Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that left out some of the first U.S. troops who responded after the Sept. 11 attacks and got sick after deploying to a base contaminated with dangerous levels of uranium.
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Former President Donald Trump told supporters here that he "took a bullet for democracy" as he and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, made their campaign trail debut at a rally Saturday. read more
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@#125 ... Where is the bullet? ...
Eight bullets were fired.
Pennsylvania state police commissioner reveals stunning details about Trump shooting
www.cnn.com
... Crooks fired eight times
Investigators believe that Crooks fired eight rounds before he was killed by counter-snipers, Paris said.
"I believe that the number is eight," Paris told the committee. "Eight casings have been recovered."
Officials had previously only confirmed that the shooter fired multiple times at the rally earlier this month. ...
Other interesting new details in that article.
Can Harris -- or any other Democrat -- access Biden campaign money?
www.npr.org
... The Biden campaign said it had $240 million cash on hand at the beginning of July. It likely burned through a good deal of that on ads, staffing and the like since then, but now that President Biden is out, there's a question of whether any other candidate would or should have access to that money.
The short answer seems to be that Vice President Harris -- who is already poised to be the new Democratic nominee -- has a strong claim to the funds, because she was and is on the filing statements as a candidate with Biden. Other potential replacements would not, according to many campaign finance experts.
Those candidates would have to rely on Biden donating the money to an outside group or super PAC or he would have to stand one up on his own to support the potential Democratic nominee. But the candidate would not have control over that money or how it's used. ...
@#54 ... but has anyone mentioned that Kamala isn't yet the nominee but is currently the presumptive nominee? ...
I did note in another thread...
... From what I've heard, VP Harris has the support of 1992 delegates, more than the 1976 needed. ...
A link:
Majority of pledged Democratic delegates endorse Harris after massive fundraising day
www.cnbc.com
... Late Monday night, NBC News projected that Harris had won endorsements from a majority of the Democratic party's pledged convention delegates. The threshold is 1,976 delegates, and NBC estimates that Harris has the spoken or written backing of 1,992 delegates. ...
@#7 ... Biden is no longer the measuring stick. ...
i'd say that his accomplishments while in office speak for themselves, and in a good way.
But, yeah, going forward, the GOP now needs to face a campaign against VP Harris.
The aging, befuddled fmr Pres Trump vs. the energetic VP Harris.
Kamala Harris dances with the kids
www.youtube.com
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Oneindia News ...Nov 7, 2020 #KamalaHarris #USElections2020
A video shared by Priyanka Chaturvedi on Twitter shows US Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris dancing with small girls. Priyanka wrote in the Caption, 'This. It took 243 years to break the glass ceiling. Daughter of immigrants.
A tough American woman.
More power to you! You deserve every moment of this joyful dance! A very happy moment for women fighting for their place under the sun @KamalaHarris' ...
Fun video...
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound, live at Lollapalooza Brasil 2014
www.youtube.com
The trumpet player is amazing.
I also like the drummer, with his syncopated rhythms. And he seems to be having fun playing.
(sorry Shane... I had wanted to include this video in your excellent Friday Nite Tunes thread, but i got there too late. Maybe next time. ...)