Top Democratic donors creating political fund for possible Biden replacement – report | 4 July 2024 | A group of top Democratic donors and strategists is pooling resources into a new political action committee to help fund an alternative candidate to Joe Biden should he withdraw from the presidential race, according to a report from the New York Times. The fund, coined the Next Generation PAC, is aiming to raise as much as 100 million to help support a candidate who replaces Biden at the top of the ticket, according to the outlet. If Biden doesn’t drop out of the race, the m-ney would then be used to fund down-ballot candidates. The group has not yet filed federal paperwork, but PAC officials have reportedly told donors it hopes to raise between 50 million and 100 million. People connected to the Biden campaign have heard of the possible stealth project and have attempted to convince those involved not to join, according to the outlet.

Fourth Democratic House member calls on Biden to exit 2024 race after clips of ABC interview released | 5 July 2024 | Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) on Friday became the fourth Democratic member of the House of Representatives to call on Joe Biden to end his re-[s]election effort. The Illinois Democrat made a direct plea to the 81-year-old president [sic] during an appearance on MSNBC, after clips of Biden’s much-anticipated interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos aired. Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) had previously called on Biden to step aside. Earlier this week, Reuters reported that as many as 25 Democrats in the House are preparing to call for the president to end his campaign.

Worst gaffe yet? Joe Biden describes himself as a black woman during radio interview | 4 July 2024 | Joe Biden described himself as a black woman during a radio interview flub, as calls mount for the 81-year-old president to drop his re-[s]election bid. The gaffe-prone president stumbled over his words during Thursday’s interview with Philadelphia’s WURD, seemingly mixing himself up with his Vice President Kamala Harris. “By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first black woman… to serve with a black president. Proud to be involved of the first black woman on the Supreme Court. There’s so much that we can do because, look…we’re the United States of America.” Biden appeared to be highlighting his appointment of Kamala Harris as the United States first black female vice president. Confusingly, he himself was previously vice president, which is likely what he was referring to in “to serve with a black president.”

Biden tells Dem governors he needs more sleep, no events after 8 p.m. – report | 4 July 2024 | Joe Biden told a gathering of nearly two dozen Democratic governors at the White House Wednesday night that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours — and even avoid events held after 8 p.m. — despite previous reports he can only fully handle the job between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The 81-year-old’s acknowledgment was reported by the New York Times, citing two people who took part in the high-stakes meeting and others who were briefed on the comment. During the same gathering, the outlet reported, Biden responded to a question from Hawaii Gov. Josh Green about his health by saying while his health was fine, the problem was “just my brain,” an apparent attempt at humor that went unrecognized by at least one state leader in the room.

Biden blames foreign travel for debate debacle, says he almost fell asleep on stage | 2 July 2024 | Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed foreign travel for his poor debate performance, saying that he almost fell asleep on the stage last week. “I wasn’t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple of times…shortly before the debate,” he said while talking to donors at a fundraiser in Virginia. “I didn’t listen to my staff…and then I almost fell asleep on stage.” Biden was in Camp David for debate prep for a whole week before it, traveling there on June 20. He left Camp David on the morning of June 27 to travel to Atlanta for the debate. He returned from a trip to Italy for the Group of Seven summit on June 14, six days before heading to Camp David. Before the trip to Italy, he traveled to France for the D-Day anniversary, which is on June 6.

Nigel Farage is ‘coming for Labour’ after ‘the end’ of Tories –The Reform UK leader has finally been elected an MP on his eighth attempt | 5 July 2024 | The Eurosceptic firebrand who leads the Reform UK party has beat his Conservative challenger for the Essex seat of Clacton, securing a spot in the UK House of Commons for the first time in his political career — and immediately promising to mount a strong opposition to Labour. Farage called his victory “the first step of something that is going to stun all of you,” promising to turn the Reform UK into the main opposition even as his party is projected to secure only 13 out of the 650 seats. “There is a massive gap on the centre-right of British politics and my job is to fill it,” he said, claiming “this is the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party.”

