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In her bid to be the nation’s first female president, Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, thrusting the outspoken Minnesota Lutheran into the national spotlight. Walz, 60, brings political experience as well as suburban-and-rural appeal to the presidential race. He also represents a Midwestern...

VP Pick Walz A Lutheran With Connections To Minnesota’s Muslim Community

The Guardian

In his remarks about the vice-president’s race, Trump showed how laughably out of touch he is, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Kamala Harris is mixed race, I’m mixed race – and Donald Trump is a dusty old relic | Arwa Mahdawi

WashingtonExaminer

For Minnesotans, the 2020 riots are still fresh in our memories. We watched in horror as our cities burned and a police precinct was turned into a pile of ashes and rubble, all while our so-called leaders sat on their hands. The ensuing crime surge continues to be a daily reminder of the problem created […]

Minnesotans haven’t forgotten Kamala Harris’s role in the 2020 riots

TheDailyBeast

Kamala Harris worried so much about Donald Trump’s attempts to ridicule her laugh that she privately considered hiding her sense of humor from the public, says a new report.The vice president is proud of having “my mother’s laugh” and videos of her trademark guffaws became a meme online that Trump and his followers sought to exploit.At a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20, the GOP presidential nominee jeered: “I call her laughing Kamala. Have you seen her laughing? She is crazy. You can tell a lot by a laugh. She is nuts.”On his Truth Social account, he referred...

Harris Considered Hiding Laugh Because of ‘Political Risk of Cheerfulness’

J.D. Vance, the Ohio senator who is Donald Trump’s running mate, said he “feels bad” that Josh Shapiro, the Jewish Pennsylvania governor who was in contention to be Kamala Harris’ running mate, has to “run” from being Jewish to get the job. Harris, the...

J.D. Vance says that Josh Shapiro had to ‘run’ from his Jewish heritage while vying for VP role

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Herbie J Pilato

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

The US Sun

A BABY needed two emergency blood transfusions to save his life after his own mum’s body attacked him in the womb. Little Arthur Williams, now one, wasn’t growing as quickly as expected in utero so doctors decided to run tests. They discovered the unborn tot had the same rare blood type as his dad, Matt […]

My baby was attacked in the womb by my immune system which thought he was a foreign object

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

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Bucks County Beacon

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

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes that appear in this article are from the author's direct interview with those mentioned.]. The original Perry Mason TV series starring Raymond Burr initially aired on CBS from 1957 to 1966. All these decades later, the show remains popular in syndication (and was recently reimagined in a new edition starring Matthew Rhys).

'Perry Mason' Actor Raymond Burr told co-star Richard Anderson, it's "all about the casting."

Fox News

Speaker Mike Johnson is demanding that President Biden hasten and expand plans to support Israel as it faces a potentially imminent threat of attack from Iran.

Mike Johnson demands Biden 'immediately release' any withheld aid to Israel as Middle East tension grows

California State

(The Center Square) - The California Department of Finance filed formal opposition against a bill that would create stronger criminal penalties for individuals who solicit sex from children, saying imprisoning more buyers of sex from underage prostitutes would be too expensive. SB 1414, by State Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, originally...

California budget watchdog opposes prison for child-sex buyers -- too expensive

Georgia State

Van Zandt County, TX

(The Center Square) – A rural east Texas district attorney has described how the border crisis is impacting her community after two Chinese nationals were arrested on money laundering charges. Their arrest was not the first where “we have encountered Chinese nationals on the highway engaged in illegal activities....

Chinese nationals illegally in US arrested in east Texas for money laundering

The Hill

Following President Biden’s dramatic exit from the presidential race, Kamala Harris has not only seized the presidential baton but taken command of the 2024 campaign. Beginning with her first appearance at Biden’s Wilmington, Del., headquarters, Harris went on the attack. Recapping her career, the vice president described prosecuting “predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain.”

Trump has never had to face someone with Kamala Harris’s raw talent

Wisconsin State

Neenah, WI

(The Center Square) – A city clerk in Neenah, Wisconsin, has been stopped from posting explanatory material about the constitutional amendment ballot proposals inside voting booths, actions that could have been considered illegal electioneering. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty sent a warning letter Wednesday to Neenah City...

Potential electioneering attempts thwarted by Wisconsin law firm

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

With hurricane season posing a consistent threat six months out of the year, who would not like a little help getting their home ready for the harsh weather to come? Senate Bill 7028: My Safe Florida Home Program, approved by Governor DeSantis on April 24, 2024, and effective as of July 1, appropriates a one-time total of $200 million from 2024 to 2025 for the purpose of funding hurricane mitigation grants and inspections, as well as outreach and administration costs, to support homeowners in Florida.

DeSantis Signs New Bill Giving $200 Million To Homeowners

Washington State

(The Center Square) – Washington is the eighth most regulated state in the nation, according to a new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. The study found that as of 2023, the Washington Administrative Code, or WAC, contains 201,634 restrictions and more than...

Study: Washington state ranks No. 8 in the nation for red tape

Former Hercules TV star Kevin Sorbo has become the latest “weird” Republican troll to question Vice President Kamala Harris’ Blackness.In a tweet storm on Thursday, Sorbo claimed that “2 years ago most people didn’t even know who Kamala was”—despite Harris being vice president since 2021. He then added, “Now she’s the democratic nominee? Democracy at its finest.” 2 years ago most people didn’t even know who Kamala was, now she’s the democratic nominee? Democracy at its finest.— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) August 8, 2024


Sorbo then moved to attack Harris’ VP pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, bringing up the controversy surrounding his...

‘Hercules’ Star Kevin Sorbo Tells Kamala Harris to ‘Say the N-word’ If She ‘Really Is Black’

(The Center Square) – A global advertising trade group at the center of a controversy involving the censorship of conservative speech online is "discontinuing" its advertising initiative just days after X owner Elon Musk filed an antitrust lawsuit against it and other companies. The World Federation of Advertisers is...

Ad group shutters 'responsible media' effort after Elon Musk X antitrust suit

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‘I had a deeply personal’ choice to make, Shapiro says of VP vetting

(The Center Square) – Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he too faced a big choice during the running mate vetting process for Vice President Kamala Harris....

‘I had a deeply personal’ choice to make, Shapiro says of VP vetting

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