On a warm and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray, the would-be Trump assassin researched the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
From FrontpageMag and the "what a concept!" department, how about letting the voters decide?
From Townhall, with their lies and incompetence, Democrats "make conspiracy theories great again".
From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Madeleine Dean (D-PA) meets with supporters Hamas and then boycotts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to congress.
From the Washington Examiner, three Democrats decline to become Vice President Harris's running mate, one of whom is my governor.
From The Federalist, Democrats try to force illegal aliens on the town known for the "headless horseman". (For anyone unfamiliar with this infamous equestrian, Wiki has a brief summary of his story.)
From American Thinker, democracy is indeed under attack, but not from former President Trump.
From MRCTV, Senator Socialism (I-VT) calls the aforementioned Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal".
From NewsBusters, fact-checkers alleged that Harris was never a "border czar". (I suppose you could say that she was given that designation but never really did anything to protect the border.)
From Canada Free Press, as a certain saying goes, Democrats go "from the frying pan into the fire".
From TeleSUR, Venezuela activates a security plan for its elections.
From TCW Defending Freedom, a speech from new U.K. parliamentcritter Nigel Farage.
From Snouts in the Trough, Harris's deification has begun.
From EuroNews, ecologists are outraged as the Slovak government allows the killing of several dozen "problem" bears.
From Voice Of Europe, an Islamic center in Hamburg, Germany is shut down for alleged radical activities.
From ReMix, a German court rules that Syria is a safe country, which could enable deportation of Syrian migrants in Germany. (Considering that Syria has been a cluster[bleep] for over a decade, I find this development hard to believe.)
From Balkan Insight, the Greek Council of State approves a previous court decision to extradite a wanted Turkish businessman.
From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Burkina Faso sign a military cooperation agreement.
From The New Arab, Human Rights Watch condemns the UAE's "abusively fast" trial of 57 Bangladeshi defendants for protesting. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From The Jerusalem Post, the terrorist group Hezbollah has become a problem - in Brazil.
From RAIR Foundation USA, terrorists threaten the Paris Olympics.
From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration gives $100 million more to terrorists.
From The Stream, why Islam was, is and will always be the "most formidable and persistent enemy" that Western civilization has ever had.
From The Daily Signal, maggots are released onto a table at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., where Netanyahu's delegation is staying.
From The American Conservative, California Republicans warn the whole country about a Kamala Harris presidency.
From The Western Journal, Trump shows off his golf skills.
From BizPac Review, the would-be Trump assassin reportedly got off 8 shots before being killed.
From The Daily Wire, Democrats and the media "sound the alarm" on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) due to his support for Israel.
From the Daily Caller, Democrats going to their convention in Chicago might encounter some illegal aliens. (Considering that Democrats generally have no problem with illegal immigration, this meeting might be rather appropriate.)
From the New York Post, two Christian universities invite Jewish students to enroll at their campuses amid anti-Israel protests.
From Breitbart, 17 facts showing that Harris is on the far left.
From Newsmax, police have to use pepper spray to keep anti-Netanyahu protesters in line.
And from The Babylon Bee, Democrats flee the U.S. Capitol building in terror as a visiting Jew stands up to give a speech.
Now that I'm getting back towards feeling like myself again, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigns.
From FrontpageMag, who is Vice President/former Senator (D-Cal)/former state Attorney General Harris?
From Townhall, Republicans should not overthink the case against Harris, because it's straightforward.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a transgender health group claims that hormones and surgeries were "medically necessary" in order for insurance companies to cover them.
From the Washington Examiner, protesters planning to march to the Democratic National Convention still intend to do so despite President Biden dropping out of the presidential race.
From The Federalist, the top 30 reasons why Harris "would be a terrible president".
From American Thinker, despite their alleged "disarray", the Democrats have one thing that the Republicans don't.
From MRCTV, Biden and Harris snub visiting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
From NewsBusters, the worst moments from CBS after Biden announced that he's not running for reelection.
From Canada Free Press, the Democrat leadership has turned Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. into a ghost.
From TeleSUR, according to Spanish writer Ignacio Ramonet, Venezuela's electoral system has made fraud impossible.
From TCW Defending Freedom, get your tickets for the Jam for Freedom Festival.
From Snouts in the Trough, as SitT warned the people of the U.K. a while back, the government is coming for their pensions.
From Arutz Sheva, a female terrorist who disguised herself as a paramedic is killed by an IDF strike in Tulkarem, West Bank.
