The Morning Report — 7/19/24

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Good Morning Kids. If you are flying somewhere today, you might want to check the flight status before you head to the airport, per the lead item.

Of course the big story was the final night at the RNC, where Donald Trump gave an impassioned, and no doubt heartfelt speech about unifying the nation, mere days after an assassination attempt that was fomented by if not actually put in motion by elements within our own government and the lead elements of the Democrat Party itself, and still cheered on by far too many who support and vote for them election after election.

Just under a week after a failed attempt on his life, Trump took the RNC stage for his much-anticipated nomination acceptance speech. After barely dodging death on Saturday, Trump scrapped his entire speech and instead rewrote it himself, a Trump official told reporters ahead of the speech. Rather than heavily attacking the Biden administration, Trump wanted to focus on unity and use his near-death experience to bring the country together, the Washington Examiner first reported.

And so he did. A reflective and calm Trump closed out the RNC convention on Thursday, embracing unity and compassion during his emotional address. All throughout the weekend, attendees, delegates and speakers remarked how Trump was alive and in attendance because of divine intervention. The president agreed.

“I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God,” the president said, noticeably emotional like the delegates surrounding him on the convention floor. Trump told delegates that he shouldn’t be on the stage today, and they responded by drowning him out with chants of “yes you are.”

Trump told the story of that Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was “happily” giving a speech. Six minutes into that rally, gunshots came from beyond the crowd, leading Trump to grab his neck before ducking down behind the lectern. Secret Service agents rushed to cover Trump, but within moments he rose, face bloodied, and raised a fist in the air.

“Fight,” he told his fans.

While Trump recounted that story, the crowd broke out into “fight” chants as they had done throughout the week.

After paying tribute to the Lord for sparing his life, Trump led a moment of silence for former fire chief Corey Comperatore, who was fatally shot while attending the rally. Rolling out Comperatore’s firefighter jacket and helmet, Trump kissed the uniform and saluted the crowd.

The former president explained that more than $6 million had been raised for Comperatore’s family in the wake of his death, and that he would be donating $1 million himself.

From there, Trump used the tragedy to emphasize the political moment and call for not just a unified party, but a unified country.

“Our resolve is undoubted and our purpose is unchanged to deliver a government that serves the American people better than ever before,” Trump proclaimed. “Nothing will stop being in this vision because our vision is righteous and our thoughts pure, no matter what obstacle comes our way. We will not fret, we will not bend, we will not back down and I will never stop fighting for you, your family and our magnificent country.”

I admire and respect Donald Trump for myriad reasons. While unity is perhaps always a perpetual theme of most if not all speeches from nominees of both parties at every convention. The fact of the matter is that one side of this country does not want unity. They want absolute power and to create a country that runs contrary to the nation as founded, its heritage and history.

How do you get unity with that? You don't. You have to defeat it and wipe out the institutions that fuel the hatred and animosity that, were it not for perhaps Divine providence would have taken Trump's head off last Saturday instead of slicing his ear.

I suppose one cannot say this, especially in a speech accepting a presidential nomination, but that is the state play, as it has been now since years before Trump came down the Trump Tower escalator 9 years ago now.

"FIGHT!" indeed. But having the courage to articulate the aforementioned truth about the Democrat Left clearly and forthrightly and consistently is what is needed. For that he and we will always be called Hitler, fascists and anti-democratic, but that's the price you pay. Otherwise, you just cede the high ground and let them define the terms.

I also note with sadness, the passing of comedic legend Bob Newhart at 94. RIP.

Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• It was not immediately clear whether the call to keep flights from taking off were related to the earlier Microsoft cloud outage. . . US Secretary of Transportation Pete [R. Puffer] Buttigieg said the department was monitoring the flight cancellation and delay issues at Frontier, adding that the agency will hold the company and all other airlines “to their responsibilities to meet the needs of passengers”.
  Major US carriers ground flights, strand travelers citing communication issues — hours after Microsoft cloud outage

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN
• It is not clear who launched the object, or what its target was, though the explosion happened near the beachfront office of the U.S. embassy branch, which was formerly the main embassy before President Donald Trump moved it to Jerusalem.
  One Dead, Seven Wounded in Tel Aviv by ‘Aerial Target’
  
• Trump did not specify exactly which hostage-takers he was referring to, but the convention has emphasized the plight of the five American citizens still being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
  Trump at RNC: ‘We Want Our Hostages Back … Or You Will be Paying a Very Big Price’
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• Johnson’s comments come as hundreds of left-leaning congressional staffers, and some Democratic lawmakers, vowed to protest or boycott Netanyahu’s address on July 24.
  Mike Johnson Vows To Arrest Congressional Officials Who Disrupt Netanyahu’s Floor Speech
  
• Some good news in connection with our bankrupt Ivy League: In the past two months Columbia University has discovered that there are real consequences for tolerating and sometimes even supporting the bigotry and anti-Semitism of its Marxist and pro-Hamas students and faculty.
  Columbia University donors fleeing because of its apparent willingness to tolerate bigotry and pro-Hamas mobs
  
