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Elon Musk: I Knew Last Week That Biden Would Leave on Sunday Afternoon
Elon Musk claimed he was told last week the “exact time” President Joe Biden—a “puppet,” in Musk’s words— would resign.In a conspiratorial post on his social media platform X, the billionaire Trump supporter said: “I heard last week that he would resign at this exact time and date. It was widespread knowledge in DC. The real powers that be are discarding the old puppet in favor of one that has a better chance of fooling the public. They fear Trump because he is not a puppet.”Amazing, since half of DC knew this would happen last week— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July...
Opinion: Kamala Harris Must Be the Candidate. This Is How She Beats Trump
It is time for the Democratic Party and the people of the United States to unite in support of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the next president of the United States.There are few challenges greater than running for president of the United States. But for the Vice President, those challenges will be compounded by the fact that her situation is unprecedented. Yet, it is vital to recognize that the alternatives to Harris’ smooth selection as nominee of the Democratic Party and her election as president of the United States are disaster for the country and the likely end of...
Rachel Maddow Calls Biden’s Decision His Greatest Act of Public Service
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow lauded President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the presidential race on Sunday, saying there was no “greater or more consequential act of service and sacrifice to this country.”Maddow, joining anchor Katy Tur after a run “nowhere near civilization,” noted that Biden’s sudden Sunday decision didn’t compute with his trajectory as a politician. Biden announced on Sunday that he would end his re-election campaign, saying it was “in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling the duties as president for the remainder of my...
Joe Biden Drops Out and Takes 23 Minutes to Endorse Kamala Harris
President Joe Biden stunned American politics on Sunday when he announced his withdrawal from the presidential race and waited 23 minutes before he threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to become his replacement nominee.Support for Harris to become the heir apparent presidential nominee grew as quickly as calls had for Biden to step aside, and her new backers included those who had strongly defended Biden's ability to stay in the race. And while she wasn't instantly a presumptive nominee, Harris in very short order became the frontrunner.The president’s initial announcement, made on X, amounted to a reversal of...
Raging Trump Reacts to Biden Bow-Out: ‘Crooked Biden Was Not Fit to Run’
Former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump responded furiously within minutes of President Joe Biden's announcement Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race. In a phone call to CNN, the details of which the network’s anchor Kaitlin Collins tweeted Sunday, he called Biden “the worst president in the history of our country,” adding though that Vice President Kamala Harris—who Biden has endorsed, perhaps belatedly—would be easier for him to defeat in November. Trump soon also took to his social media platform Truth Social to elaborate. There he wrote that, “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit...
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Friend Says Actor Was Blackmailed by a News Site Before His Death
A friend and collaborator of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman is talking about how the Oscar-winner was supposedly being blackmailed regarding his addiction.According to the Daily Mail, Shalom Auslander, the friend in question, writes about the blackmail in his new book, Feh: A Memoir. Auslander and Hoffman first met when Hoffman was looking to adapt one of Auslander’s books.Auslander says that prior to Hoffman’s death a news site was threatening to expose details about his drug use if he didn’t agree to an interview. Hoffman went on to do the interview because, according to Auslander, he didn’t want to bring...
Opinion: How Nancy Pelosi Knifed Joe Biden—Without Backing Kamala Harris
We should have known it would be Nancy.Not Senate Majority Leader Chuck “I'm with Joe” Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. No, it was always going to be the 84-year old former House Speaker who would take down the President.Reporting earlier this week on her role in unseating President Biden following his disastrous debate performance, Politico noted, “We’ve covered Pelosi for a long time now and can tell you her fingerprints are all over the knife.”In January 2019, after the Democrats electoral surge in the 2018 midterms, her daughter was asked how Pelosi—the incoming House Speaker—would approach negotiations with...
J.D. Vance Says Joe Biden Needs to Resign From the Presidency Now
J.D. Vance and Mike Johnson were among a number of Republicans who called on Joe Biden to resign from the presidency Sunday, asserting bluntly that if the president is unfit to campaign, he’s unfit for office. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President,” said the House speaker. “He must resign the office immediately.”At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election. Having invalidated the votes of more...
People ‘Can’t Believe’ They Found Out the Biden News Because of ‘PopCrave’
We never forget where we were or how we found out about big news.I was in high school when my keyboarding teacher, who loved me because I was an insufferable teacher’s pet, whispered at me and called me over to look at the tiny TV she had on her desk. The Twin Towers had smoke billowing from them.I was in a ballroom in Pasadena at the Television Critics Association listening to Mark Harmon talk about the new NCIS prequel series when I got a text from my brother that there was an assassination attempt against Donald Trump.And I was hungover...
CNN Misses Biden’s Big Moment for Taped Show
At 1:46 p.m. on Sunday, President Joe Biden announced his historic decision to end his re-election campaign. At 1:46 p.m. on Sunday, CNN was in the middle of a Fareed Zakaria GPS rerun.The network did not cut to news coverage of the president’s decision until 1:57 p.m., with chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt filling in for resident weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield. On MSNBC, current anchor and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the news at 1:53 p.m. in the middle of her show, an ironic twist for MSNBC after years of interweaving former Biden aides into the...
‘Twisters’ Over Performs in $80.5M Opening Weekend
The Glen Powell-led sequel to the 1996 film Twister, aptly titled Twisters, made more than expected at the box office its opening weekend, grossing $80.5 million. According to Variety, this surpassed the projected $50 million to $55 million it was expected to make upon opening. The film, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, follows Tyler (Powell), a social media storm chaser whose path crosses with retired chaser Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) while tracking massive tornadoes across Oklahoma. In The Heights’ Anthony Ramos also stars, and the film cost $155 million to make. The late Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt starred in the original, which was nominated for two Oscars. It grossed $41 million when it opened, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to Twisters’ release, Powell took to X to honor Paxton, who he called a “legend” and “friend.” In second and third place at the weekend box office were the animated films Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2, respectively.Read it at VarietyRead more at The Daily Beast.
