Vance Apparently Chastised for Out-of-Line Comments on Abortion

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Sen. J.D. Vance says he won’t try to speak for Donald Trump in the future after the vice presidential nominee expressed a contradicting viewpoint on a federal abortion ban.

The admission came after a moment at Tuesday’s debate where the former president broke with his running mate and said they have not yet discussed a veto on banning abortion at a national level.

‘I think that I’ve learned my lesson on speaking for the president before he and I have actually talked about an issue,’ Vance said in an interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker on Sunday morning.

The Ohio Senator said his point last month was to reiterate that Trump has been clear he does not support the idea of a national ban – but that he also thinks the issue would never cross his desk because it wouldn’t get through Congress in the first place.

Asked at the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday if he would veto a bill putting a federal ban on abortions, Trump was noncommittal. . .

But when the ABC debate moderator Linsey Davis pressed him on Vance’s remarks just weeks earlier, the ex-president broke with his running mate

‘I didn’t discuss it with J.D. in all fairness,’ Trump said on stage. ‘J.D. – and I don’t mind if he has a certain view – but I think he was speaking for me. But I really didn’t.’ (Read more from “Vance Apparently Chastised for Out-of-Line Comments on Abortion” HERE)

Franklin Graham After Second Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘We Need to Pray for This Man’

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Reverend Franklin Graham on Sunday asked people to intercede through prayer for former President Donald Trump following an apparent second assassination attempt.

“It’s evening here in Rome where I am, but the news is reporting that shots were fired in President @realDonaldTrump’s vicinity in Florida. There aren’t many details available yet, but as they try to determine what exactly happened, this is a strong reminder that we need to pray for this man,” Graham wrote in a social media post:

Social media users reacted to his post with many telling Graham they were already on it. “Pray without ceasing…” one person wrote, while another individual said, “I pray Lord for Donald Trumps safety!!!! Amen.”

“In prayer for him daily,” someone else commented.

Trump is safe following what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said was an apparent second assassination attempt against the former president this year, Breitbart News reported on Sunday. The first attempt was during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July when a bullet struck Trump’s ear and left his face bloodied as he was speaking to the crowd. (Read more from “Franklin Graham After Second Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘We Need to Pray for This Man’” HERE)

ABC News Debate Moderator Is Kamala’s Sorority Sister; Moderator Confirms Her Preparations to Interrupt, Correct Trump

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By Townhall. The debate is over, but there have been a lot of analyses and commentaries about how awful ABC News’ Linsey Davis and David Muir were during Tuesday night’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. They live fact-checked the former president, but not her. The microphones were not muted, and to the shock of no one, the live fact-checks were wrong, especially on crime and abortion. Yet, for Ms. Davis, there’s another issue.

Apparently, she’s a sorority sister of Ms. Harris, a detail that was not revealed until after the debate. While the two reportedly never met, it does question the integrity of the whole event (via NY Post):

Davis, 46, sparked backlash when she fought back against the former president’s false claims that doctors were discussing aborting babies after birth, with Republicans arguing that the ABC moderator was not nearly as tough on Harris’ erroneous assertions.

Now, it has come to light that the two were both members of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Harris became a member of the sisterhood when she was an undergraduate student at Howard University in Washington

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Debate Moderator Confirms Her Preparations to Interrupt, Correct Trump

By WND. Linsay Davis, one of ABC’s moderators for this week’s presidential debate, bragged in a puff piece by the Los Angeles Times about her as a “rising new star,” how she prepared to interrupt and correct President Donald Trump during the matchup with Kamala Harris.

But, stunningly, the profile failed to even note that Davis got her “facts” – which she used specifically to interrupt and correct Trump – wrong.

The network, Davis and David Muir, the other moderator, have come under harsh criticism for the one-sided, biased event they staged. They repeatedly “corrected” Trump while ignoring blatant lies used by Harris. . .

She claimed, “People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators.”

So she said she and Muir divided up topics, and studied them, and, “Davis fully anticipated that Trump’s erroneous abortion claim would come up when she questioned him on the issue.”

She said, “That was an obvious thing to get on the record.” (Read more from “Debate Moderator Confirms Her Preparations to Interrupt, Correct Trump” HERE)

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DA Who Charged a Veteran for Defending Himself Against a Pro-Hamas Supporter Is a Nightmare

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Bonchie at RedState had it first for us, based on reporting from Kassy Akiva of the Daily Wire. It’s likely to lead to a messy legal fight, as a pro-Hamas supporter was shot by an Iraq War veteran who was triggered by a gathering of Israeli supporters in Newton, Massachusetts. The man is caught on video charging the group and tackling the veteran, Scott Hayes, who shot the individual in self-defense. He later rendered medical aid until first responders arrived on the scene.

As RedState reported on Thursday evening, an Iraq war veteran named Scott Hayes was violently attacked by a Hamas supporter during a pro-Israel protest. The attacker was captured on video starting a verbal altercation by yelling across a street about “genocide” while making a false claim that 200,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. He then charged through traffic and violently tackled the veteran.

A scuffle ensued with the Hamas supporter attempting to punch the victim in the head. At that point, the veteran discharged a single shot from a pistol he was concealed carrying. The Hamas supporter was reported to be in stable condition, the incident appeared to be a clear-cut case of self-defense.

As Bonchie adds, Ryan admits the pro-Palestinian wannabe tough guy was the attacker, but they charge Hayes anyway? There’s no way this investigation is done, but that’s Massachusetts for you.