From Gatestone Institute, no, the Islamic conquest of Palestine starting in 634 A.D. was not a "liberation".
From The Stream, why placing term limits on the Supreme Court is impossible, but desired by the left anyway.
From The Daily Signal, the Republican National Convention misses an opportunity.
From The American Conservative, "the great immigration experiment" has failed.
From The Western Journal, the violent Marxist group Black Lives Matter is not pleased with the Democratic Party nominating Vice President Harris for president.
From BizPac Review, Democrats prepare to give Harris the presidential nomination before holding their national convention. (Formalities, who needs formalities?)
From The Daily Wire, an elderly supporter of former President Trump is attacked in Hancock, Michigan and is in critical condition.
From the Daily Caller, Harris painfully tries to tie herself to pop star Charli XCX.
From the New York Post, Pennsylvania police take some of the blame for the attempted Trump assassination, but point out that protecting him was the Secret Service's job.
From Breitbart, Harris's staff has had a 92 percent turnover since she became vice president.
From Newsmax, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduces a resolution "strongly condemning" Harris's role as "border czar".
And from Fox 5 Atlanta, reports of the death of former President Carter have been greatly exaggerated.
It seems that I've had another medical episode, but now I'm again back home.
While at the hospital, I learned that President Biden has decided against running for a second term, which is what President Lyndon Johnson did in 1968. The Democrats will have to decide whether to nominate Vice President Harris in his place or pick some other candidate. Either way, this year's presidential race just got a bit more interesting.
Blogging might be light for the next few days as I recollect myself. See youz soon.
On a not-too-warm and cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, six beaches in Nantucket, Massachusetts are closed after a blade brakes off a bird chopper, sending pieces of fiberglass into the Atlantic Ocean.
From FrontpageMag, the left is "the mother of big lies".
From Townhall, the real reason why former President Trump choose Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) to be his vice presidential running mate.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Vance easy exceeds the low bar set by Vice President Harris.
From the Washington Examiner, President Biden will earn more after he leaves office than while in office.
From The Federalist, why would any legitimate Democrat presidential prospect jump into this year's race, should Biden drop out?
From American Thinker, the "bookends" from JFK to Trump.
From MRCTV, the U.S. military scraps the "national embarrassment" of the Gaza pier after four months.
From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid calls Biden coming down with the coronavirus the "same thing" as Trump getting shot.
From Canada Free Press, there are "too many unanswered questions" about the attempt to assassinate Trump.
From TeleSUR, Venezuelan women's organizations express their support for President Nicolás Maduro.
From TCW Defending Freedom, doctors admit that a 26-year-old man who died after receiving a coronavirus vaccination was not correctly informed about the risk.
From Snouts in the Trough, Biden's doctor calls him "a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male".
From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wins reelection.
From Voice Of Europe, Slovakia and Hungary stop receiving oil from the Russia producer Lukoil due to Ukraine's ban on transporting Russian energy products though its territory.
From Balkan Insight, Albanian parliamentcritters pass a declaration asking Greece to abolish the law declaring war between the two countries, which was made in 1940. (At the time, Albania was occupied by Italy.)
From The North Africa Post, the E.U. is asked to increase its financial aid to North Africa to help deal with its migration crisis.
From The New Arab, according to police, the attackers at the Shiite mosque in Muscat, Oman were Omani citizens.
From RAIR Foundation USA, Islamic threats target a church in Paris and a statue of Mary is knifed in the throat.
From Gatestone Institute, the Israeli response to terrorism.
From The Stream, a Catholic Cardinal restores an excommunicated anti-fascist priest who had shamed the church's alliance with Italian dictator Mussolini.
From The Daily Signal, author and radio host Sebastian Gorka reminds Americans of what Biden said he would do if he disagreed with former President Obama.
From The American Conservative, Vance is a "foreign policy realist".
From The Western Journal, retired neurosurgeon and former HUD Secretary Ben Carson shows how every Democrat scheme has backfired in Trump's favor.
From BizPac Review, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), convicted of bribery charges, denies claims that he will resign.
From The Daily Wire, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) calls on Biden to fire Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.
From the Daily Caller, retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan will reportedly speak at the Republican National Convention before Trump accepts its presidential nomination.
From Breitbart, Vance points out that America is not just an idea, but a nation of citizens.
From Newsmax, a federal appeals court blocks Biden's latest attempt at student loan bailouts debt relief.
