Some questions that I see are -- The building in question seemed to be outside the security perimeter. So, did the Secret Service not check it out, or did the Secret Service give responsibility to check it out to local law enforcement as they often appear to do in such circumstances? Keeping in mind that readily available AR-15 mass-murder weapons have a range of three times the approximate 150 yard distance from the building to the stage,

I've heard on various news networks that the FBI (part of DoJ) is conducting the investigation, and not the Secret Service (part of DHS) because there may have been an issue with how the Secret Service set up protection.

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... The forceful message from Biden -- which was delivered to hundreds of top Democratic donors and bundlers in the president's National Finance Committee -- is the latest evidence that the president and his allies are working furiously to stem defections in the party. Earlier in the day, Biden sent a fiery missive to congressional Democrats, declaring his intentions to remain in the race even as roughly a half-dozen members have publicly called for him to bow out. ...

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... The rules came into effect on July 7 and follow a 2019 decision by the European Commission to make ISA obligatory on all new models and types of vehicles introduced from July 2022. Two years on, and the tech must be in all new cars.

European legislators reckon that the rules will make for safer roads. However, they will also add to the ever-increasing amount of technology rolling around the continent's highways. While EU law has no legal force in the UK, it's hard to imagine many manufacturers making an exemption for Britain.

So how does it work? In the first instance, the speed limit on a given road can be detected by using data from a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) " such as Global Positioning System (GPS) " and a digital map to come up with a speed limit. This might be combined with physical sign recognition. ...

... while much of the Midwest and the East Coast swelter into next week. ...

Here in CT, we've been "sweltering" since June, with afternoon temps running 10 to 20 degrees above the norm and tropical-level dew points. Looks like we're finally going to get a 3 day respite the end of this coming week, then back to the heat.

June averaged 5 degrees above normal.

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... Crooks worked in a local nursing home kitchen just a short drive away from his home, the BBC understands.

State voter records show that he was a registered Republican, according to US media.

He is also reported to have donated $15 to liberal campaign group ActBlue in 2021.

According to US media reports, Crooks was wearing a T-shirt from Demolition Ranch, a YouTube channel known for its guns and demolition content. The channel has millions of subscribers featuring videos on different guns and explosive devices. ...

So, a Republican who seems to have an interest in the gun culture, but may not be so happy with what fmr Pres Trump has done to the GOP?

Case dismissed.

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... A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday launched a renewed effort to ban members of Congress from trading stock.

"Congress should not be here to make a buck," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said at a press conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. "There is no reason why members of Congress ought to be profiting off of the information that only they get."

The proposal is the latest chapter in a yearslong saga in Congress to pass regulations that limit lawmakers' ability to buy and sell stocks, and the first one to get formal consideration by a Senate committee " in this case the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee on July 24.

Ethics experts say that legislators' access to the kind of information they receive gives them the potential of having an unfair advantage to the investing public. ...

Related from a couple months ago...

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... Papperger was one of a number of defense industry chiefs in Europe to be targeted but the plot against him was believed to be more advanced, the sources said.

The revelations followed recent warnings from NATO's secretary-general, European governments and U.S. officials about an expanding effort by Moscow to disrupt arms deliveries to Ukraine as it tries to defend itself against invading Russian troops.

The White House National Security Council would not comment directly on the specific case involving Rheinmetall, but council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said the Biden administration was concerned about the growing threat of Russian sabotage.

"While I don't have a comment on this specific report, Russia's intensifying campaign of subversion is something that we are taking extremely seriously and have been intently focused on over the past few months," Watson said. "The United States has been discussing this issue with our NATO Allies, and we are actively working together to expose and disrupt these activities. We have also been clear that Russia's actions will not deter Allies from continuing to support Ukraine." ...

@#2 ... It's +2.1 to +5 Trump depending on the average. ...

Interesting look at the swing states on the right side of this page...

No wonder the GOP was so hysterically against the IRS receiving the money for better enforcement.

@#5 ... The poor Houstonians that have flocked to the cooling centers aren't exactly Trump's demographic. ...

Probably why Gov Abbott does not seem to be all that concerned about them...

@#7 ... Hate drives him more than money and power. He has no use for money, he never pays for anything anyway. ...

Yeah, I've not thought about that aspect.

But hatred driving him instead of self-adulation?

I'll have to ponder that.

@#5 ... I've often wondered if Trump is still nursing his manic hatred of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in that simmering caldron. ...

My view is that fmr Pres Trump does not even look at it in that light.

He just looks at how much power he can grab for his own benefit.

Transactional, not strategic.

@#8

@#1

Yer gonna need to be more specific...

@#49 ... People interject sarcasm, snark and emotion when they type words. Sometimes you need to read between the lines a bit ...

... or just talk to yourself.

;)

@#1

puppet-mater,

-- should be --

puppet-master,

:)

So, Pres Biden appears to be in favor of democracy.

As opposed to fmr Pres Trump, who would just hand over Ukraine to his puppet-mater, Pres Putin.

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... In the summer of 2022, I skied across the flat, smooth, and white plateau of the icefield, accompanied by other researchers, sliding in the tracks of the person in front of me under a hot sun. From that plateau, around 40 huge, interconnected glaciers descend towards the sea, with hundreds of smaller glaciers on the mountain peaks all around.

Our work, now published in Nature Communications, has shown that Juneau is an example of a climate "feedback" in action: as temperatures are rising, less and less snow is remaining through the summer (technically: the "end-of-summer snowline" is rising). This in turn leads to ice being exposed to sunshine and higher temperatures, which means more melt, less snow, and so on.

Like many Alaskan glaciers, Juneau's are top-heavy, with lots of ice and snow at high altitudes above the end-of-summer snowline. This previously sustained the glacier tongues lower down. But when the end-of-summer snowline does creep up to the top plateau, then suddenly a large amount of a top-heavy glacier will be newly exposed to melting.

That's what's happening now, each summer, and the glaciers are melting much faster than before, causing the icefield to get thinner and thinner and the plateau to get lower and lower. Once a threshold is passed, these feedbacks can accelerate melt and drive a self-perpetuating loss of snow and ice which would continue even if the world were to stop warming.

Ice is melting faster than ever ...

@#43 ... try to "hear" what is being said ...

I do try not to "hear" what I want to hear when I read comments.

But your current aliases may have a differing view.

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... On June 27, the candidates met in Atlanta for the first presidential debate of this election cycle. Following his poor performance, Biden has faced calls to step down as his party's candidate. However, the president has remained defiant, refusing to drop out of the race.

Now, political commentators are drawing parallels between Biden's defiance and Trump's behavior. Speaking to Newsweek, Thomas Gift, an associate professor of political science and the director of the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, said, "Biden is absolutely taking a page out of the playbook of Trump."

He added, "Increasingly, one could argue that his public statements have been giving off an air of entitlement and even selfishness." ...

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... "President (Joe) Biden and I remain committed to using our strong investment screening tool to defend America's national security, including actions that protect military installations from external threats," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.

Under a proposed rule, more than 50 facilities will be added to a list of sites where surrounding property transactions may be reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) -- taking the total figure to 227. ...