News From Around the Web
#10 Harris Secures Enough Delegates to Become Democratic Party Nominee - Jacob Burg, The Epoch Times
Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to be named her party’s 2024 presidential nominee, according to a tally late Monday night.
Many top Democrats, including President Joe Biden, have rallied around Ms. Harris as their party’s preferred candidate to take on GOP presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in November. President Biden stepped aside on July 21, saying he supports new party leadership going into 2025.
#9 Conservative legal fight over Biden withdrawal moves ahead - Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
A long-shot legal fight to challenge President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election race is now moving forward after his historic decision to bow out on Sunday.
The conservative Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has been leading the threat of legal action, publicizing a June 21 memo on the matter immediately after last month’s presidential debate, the event that catalyzed the president’s decision to end his campaign. The memo warned of a “contentious path” to replacing Biden on the ballot, though questions linger as to whether they will bear fruit as Biden steers Democrats to coalesce around Vice President Kamala Harris.
#8 Police Departments Advertise Six-Figure Salaries, Better Quality Of Life, To Lure New Recruits - Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge
Big cities are struggling badly to hire police. And, in the day and age of "all cops are bastards" and "defund the police", it's easy to see why: policing has become more of a thankless job than ever. But a new Wall Street Journal report detailed some of the strategies police departments are using to "hustle" for new recruits.
In Plano, Texas, they are offering $108,150 a year and putting the salary figure on billboards to attract attention.
#7 Butler Assassination Attempt: Johnson Releases Preliminary Findings on Colossal Security Failure - Wendi Mahoney, UncoverDC
Immediately following the July 13 assassination attempt, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) released five preliminary findings on how the security was handled for the former president's rally. Senator Johnson and other Congressmen also attended a USSS Senate briefing after the incident, which he said was "unbelievably uninformative." During the briefing, only four questions were allowed, according to Johnson, so he submitted his questions in writing to AG Garland, Secretary Mayorkas, and Director Wray.
#6 Nantucket Town Looks to Sue Energy Company after Turbine Mishap had Chunks of Windmills Washing up on Beaches - Io Dodds, The Independent
Officials in Nantucket are considering legal action against a green energy company whose shattered offshore wind turbine has flooded their beaches with debris.
Vineyard Wind, which operates a nascent wind farm about 15 miles south of the popular Massachusetts tourist haunt, was ordered by the federal government to suspend operations after a "blade failure" on July 13.
#5 Judge dismisses Nina Jankowicz lawsuit against Fox News - Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill
A judge in Delaware tossed a lawsuit filed by Nina Jankowicz, the former head of the short-lived Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disinformation board, against Fox News.
The judge granted Fox’s motion on Monday to have the case dismissed, according to court documents, ruling the statements Jankowicz had alleged were defamatory were either about the board she oversaw and not her, or were materially true.
#4 Cruz Warns Against Underestimating Harris: Dems Pitching Her as 'Mother Teresa, Oprah and Gandhi' Combo - Emma Colton, Fox News
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warned Republicans against underestimating Vice President Kamala Harris as she emerges as the top contender for the Democratic Party's nomination for president.
"I think people are underestimating what billions of dollars of free media, of the entire corrupt corporate media complex, pitching her as a combination of Mother Teresa, Oprah and Gandhi," Cruz said.
#3 QR Codes Hold the Key to Digital Enslavement - Tracy Beanz & Michelle Edwards, The Highwire
In a recent interview, Peter Koenig, a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), drew attention to the hardly noticeable but warp-speed-advancing digitization of literally everything.
Explaining the switch from the often-rejected digital ID to digital money, Koenig remarked:
"Once money is fully digitized, with or without the infamous so-called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), a formal digital ID is just a question of converting each one of our QR codes into an ID. And bingo. The money is controlled, and so are we."
#2 CrowdStrike Outlines just what went Wrong with its Update — as many systems around the world are now back up - Benedict Collins, TechRadarPro
CrowdStrike, which provides antivirus for Windows devices, has now released the full technical details of how and why the disruption happened.
CrowdStrike pushed a sensor configuration update for Windows systems that caused a logic error, resulting in the infamous BSOD. Any computer that was running Falcon sensor for Windows version 7.11 and above that was online from when the update was pushed live to when the update was ceased may have been affected. The update was live for just 1.3 hours, but the damage was already done to millions of Windows devices that automatically updated.
#1 Airline Still Not Recovering From Global Outage, Cancels Over 800 Flights In One Day, Leaving Thousands Stranded - Fiona McLoughlin, Dailey Caller
Delta Airlines continued to suffer Monday from the global cyber outage, canceling over 800 flights and leaving thousands of people stranded in airports.
The major airline canceled 874 flights and delayed 1,598 others as of 5:55 p.m. on Monday, according to FlightAware data. The total amount of canceled flights into, out of, or within the United States on Monday was 1,208, the website shows. Over 7,000 flights with the same parameters were delayed.
And Now for Something Special
5:2 Intermittent Fasting Promising for Brain Health in Older Adults–Study - Jennifer Sweenie, Epoch Times Health
A study published in Cell Metabolism in June suggests that 5:2 intermittent fasting could positively impact the brain health of older adults. The research shows that following an intermittent fasting regimen may improve cognitive function and overall brain health. The findings spark interest in exploring the potential benefits of fasting and brain function in older individuals.
5:2 fasting is a version of intermittent fasting with normal dietary intake for five days a week and restricted caloric intake for two days. On restricted days, women typically reduce caloric intake to around 500 calories and men to around 600 calories. The diet was popularized by the late Michael Mosley, who authored “The Fast Diet” and was a British medical journalist.