And from the New York Post, according to the owner of a boutique in Lenoir City, Tennessee, the Biden campaign sign above her store has not been good for business.
On a hot and partly sunny Wednesday that later changed to rainy, here are some things going on:
From National Review, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) call on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
From FrontpageMag, former President Trump's would-be assassin had been profiled as a possible school shooter.
From Townhall, why Vice President Harris's post about Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance is "particularly awful".
From The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times publishes a story about angry voters in Dearborn, Michigan, but leaves out their support for Hamas.
From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA), the Democrats have enough votes to "suspend the filibuster" and codify the provisions of Roe v. Wade.
From The Federalist, the security scandal surround the attempted assassination of former President Trump follows a series of failures by the Secret Service.
From American Thinker, some inexplicable facts about the Trump shooting lead to multiple theories.
From MRCTV, authorities were reportedly aware of the would-be Trump assassin "more than 40 minutes" before he started shooting.
From Newsbusters, the media avoid discussing the selfish reason why Democrats want Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
From Canada Free Press, the new world order is morphing into global governance.
From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad is charged with electoral infringement.
From TCW Defending Freedom, an opinion column against the U.K. becoming a multi-faith democracy.
From Snouts in the Trough, play a game of "spot the white male".
From EuroNews, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine to prove that it's clean ahead of the Olympic games.
From Voice Of Europe, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a dilemma over whether to support European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
From ReMix, Poland sees a record increase in property prices while they decrease in other European countries. (Alternative headline: Property in Poland is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.)
From Balkan Insight, exam results raise concerns about how well Croatian student know their own language.
From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan company Royal Air Maroc enhances its partnerships with the airplane makes Boeing and Airbus.
from The New Arab, Gulf States condemn a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility.
From MEMRI, more on the attack in Oman, which occurred in its capital city of Muscat.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, Islamism puts Israel in peril.
From Gatestone Institute, international kidnapping and blackmail "for fun and profit".
From The Stream, the media covers up the jihad against churches in France.
From The Daily Signal, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenas Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.
From The American Conservative, Biden is considering proposing changes to the Supreme Court including term limits for its justices.
From The Western Journal, according to a neighbor, there was a change that happened at the home of Trump's would-be assassin before the shooting.
From BizPac Review, Donald Trump the Younger lets MSNBC have a piece of his mind for their questioning his father's injury.
From The Daily Wire, a VIP guest at Trump's rally recounts the shooting from her perspective.
From the Daily Caller, a brother of the illegal alien who allegedly killed nursing student Laken Riley pleads guilty to using a fraudulent green card.
From the New York Post, 100-degree heat causes technical difficulties on New York City subway trains.
From Breitbart, singer John Rich's anthem Revelation reaches the top of the Apple iTunes country chart, and no. 2 for all songs.
From Newsmax, District Court Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of Trump's classified documents case "won't be the final word".
And from SFGate, an uncontained wildfire burns about 8 miles from Willow Creek, California, which is known as the "Bigfoot capital of the world".
Now that I'm back home after a busy day, here are a few things going on:
From FrontpageMag, the left hates Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, which is the best thing in his favor.
From Townhall, why the picture of former President Trump raising a fist after almost being assassinated makes the media queasy.
From The Washington Free Beacon, wearing a bandage on his ear, Trump rallies the Republicans at their convention in Milwaukee.
From the Washington Examiner, security personnel have to keep Vance and former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) away from each other.
From The Federalist, black Americans consider voting for Trump after being let down by Democrats for decades.
From American Thinker, some unanswered questions about the attempt to assassinate Trump.
From NewsBusters, what Vance has to say about free speech.
From Snouts in the Trough, girls can get a new [bleep] free from the U.K.'s NHS.
From Gatestone Institute, China and its President Xi Jinping are running out of time and ready to strike.
From The Stream, on today's date in 1212, the Spanish defeated the Moors in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
From The Daily Signal, congresscritter and fellow shooting victim Steve Scalise (R-LA) hails Trump's courage and compassion.
From The American Conservative, Republican commentator Vivek Ramaswamy (who wrote the article) tells why he supports Trump.
And from the Genesius Times, according to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, the agency can no longer protect Trump because there are sloped roofs all over the place.
As the hot sunny weather continues on a Monday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, federal Judge Aileen Cannon dismisses the classified documents case against former President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, Trump is only that latest person whom the left has likened to Hitler.
From Townhall, who will speak at this year's Republican National Convention.
From The Washington Free Beacon, more on the dismissal of Trump's documents case.
