Pennsylvania State

The Forward

With President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, eyes have turned toward Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, as a possible vice presidential running mate.  Shapiro, who has been mentioned as a potential first Jewish president since his gubernatorial campaign in 2022, appears to be...

What would a Josh Shapiro vice presidency mean for American Jews and Israel?

The 19th News

In an unprecedented year in our unprecedented politics, why shouldn't Democrats really make history and nominate a two-woman ticket?

The ticket that could make Democrats fall in love and fall in line

Scripps News

Chicago Latina Magazine collaborated with Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and hosted a Zoom call to show their support for Harris and help propel a plan to reach Hispanics across the nation.

Kamala Harris shakes up the Latino vote

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a relative rarity for presidential elections, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have long records on foreign policy and clearly stated positions on many of the world’s hot spots.  Trump’s allies at the Republican National Convention are expected to argue that Biden has weakened America’s standing abroad and permitted the outbreak of conflicts between Russia and Ukraine as well as the Israelis and Palestinians. Biden, a Democrat who ran four years ago on a message of shoring up America’s foreign alliances and reversing Trump policies, argues that he has restored U.S. standing abroad. Here’s a look at their records on key conflicts. One of Biden’s weakest arguments on foreign policy is the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years, America’s longest war. 

Biden and Trump accuse each other of weakening America's foreign policy. Here are the facts

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said ending Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip would be one of his highest priorities as he ends his presidency. He also alluded to the threat to democracy he believes Donald Trump poses, one that Biden has tied in the past to antisemitism.

Biden lists ending the Israel-Hamas war as a top priority for his last 6 months in office

Mediaite

Professor Allan Lichtman — whose model has predicted 9 of the last 10 presidential elections — told CNN that replacing President Joe Biden “could not be more misguided.”. Calls for Biden to drop out have dominated coverage of CNN’s Biden-Trump debate last Thursday night after deadly early...

Professor Who Predicted 9 of 10 Elections Tells CNN Taking Biden Out ‘Could Not Be More Misguided’

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

Wisconsin State

The Hill

President Biden’s reelection campaign sees winning Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania as the clearest path to gaining 270 electoral votes in November, according to an internal memo obtained by the Hill. The memo, sent to the campaign team from chair Jen O’Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, outlines that “what has changed following the debate…

Biden campaign: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania creates clearest path to 270

Latin Times

Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee less than a week after President Biden formally announced he would drop out of the presidential race. Now, as the contest between Harris and former president Trump becomes a reality, a new poll shows that gap between the two is almost nonexistent.

Latinos shift back to the Democratic party after Harris replaces Biden, retaking lead from Trump

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Bucks County Beacon

“[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

Election forecaster Cook Political Report moved several critical swing states toward former President Donald Trump in their latest election forecast. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who supports Biden remaining as the Democratic nominee, responds to the polling.

Election forecaster made a big change in their prediction. See Biden supporter’s response

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

North Carolina State

Michigan State

Las Vegas, NV

ABC News

Prominent Black leaders have unveiled Project FREEDOM to counter Project 2025.

Black leaders launch counter to Project 2025 in battleground states

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

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?

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today, we talk about those times when things do not go as planned. All the planning in the world does not guarantee that your plans will happen the way you had planned. Things can happen that are outside of your...

Let's Talk about 'Going South'

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US presidential election energizes fast-growing Indian American community

Washington — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' meteoric rise to the top of the Democratic Party's presidential ticket has energized many Indian Americans, raising the fast-growing...

US presidential election energizes fast-growing Indian American community

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