon to advocate for the Biden-Harris campaign, addressing a...

Pete Buttigieg calls out Donald Trump’s disrespect for military at Minnesota Biden campaign event

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