• The Biden junta should adopt a strong stance against all political violence—including the anti-Semitic mayhem on college campuses.
  Let’s Talk About Political Violence

  BIDEN DEMENTIA, EPILEPSY, PALACE COUP WATCH

• The Biden-Harris campaign immediately rejected the idea, telling Bloomberg that Biden will remain atop the ticket.
  Report: Top Democrats Say Joe Biden Will Exit Race as ‘Soon as This Weekend’
  
• “And so, it’s all about, it’s all about treating people with dignity. And it’s about making sure that — look, I mean, for example — look at [the heat I’m getting] because I named a, uh, the secretary of defense, the black man,” Biden says, though part of his statement sounded garbled.
  Biden Calls His Defense Secretary ‘The Black Man’ After Appearing To Forget His Name
  
• Scarborough, whom Axios reported Biden loves to watch and calls to “vent” about media coverage, pointed out that the Democratic president’s sagging support is putting swing states “in play” as donors flee. The “Morning Joe” host urged Biden’s inner circle to “do the right thing.”
  Joe Scarborough Says Biden Staying In Race Because His Aides Have ‘Financial’ Interests, Angering Others
  
• How come no one says Biden should withdraw because of his health? They only care about beating Trump...
  WaPo: Obama Tells Democrats ‘Biden Needs to Seriously Consider His Viability’

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Rabbi DOV FISCHER: Biden, Garland, and Smith blew it.
  The Left’s Vicious War on Judge Aileen Cannon

  Trump Assassination Attempt Aftermath

• Who green-lit the Trump shooting?
  Whodunnit?
  
• There’s not much more to say about this person, except to say that karma’s a b***h. And, glorifying that nerd who pretended to play Call of Duty and take out a presidential nominee makes that activists worth less than the gum on the bottom of someone’s shoe.
  Anti-Trump Protester Holds Up Sign Glorifying Trump Shooter at RNC: 'An American Hero'
  
• “The USSS Special Agent in Charge Tim Burke reportedly told law enforcement partners that the USSS had limited resources that week because the agency was covering the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, D.C.”
  Whistleblowers: Secret Service had ‘Limited Resources’ at Trump Rally Due to NATO
  
• We know that the Secret Service knew about Crooks an hour before the shooting. It keeps getting worse.
  Video Shows Trump Shooter Mulling Around Rally an Hour Before the Attack
  
• It’s now abundantly clear exactly why the DHS secretary says he has 100% confidence in the director of the Secret Service.
  After Almost Getting Trump Killed, The Secret Service Cries About Mean Tweets
  
• David Frum’s article blaming Trump for his own assassination attempt reminds us that he has always been a petty egotist.
  From Iraq To Trump, David Frum Has Always Been A Cancer On The Body Politic

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Dennis Prager: Incendiary slanders have consequences.
  An Assassination Attempt Was Inevitable
  
• Failed campaign strategist describes Republican National Convention as fascist ‘Bund gathering’
  Days After Trump Assassination Attempt, Scripps News Contributor Steve Schmidt Pens RNC Analysis Rife With Nazi Comparisons
  
• Instead of trying to win back black voters with policy, the Democrats have resorted to fear mongering. And I for one am done with being lied to....
  Quit trying to scare black people about Project 2025
  
• More than six in 10 Americans who are familiar with ESG scores support blocking financial institutions from using them
  Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Most Americans Oppose Use of ESG Scores in Personal Financial Matters

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• “The Great Lou Dobbs has just passed away – A friend, and truly incredible Journalist, Reporter, and Talent,” Trump wrote in his post. “He understood the World, and what was ‘happening,’ better than others.”
  Trump Announces Death of Political Commentator Lou Dobbs: ‘Truly Incredible Journalist’
  
• CNN’s Van Jones compared the energized excitement for former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention to the level of support former President Barack Obama had in 2008 during a Thursday panel.
  ‘There’s Something Happening Here’: Former Obama Adviser Compares Pro-Trump Energy At RNC To 2008 Landslide Win

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and the Heartland Institute finds that 63% of Likely Voters in six battleground states would support a law that would reduce gasoline and energy prices by dramatically increasing oil and gas drilling in the United States, including 44% who would Strongly Support such a law. Only 29% would oppose a law to boost U.S. oil and gas drilling
  ‘Drill, Baby, Drill!’: 63% of Battleground State Voters Want More Fossil Fuels
  
• Whites need not apply.
  Scientists: Biden has infused DEI and racial quotas throughout the entire federal science bureaucracy
  
• “We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption,” Farley said at the time. “We are just in love with these monster vehicles, and I love them too, but it’s a major issue with weight.”Sorry, but that’s not happening anytime soon.
  Ford's Latest Pivot Shows That the EV Craze Has Fizzled Out