Russia Ready to Discuss Strategic Stability With U.S., Waits for New Administration – Putin [Sadly, Putin will be waiting a long time, because “elections” in the U.S. are rigged by the deep state six ways to Sunday.] | 4 July 2024 | Russia is ready to discuss the issues of strategic stability with the United States but it is necessary to wait for the new administration in Washington to understand their stance, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “We have to wait for the U.S. elections and understand the mood and preferences of the future administration. We are ready for that,” Putin told reporters, adding that Russia is ready for a “dialogue” with the U.S. Putin also said that it is “impossible” to talk about constructive dialogue before elections in the U.S. The president also recalled that Russia has formulated its security proposals, adding that there should be a “goodwill” from other countries as well.

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades | 3 July 2024 | Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. Israel’s aggressive expansion in the West Bank reflects the settler community’s strong influence in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the most religious and nationalist in the country’s history. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler himself, has turbocharged the policy of expansion, seizing new authorities over settlement development and saying he aims to solidify Israel’s hold on the territory and prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. Authorities recently approved the appropriation of 12.7 square kilometers (nearly 5 square miles) of land in the Jordan Valley, according to a copy of the order obtained by The Associated Press.

NCIS investigating after major general is found dead at Twentynine Palms Marine base | 2 July 2024 | The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is probing the death of a military officer whose body was found at the Twentynine Palms Marine base, officials said. Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen was found dead at the Twentynine Palms base Saturday, according to San Bernardino County coroner’s records. Mullen, at one time the commanding general of the base, retired in 2020. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokesperson Mara Rodriguez confirmed that NCIS is investigating the death at the facility, which is the world’s largest Marine Corps training base. NCIS is the investigative law enforcement entity of the Department of the Navy.

Black Death: A case of the medieval plague with symptoms of coughing up blood and pus-filled boils detected in the U.S. –Plus, all the signs and symptoms of the medieval disease | 5 July 2024 | A new case of the dreaded bubonic plague has been detected in the U.S. The horrifying disease which can leave sufferers coughing up blood was responsible for the Black Death in medieval Europe and killed millions of people. Local officials said it’s unclear how the unnamed person in [Pueblo County] Colorado contracted the disease, though it’s usually spread through bites from fleas and infected animals. Scientists have previously found samples of the bacteria living in squirrels in the state… Plague is an infectious disease caused by a specific type of bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis can affect humans and animals and is spread mainly by fleas.

4th human bird flu case reported in U.S. as Colorado farmworker is infected | 3 July 2024 | A dairy worker in Colorado has been infected with bird flu, marking the fourth human case in an ongoing outbreak that started with detection of the disease in cattle this spring. Colorado health officials said the man experienced mild symptoms, reporting only eye inflammation, a condition known as conjunctivitis. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a statement that the man was given antiviral medication and recovered. He works at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado and had direct exposure to dairy cattle infected with H5N1, a virus that causes bird flu. Colorado health officials said they provided personal protective equipment to the facility where the man worked.

Moderna to receive $176 million from U.S. government to develop mRNA bird flu vaccine | 2 July 2024 | Moderna is set to receive 176 million from the U.S. government to develop a mRNA vaccine for bird flu in humans. The COVID-19 vaccines used mRNA technology. Federal officials, who made the announcement on Tuesday, said the funds will come through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to the Associated Press, the H5N1 virus was detected early this year in dairy cows and has now “spread to more than 135 herds in 12 states and infected three people to date, all with mild cases.”

Tennessee Woman, Fired for Refusing Employer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Gets $687K | 2 July 2024 | A Tennessee woman has won a nearly 700,000 settlement after she was fired for refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, which her employer mandated. A federal jury determined that Tanja Benton, who previously worked for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST), be awarded the m-ney, Fox 17 reported Monday. The jury found that her choice not to take the vaccine “was based on a sincerely held religious belief.” Per the Fox 17 report, Benton asked for a religious exemption but was denied and ultimately fired. However, she fought back by filing a federal lawsuit. “As part of its verdict, the federal jury awarded Benton 177,240 in back pay, 10,000 in compensatory damages, and 500,000 in punitive damages, for a total of 687,240,” the Fox 17 report said.