Joe Biden Drops Out of 2024 Race and Endorses Kamala After 23-Minute Pause
President Joe Biden announced Sunday he was ending his re-election campaign, officially dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris.“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” Biden wrote in a statement. “And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling the duties as president for the remainder of my term.”pic.twitter.com/RMIRvlSOYw— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024 Biden, 81, did not mention Harris...
Opinion: She Sucked Up to Trump but He Dropped Her Anyway
Bestselling author and faux hillbilly J.D. Vance is officially Donald Trump’s pick for vice president, God help us all. And even though it’s only been a few days, the nation has collectively forgotten all the sycophantic vice-presidential hopefuls left behind.But I haven’t.All the potential veeps were embarrassing in their own way. Marco Rubio: always a twerp, somehow became even twerpier when kissing up to the former president. Tim Scott shall always be remembered for totally coincidentally getting engaged the day after he endorsed Trump. And North Dakota’s Doug Burgam? I’m so sorry but I’ve already forgotten who he is. City...
Richard Simmons Rocks NASA Space Suit in Last Photo Before Death
Fitness icon Richard Simmons’ last post was revealed by his staff on Saturday. According to a series of messages accompanying the photo, Simmons had planned to have the photo released on July 14, one day after his death. In the photo, Simmons can be seen smiling and wearing an orange NASA suit. The planned caption read, “Let me fly you to the moon so we can gaze among the stars. Love, Richard.” It’s unclear when the photo was taken. According to his staff, sharing a photo and caption had been a longstanding tradition for Simmons. “He had many ideas and...
Manchin Backs Shapiro, Beshear Over ‘Race and Gender’ Harris
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday joined growing calls for President Joe Biden to bow out of the 2024 presidential race. During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Manchin said, with a “heavy heart,” that it’s time for Biden to “pass the torch” to the next generation of leaders. Manchin claimed a lack of confidence in Biden’s ability to win in November is having an effect on state-level elections and causing donor money to dry up behind the scenes.“With all that being said, my prayers are with the health and wellbeing of my friend, the president,” said Manchin, who...
RNC Speakers Avoided ‘Abortion’ Topic, Focused on Trump, Biden: Report
The word “abortion” was not mentioned even once by speakers at the Republican National Convention, a New York Times report found. Out of more than 110,000 words spoken, speakers mostly focused on Trump (mentioned 1,049 times), Biden (393), and used a variation of words to describe the Republican party and its party members, including “American” (542), “united” (269), and “Republican” (281). The words that also frequently showed up in the RNC speaker lexicon were “God” (310) “Bless” (176) “America” (663). RNC speakers often used the words “work(er),” “job,” and “business” when talking about the economy. And when it came to immigration, the words “border” and “illegal” dominated the conversation. According to the Times, former President Donald Trump spoke “12,219 words over 92 minutes,” and the words he mentioned the most were “war” (17), “love” (22), “border” (21), “job(s)” (22) and “taxes” (21).Read it at The New York TimesRead more at The Daily Beast.
Trump Says ‘We Have to Make Life Good’ for Musk and Other ‘Smart People’
Donald Trump on Thursday night talked about the importance of “making life good” for people like Elon Musk. Speaking at a rally in Michigan days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk plans to give $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super PAC, Trump told his supporters: “I love Elon Musk,” he said. “Elon endorsed me recently, the other day actually,” the former president said to cheers from the crowd. “He’s great.” Trump went on to praise Musk, claiming to have “always had a good relationship” with the tech mogul who is “a very advanced person,” he...
FBI Named British Royal in Massive Sex and Spying Scandal Documents
Nothing has been provedPrince Philip’s name appeared in top-secret FBI documents about one of the greatest British sex scandals of all time: the so-called Profumo affair, according to the Mail on Sunday. The documents relay that the FBI had heard a rumor that Philip—Queen Elizabeth II’s husband—was “involved” with two women at the center of the early 1960s scandal which eventually led to the downfall of a government.The scandal concerned Britain’s married Secretary of State for War John Profumo’s five-month affair with model Christine Keeler, at the same time as she was seeing Russian naval attaché Eugene Ivanov. The Profumo...
Trump: ‘Nobody’ Told Me There Was ‘a Problem’ Before Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump says no one warned him there was a potential problem during his rally in Pennsylvania last week where a gunman tried to assassinate him.In a Fox News interview set to air Monday, host Jesse Watters asked the former president if anyone had told him not to take the stage while authorities monitored the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. “Nobody mentioned it,” Trump answered. “Nobody said there was a problem.”The Secret Service is facing intense scrutiny over how 20-year-old Crooks was able to pull off his attempt on Trump’s life, particularly amid multiple reports claiming authorities had been monitoring the...
Unsolved Mystery: Trump Shooter’s Final Thoughts as He Pulled Trigger
It’s an unanswerable question worthy of a novel by Graham Greene. Did Thomas Crooks die believing he had killed Donald Trump? As the first shot hurtled past, Trump grabbed his ear, quickly saw blood on his hands and dropped to the ground. And in the 26 seconds between Crooks’ first shot aimed at the former president and the Secret Service taking aim and killing him, it’s conceivable that Crooks thought his mission accomplished.A week after the attempted assassination and hundreds of interviews later, no motive for the shooting has yet emerged. Police computer and phone searches suggest Crooks may have...
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