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Look at that bite!
  NYC Democrat Councilwoman Allegedly Bit NYPD Officer at Brooklyn Protest
  
• How the crime-plagued city could use a local ordinance to bypass radical state officials and reclaim its streets
  Chicago Needs a Public Safety Act

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda Du dismissed the suit on standing after Nevada officials argued the RNC and Trump campaign did not prove the extended deadline created a disadvantage.
  Activist Judge Says Nevada Can Keep Counting Ballots That Show Up After Election Day
  
• Achieving large-scale fraud requires two things: Mail-in ballots and outdated voter rolls.
  A Victory for Honest Elections

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Daniel Greenfield: Sen. Bob Menendez is refuting reports that he’s planning to resign after he was convicted on federal bribery charges. "I can tell you that I have not resigned"
  Dems Now Also Have a Convicted Senator Who Won’t Resign

  POLITICS

• Trump mentioned the fact that he had spoken with the two men who had been wounded in the shooting, noting that although their injuries had been serious, they were on the mend and doing well. He also spoke briefly about Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was hailed as a hero for shielding his family with his own body before he was struck and killed.
  Trump Kisses Helmet Of Slain Firefighter, Calls For Moment Of Silence In His Honor
  
• What many heard was a guy who, despite being a millennial millionaire, shares an all-too-common upbringing in impoverished rural America.
  J.D. Vance Appeals To The ‘Cast Aside And Forgotten’ In RNC Speech
  
• Speaking at a Biden/Harris campaign event Thursday, Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, said - unironically, it seems - that Democrats will “make America great again” in November when they theoretically re-elect President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to a second term.
  Biden Campaign Speaker Says Democrats Will 'Make America Great Again' In November
  
• There’s an easy explanation why Harris is one of the most unpopular vice presidents. She is an unserious person and a classic midwit,
  Cackling While America Burns
  
• DAVID HARSANYI: Does any politician who’s built up credentials as an effective governor want to spend the next three months scaremongering about Project 2025 and the end of democracy? Seems unlikely to me. But I guess you can never know.
  Why Would Any Legit Dem Presidential Prospect Jump Into This Mess?
  
• Is it finally time for the party to take social conservatives seriously?
  Don’t Mourn the ‘Old’ Republican Party

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Russian officials have repeatedly stated they would not immediately dismiss the use of nuclear weapons if necessary to protect the regime of strongman Vladimir Putin from a potential NATO attack – or escalations in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. NATO powers are directly involved in the Ukraine war, though Ukraine is not a member of the military alliance, through the provision of military assistance to the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a special guest at the annual NATO summit hosted in Washington this month, where President Joe Biden introduced him as “President Putin.”
  Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia Not Ruling Out Deploying Nukes Against NATO

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The European Parliament has dismissed a proposal from the populist Patriots for Europe group to debate the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the escalating political violence in Europe.The Patriots for Europe group, spearheaded by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, sought a debate and resolution condemning the violence following the Trump shooting. However, the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected, with 337 votes against, 119 in favor, and 15 abstentions.
  European Parliament Refuses to Condemn Attempted Assassination of Trump.
  
• The return to a Taft-lite American foreign policy in Europe is a much needed change. 
  J.D. Vance: Foreign Policy Realist
  
• And it isn’t the only such country.
  South Korea Must Grow Up and Defend Itself

  BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH

• Daniel Greenfield: "And all they need is our money to save the planet." (they didn't blame the Jooz? - jjs)
  Taliban Blame Afghanistan’s Problems on Global Warming

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Spoiler alert, we’ve already seen how this story goes (Paris and New York), and the rats win.
  Boston becomes the latest Dem-controlled city to call in an ‘urban rodentologist’ for the rat problem

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• If elected, Trump and Vance have an opportunity to make family formation the cornerstone of their governing agenda.
  Finally: A Champion Of Families, Front And Center
  
• A glitzy new museum in New York City hides the grim reality behind the Stonewall riot, a flashpoint for sexual ‘liberation.’
  The Stonewall Riot Hoax
  
• Hadid, who is half-"Palestinian" on her father’s side, and her sister Gigi have faced criticism for being supporters of the "Palestinian" relief efforts since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The German athletic wear company announced Monday the re-launch of the classic SL 72 shoe ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It also marks the 52nd anniversary of the “Munich Massacre,” when members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September stormed the Olympic village and took the Israeli athletes and coaches hostage before they were eventually killed.
  Adidas slammed for naming pro-Hamas Bella Hadid the face of Munich 1972 Olympic sneaker relaunch: ‘Egregious error’

  
  HITHER & YON

• Bob Newhart, the deadpan king of satire, whose The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart brought him into the home of millions of Americans throughout the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his publicist confirmed. He was 94.The decorated Chicago icon was an accountant before striking gold with comedy, acclaimed for his dry, deadpan delivery.
  Bob Newhart, Trailblazing Actor and ‘The Bob Newhart Show’ Host, Dies at 94

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