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#10 Texas Democratic Delegate Robbed at Gunpoint Near DNC in Chicago - Olivia Land for The New York Post, Patriot Jules 1776, Larry M. Lezon on X
A member of the Texas Democratic Delegation was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in downtown Chicago after the national convention early Wednesday. The victim – who was reportedly in the Windy City for the Democratic National Convention this week – was walking with a friend near the Allegro Royal Sonesta Hotel Chicago around 2 a.m. when he was targeted by a gunman wearing a ski mask, Chicago Police Department said. Before confronting the pair, the gunman had pulled up across the street in a black Range Rover and robbed a 25-year-old man of his wallet and hotel room key, police said...
#9 Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Claim Prosecution Is Trying to ‘Slime Him’ in Tax Trial - Ariana Baio for Independent, Miranda Devine, The Guardian
While Hunter Biden vacationed with his family in Santa Ynez Valley in California on Wednesday, nearly 100 miles away in Los Angeles his lawyers empathetically defended him in his final pretrial conference before his federal tax case heads to trial. Mark Geragos, an attorney who joined Biden’s legal team recently, was pushing back on the prosecution’s plan to bring up embarrassing details of Biden’s past, like spending money on drugs, girlfriends and lovers, expensive hotels and more rather than pay his taxes. “They want the character assassination, they want to slime him, that is the whole purpose,” Geragos told District Court Judge Mark Scarsi...
#8 Biden's Impeachable Crimes: Biden Family Made Millions in Global Influence Peddling Racket - Wendi Strauch Mahoney for UncoverDC, Tax Professional 73, BRICS News on X
President Biden "knew about, participated in, and benefited from" his family's involvement in a global influence-peddling conspiracy, according to a Majority Staff Impeachment Inquiry Report, published by three key congressional committees on Aug. 19. The report conclusively states that Biden "monetize[d] his office of public trust to enrich his family," making his actions impeachable offenses. The Biden family sold the "'Biden brand' around the world," none of which would have happened "but for Joe Biden's official position in the United States government."#7 Jack Daniel’s Renounces ‘Woke’ Agenda, Latest Iconic Us Brand to ‘Bring Sanity Back’ to Business - Kerry J. Byrne for Fox News, Robby Starbuck, Daily Mail US on X
Jack Daniel's has taken a stiff shot of "sanity," warrior-against-woke Robby Starbuck claimed on Wednesday night — after telling Fox News Digital he had his sights set on another iconic American brand. "Big news," the movie-making activist posted on X. "The next company we were set to expose was @JackDaniels."Brown-Forman, the parent company of the Tennessee distiller, "preemptively announced," Starbuck wrote, that it was renouncing a series of diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and left-leaning initiatives...
#6 Democrats’ Fundraising Machine Draws Accusations Of ‘Potentially Illegal’ Schemes - M.D. Kittle for The Federalist, Black Insurrectionist, Roger Stone
It was a political fundraising tsunami. A day and a half after President Joe Biden announced he was ending his run for a second term, his vice president and presumed successor reportedly had raked in an eye-popping campaign contribution haul — north of $100 million. Within the first 24 hours, Kamala Harris’ campaign had reported more than $80 million in donations, record-smashing numbers all around. At the end of July, just 11 days after Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris, the Democratic Party’s new standard bearer had raised an incredible monthly total of $310 million, according to the Harris campaign, more than tripling the cash the Biden-Harris campaign had on hand...
#5 CBP One App Lacks Vetting Capabilities for Illegal Aliens Applying for Asylum, Internal Report Finds - Candace Hathaway, House Homeland GOP, News4Jax, Mike Lee on X
A recent report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General found that Customs and Border Protection's CBP One application lacks some capabilities to help vet illegal aliens applying for asylum. The app was created to streamline the asylum-claim process so that Border Patrol agents spend less time processing illegal aliens at the border. Between January 12, 2023, and August 18, 2023, the app has been used to process more than 260,000 foreign nationals.
#4 NFL Helps Standardize Facial Recognition Technology - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, Debrieft, Vision4theBlind, Chief Nerd on X
In the blink of an eye, facial recognition technology is now commonplace. Thanks to the National Football League, facial recognition technology has become the preferred screening method to “streamline and secure” entry into stadiums for hundreds of thousands of die-hard supporters eager to tailgate as long as possible and enter the venue hassle-free. As the football season fast approaches, all 32 NFL stadiums will use the surveillance platform after the NFL signed a contract with a company that uses facial scans to confirm the identity of individuals entering event venues and other secure spaces, including credentialed media areas, press boxes, and locker rooms...#3 The Reality of Kamala Harris’ Plan to Tax Unrealized Capital Gains - Dan Primack for Axios, Jason DeBolt, Vivek G Ramaswamy, Byron Donalds on X
Silicon Valley was burning up the socials this week, after learning that Kamala Harris has tacitly endorsed a tax on unrealized capital gains. Lots of what was shared was inaccurate. Reality check: This only would impact a small subset of America's wealthiest people, and most tech founders and investors would be spared. What to know: Harris didn't release a new tax plan. Instead, her campaign said it agrees with a series of items in President Biden's last budget proposal, the most relevant of which were nonstarters in Congress and didn't become law. This includes the new tax on unrealized capital gains. It applies only to individuals with at least $100 million in wealth who do not pay at least a 25% tax rate on their income (inclusive of unrealized capital gains). Payments can be spread out over subsequent years...
#2 RFK Jr. Withdraws From Arizona Ballot as Questions Swirl Around a Possible Alliance With Trump - Jonathan J. Cooper and Ali Swenson for AP News, Jack Paso, George, Robert W. Malone MD
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the ballot in Arizona late Thursday, a day before he and Donald Trump were set to appear miles apart in the Phoenix area as speculation grows that Kennedy could drop his independent presidential bid and endorse the Republican nominee. Kennedy is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. Eastern time in Phoenix “about the present historical moment and his path forward,” according to his campaign. Hours later, Trump will hold a rally in neighboring Glendale. Trump, campaigning Thursday in southern Arizona at the U.S.-Mexico border, said that “no plans have been made” for Kennedy to appear with him on Friday. But he noted they would be in the same city at the same time...
#1 Harris Accepts Historic Presidential Nomination, Says Election Offers “Fleeting Opportunity” to Move Past “Bitterness, Cynicism” - Melissa Quinn for CBS News, Kamala Harris, Kyle Becker, Vanya+, Arnaud Bertrand on X
Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, framing the upcoming election as an opportunity for the nation to "chart a new way forward" and encouraging voters to write the "next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told." Harris makes history as the first Black woman to lead a major party's presidential ticket, and her remarks closed out the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. "My entire career, I've only had one client: the people. And so, on behalf of the people, on behalf of every American regardless of party, race, gender or the language your grandmother speaks, on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey, on behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another, on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America," she said...