From the Washington Examiner, Trump calls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to receive Secret Service protection.
From The Federalist, to "lower the temperature", discontinue the lawfare.
From American Thinker, a first-person account of what happened in Butler, PA.
From NewsBusters, White House reporters from ABC, CBS and NBC praise President Biden's speech but ignore his divisive record.
From Canada Free Press, apologies from Democrats are hollow and rooted in fear - for themselves.
From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro calls right-wingers "bots".
From TCW Defending Freedom, can new Prime Minister Keir Starmer steer the U.K. off the road to Armageddon?
From EuroNews, the European Commission boycotts Hungary's six-month presidency of the E.U. council over Prime Minister Orbán's trips to Russia and China.
From Voice Of Europe, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejects Poland's proposal to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine.
From Balkan Insight, Albanian authorities allow a jailed mayor-elect to go to Strasbourg, France and be sworn in as a europarliamentcritter.
From The North Africa Post, allegedly to promote "solidarity with Gaza", Algeria bans music festivals.
From The New Arab, security forces in Cairo detain citizens on Faisal Street after an LED on top of a burger restaurant shows doctored pictures and videos of Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi. (I would ask about what is this "freedom of speech" you speak of, but if such media really was "doctored", their information might be based on lies, which are not free speech.)
From The Times Of Israel, despite death threats, young Moroccans travel to Israel to hear its side about the war in Gaza.
From BBC News, a car bomb kills several soccer fans watching the Euro 2024 final at a café in Mogadishu, Somalia.
From Gatestone Institute, is an attempt being made to deceive Americans about Hamas?
From The Stream, the left wants to remove our guns and leave us defenseless, and Trump might know why.
From The Daily Signal, according to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Biden had a "missed opportunity" to unite the country.
From The American Conservative, the U.S. state-media complex is escalating the war in Ukraine.
From The Western Journal, black pro-Trump voters destroy a segment on The Daily Show meant to undermine Trump.
From Axios, Trump names Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate.
From BizPac Review, some rhetoric against Trump is "even worse" than Biden's "bulls-eye" remark.
From The Daily Wire, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) calls the aforementioned dismissal of Trump's documents case as "good news" for the country.
From the Daily Caller, more on Trump choosing Vance.
From the New York Post, King Charles III reaches out to Trump after the attempted assassination.
From Breitbart, a member of the world's rarest whale species may have washed up on a beach in New Zealand.
From Newsmax, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Lyndsey Graham (R-SC) warn about pro-Hamas groups with connections to the Chinese Communist Party.
And from The Babylon Bee, the Secret Service promise to find out what went wrong at the Trump rally in Butler, PA as soon as they figure out who left the she-don't-lie in the White House.
On a hot sunny Sunday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, explosives are found in the car belonging to the man who tried to assassinate former President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, left-wing would-be assassins have targeted House Republicans, a Supreme Court justice, and now a former president.
From Townhall, the media have gone to far with their claim that "Trump is a threat to democracy".
From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the movement that helped bring about the election of President Abraham Lincoln and spurred the Civil War.
From the Washington Examiner, President Biden orders an investigation of the attempt to assassinate Trump.
From The Federalist, do Democrats and the corporate media have blood on their hands in the attempt to assassinate Trump?
From American Thinker, not much is known about Trump's would-be assassin, but a disturbing picture is starting to take shape.
From NewsBusters, while The New York Times dismissed Biden's "bullsieye" comment, but had seized upon then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's (R) "crosshairs".
From TCW Defending Freedom, the Church of England strikes a rare blow against the U.K.'s abortion industry.
From Jewish News Syndicate, Biden will send another $100 million to terrorists Palestinians.
From Gatestone Institute, the U.K. and France produce "a tale of two elections".
From The Stream, yes, we should tone things down.
And from The American Conservative, tears, prayers and resolve at the scene of the attempt to assassinate Trump.
As former President Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, what sounded like gunshots were heard. Trump was pushed downward, surrounded, and then escorted away by Secret Service personnel. He was seen pumping his fist in the air and heard requesting "let me get my shoes". What appeared to be blood was seen on his right ear and cheek, but he was later reportedly "fine" and was "checked out at a local medical facility". Sources are not in agreement as to whether a suspected shooter was arrested or killed, and that an attendee at the rally was also killed.
Read more at Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, AP News and Reuters.
UPDATE: The sources now say that the suspected shooter is dead, that someone attending the rally was killed, and that two other attendees have been injured.