Tennessee Star to ‘Absolutely Appeal’ Judge’s Decision Not to Release One Single Page of Covenant School Killer Writings | 5 July 2024 | The Thursday ruling by Tennessee Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea L. Myles, when she decided not one single page of the writings of Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale would be released, will “absolutely” be appealed, stated Michael Patrick Leahy, the editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star and the CEO of Star News Digital Media, Inc. (SNDM). Leahy declared in his Friday statement, “The judge has erroneously accepted a dubious copyright claim made by intervenors who should not have been allowed to intervene in this case in the first place.” He continued, “The judge’s ruling is clearly not in the public interest and is a subversion of the intent of the Tennessee Public Records Act. We will absolutely appeal.” Both Leahy and SNDM were plaintiffs in the Tennessee lawsuit which sought to compel the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to release Hale’s full writings, including those sometimes called a manifesto.

Trump Attorneys Accuse Jack Smith of Concealing FBI Emails Related to Mar-a-Lago Raid | 4 July 2024 | President Donald Trump’s lawyers this week accused special counsel Jack Smith of concealing FBI emails related to the August 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid. Biden’s FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 and seized boxes of records from Trump’s Florida estate. Machine-gun-toting agents descended on Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, and by November, Biden’s DOJ appointed a special counsel to investigate the documents stored at the Florida residence. Jack Smith’s office has only produced a handful of August 2022 FBI emails related to the Mar-a-Lago raid. Trump’s attorneys believe the DOJ and FBI are concealing communications.

Judge postpones Trump’s sentencing hearing after Supreme Court immunity ruling | 2 July 2024 | A judge on Tuesday postponed Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York case as the former president seeks to have his conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted him some immunity in a separate criminal case. In a letter on Tuesday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan said he would resolve Trump’s motion to set aside the verdict on Sept. 6 and postponed his sentencing, “if such is still necessary,” until Sept. 18. Trump’s lawyers launched their effort to get the verdict tossed out just hours after the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling, which said Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for some official acts in his federal election interference case in Washington.

Trump moves to reverse verdict in New York case after historic Supreme Court ruling | 1 July 2024 | Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved quickly Monday night to take advantage of the Supreme Court ruling that he enjoyed immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, sending a letter notifying the judge in his New York case that they intend to ask to set aside the verdict reached by a jury last month, according to multiple sources. The sources, speaking to Just the News on condition of anonymity, asked Judge Juan Merchan to give them until July 10 to file arguments supporting a motion to vacate the verdict. The letter asked for permission to file the motion and laid out a timetable for trying to resolve the issues before the court. Trump signaled he planned to move aggressively to challenge the verdict in light of the 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court that presidents enjoy immunity for their official acts.

Criminals released in Arizona by Border Patrol later arrested in New England | 2 July 2024 | Border Patrol agents continue to release violent criminals into the U.S. who are later arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers thousands of miles away. While numerous examples exist, in three recent cases, Border Patrol agents in Arizona released violent criminals who were later arrested nearly 3,000 miles away in New England. On June 12, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations-Boston agents arrested an Ecuadorian illegally living in Northampton, Massachusetts, who was wanted by Ecuadorian authorities. He first entered the country illegally on June 4, 2021, when he was arrested by Border Patrol agents near San Luis, Arizona. Instead of processing him for removal, the agents issued him a “notice to appear” before a federal immigration judge at a date in the future and released him into the U.S…

Illegal immigrant caused DUI collision that killed 22-year-old in tragic hit-and-run – ICE | 3 July 2024 | The suspect in a deadly DUI hit-and-run that killed a 22-year-old in New Mexico entered the U.S. illegally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed. ICE confirmed to Fox News that 21-year-old Jesus Sandoval-Martinez was arrested early Monday morning and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and leaving an accident resulting in great bodily harm or death. Authorities allege Sandoval-Martinez was drunk when his Dodge pickup truck collided with a Tesla and a Toyota Corolla at an intersection in Albuquerque overnight Monday. Following the fatal crash, the 21-year-old migrant allegedly fled on foot, and witnesses said he was visibly impaired and slurring his words.

Guatemalan Migrant Charged With Murdering 21-Month-Old Boy in Pennsylvania | 2 July 2024 | A Guatemalan migrant is now accused of murdering a 21-month-old boy in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Enrique Lopez Gomez, a 20-year-old migrant from Guatemala, was arrested and charged late last week with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of 21-month-old Anilson Mauricio Perez Gomez… His autopsy found that he had died from blunt force trauma to the abdomen. “[Lopez Gomez] brutally injured a toddler under his care, failed to get the child medical care, and caused his death,” Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said in a statement.