Pennsylvania State

In a brief statement to the press on Sunday, US President Joe Biden said he had ordered an independent review of the security at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally “to assess exactly what happened,” and perhaps shed light on how a shooter was able to open fire at the former president and other rally goers.

Biden orders security review after Trump rally shooting

Mainstream economists largely groaned this week as the Biden administration rolled out its new proposal for a limited version of national rent control, especially as the country faces a housing crunch. The plan — officially unveiled Tuesday morning — would temporarily bar large landlords from claiming lucrative tax deductions if...

Biden’s rent cap is a half-hearted populist gesture

President Joe Biden has lost the media. Even the most sympathetic outlets — the liberal MSNBC, the gentle NPR — have joined the chorus questioning his ability to continue his campaign. But those outlets, which riveted Democratic audiences through the Trump years, last week faced a furious backlash...

Big media outlets are questioning Biden’s fitness. Some of their audience is furious.

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

California State

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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?

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

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

The pick of Sen. J.D. Vance as former President Trump’s running mate is raising fears in corporate America that populist, anti-business Trumponomics will truly take hold in a second term in the White House. While Trump’s rhetoric in his first term advocated for working-class Americans, the Goldman Sachs alumni...

‘CEOs are shocked’ that J.D. Vance is Trump’s running mate

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Virginia State

Charisma reveals that Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been criticized again for what are considered to be insensitive comments. On his Twitter/X account, the Texas preacher said the following.

Virginia ministers weigh in on Joel Osteen's comments about blessings

The Lens

For decades, Angola has forced prisoners to work in fields in extreme heat. Today, they urged a federal judge to halt the practice. Prisoners filed an emergency motion about working in the summer heat, as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit to end the “Farm Line” — forced agricultural labor at the prison, for little or no pay.

Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat

The top political adviser to Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman suggested that the attack on Donald Trump could have been “staged,” even as Hoffman was criticized for joking before Saturday’s attack about Trump becoming a “martyr.”. The adviser, Dmitri Mehlhorn, apologized for his remarks after Semafor published...

Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider ‘staged’ shooting

Georgia State

The Current GA

People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, I heard adults say that the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were shouting "Crucify Him" less than a week later. We don't know if they were the same individuals, but the principal makes a point that unfortunately, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali is experiencing.

General Hospital gives an official statement after racists attack Tabyana Ali online

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

Savannah, GA

In the fall of 2022, the Georgia State Ethics Commission opened a file against Savannah civil-rights veteran and state lawmaker Carl Gilliard. The man with a reputation for social activism and feeding the poor had not submitted more than nine mandatory campaign and personal finance reports between 2020 and 2023.

State ethics board: Rep. Gilliard made ‘egregious’ campaign spending violations

South Carolina State

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, once an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, gave her strong endorsement of the former president at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, urging the Republican party to rally around Trump — regardless of whether they agree with everything he does. “You don’t...

Onetime Trump rival Nikki Haley urges Republicans to unite around him

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has opened in investigation into how the Secret Service handled security on the day a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, the department said Wednesday. President Joe Biden had already ordered an independent review of security at the Pennsylvania rally,...

US Homeland Security is investigating the Secret Service over Trump’s assassination attempt

JD Vance called China “the biggest threat” to the US in an interview shortly after Donald Trump picked him as his vice president, signaling hawkishness on China from a potential Trump administration. Vance told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Trump would negotiate an end to the war in...

Trump’s VP pick JD Vance calls China the ‘biggest threat’ to the US

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ – New Jersey's Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, backed by the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has issued a Finding of Probable Cause against Prince Telecom LLC, alleging disability discrimination. This action follows a complaint where Prince Telecom is accused of denying employment to an applicant using medical marijuana legally to manage a disability.

Cable Company Faces Discrimination Lawsuit Over Medical Marijuana Use

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Bernie Sanders says Biden’s debate was ‘mmm...not great.’ But he thinks he can win.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rejected calls for Joe Biden to end his presidential campaign on Friday, telling Semafor that Thursday’s debate had...

Bernie Sanders says Biden’s debate was ‘mmm...not great.’ But he thinks he can win.

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