(Read more from “DA Who Charged a Veteran for Defending Himself Against a Pro-Hamas Supporter Is a Nightmare” HERE)

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Putin Issues Warning to the US if Ukraine Uses Western-Style Missiles

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stern warning to the U.S. and its European allies that if Ukraine uses long-range missiles to reach the interior of Russia he will consider it an act of war by NATO countries.

During an interview, Putin stated Ukraine does not possess the capability to launch any high-precision weapons on its own and would need to rely on the U.S. or EU to provide the intelligence to execute any such strikes.

“The fact is that I have already mentioned this, and any expert will confirm that both in our country and in the West, the Ukrainian army is not able to strike with modern long-range precision systems of Western manufacture. It cannot do this. It can only do so using intelligence from satellites, which Ukraine does not have. This is data only from EU satellites or from the United States, in general, from NATO satellites,” Putin said.

Putin noted only NATO servicemen are able to enter flight assignments into these high-precision, long-range missile systems, and added if this decision to help Ukraine use these weapons is made, NATO would be declaring war with Russia.

“So, this is not about allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It’s about deciding whether NATO countries are directly involved in a military conflict or not. If this decision is made, it will mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries… This would mean that NATO countries, the United States, European countries, are at war with Russia. And if that is the case, then bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will take appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us,” Putin said.

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With Only Months Left in Term, Biden Is Starting to Run out of Options in Russia-Ukraine War

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As the clock ticks down to January — the end of President Joe Biden’s sole term — the Biden-Harris administration is trying to figure out how to aid Ukraine against Russia with limited and dwindling options.

The Russia-Ukraine war has dragged on for more than two years, and though the Biden administration has devoted over $175 billion in economic and military aid to help Ukraine, it has done little to shift the tides in Kyiv’s favor. The Biden administration, unlikely to receive any more funding for aid from Congress, is looking at alternative choices including loosening weapons restrictions and allowing Ukraine to strike further inside of Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The new policy would only apply to European and other Western weapons, not U.S. systems, according to multiple reports. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted on Wednesday that such a move was on the table and strongly being considered.

Lifting the restrictions would represent a major shift in approach from the Biden administration, which has been wary of allowing Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons for deep strikes inside Russia up to this point.

But Ukraine is likely to want more from the Biden administration than being allowed to use European weapons for long-range strikes. Specifically, Ukraine wants to use American-made Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike Russia, given the high quality and range of the system, though the administration may be more unlikely to grant that request. (Read more from “With Only Months Left in Term, Biden Is Starting to Run out of Options in Russia-Ukraine War” HERE)

Most Bizarre Royal Secret Revealed: UFO Nut Prince Philip ‘Arranged to Meet an Alien at a Flat’ — Who Was ‘Most Likely Russian Spy Posing as ET’

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The Royal Family’s infatuation with UFOs has been exposed in a new documentary which claims Prince Philip planned to meet an alien.

Knewz.com can reveal the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021 aged 99, had a long-standing interest in the paranormal and was fascinated by crop circles.

And to fulfill his alleged desire to encounter aliens, a royal equerry – an officer working on behalf of Philip – organized for the Queen‘s husband to meet an other-worldly being to discuss saving the planet, according to bizarre claims made in The King of UFOs.

However, it’s thought the mysterious being Philip was due to meet in a West London flat was actually a Russian spy. . .

“It delves into an episode where Prince Philip was due to meet an alleged alien called Janus at a flat in Chelsea. (Read more from “Most Bizarre Royal Secret Revealed: UFO Nut Prince Philip ‘Arranged to Meet an Alien at a Flat’ — Who Was ‘Most Likely Russian Spy Posing as ET’” HERE)

Parents Ask Supreme Court To Take Up Case Challenging School Policy Pushing ‘Gender,’ ‘Sexuality’ Books On Kids

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A group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish parents in Maryland petitioned the Supreme Court Thursday to ask it to take up a case regarding school board policies that keep parents in the dark on books with themes about “gender” and “sexuality” being taught to children.

The case originates from the Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) instituting an “inclusive” storybook program in 2022 for students in grades pre-K through fifth, initially informing parents of when they would be read until changing that policy in March 2023, also restricting parents’ ability to opt their kids out, according to a press release from the Becket Fund, a non-profit law firm representing the parents. Shortly after the Montgomery BOE announced the change in policy, the group of parents filed a lawsuit against the BOE in May 2023 and lost, and were denied again in May 2024 when they appealed to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The storybooks include topics on gender transitioning, pride parades and preferred pronouns, according to the press release. One book includes terms like “intersex flag” and “drag queen.”

One book mentioned in the suit, called “Jacob’s Room to Choose,” includes two transgender children and a teacher who use a game to convince their class to be “supportive of gender-free bathrooms,” court document states. Another book titled “Pride Puppy,” directed at three and four-year-olds, describes a pride parade and has students identify images including “leather” and “underwear.”

“Most fundamentally, it violates the First Amendment, which guarantees the right of parents to direct the religious upbringing of their children,” Will Haun, an attorney for the Becket Fund, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Cause for Concern? Union for Postal Workers Endorses Kamala Harris

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The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), representing 290,000 active and retired postal workers, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President and Governor Tim Walz for Vice President. This endorsement is notable given the pivotal role the Postal Service will play in the upcoming election, handling millions of mail-in ballots.

The NALC’s endorsement highlights a troubling intersection of politics and election logistics. As the very institution responsible for managing a substantial portion of the voting process, the Postal Service’s support for a particular candidate could undermine public confidence in the electoral system. The endorsement of Kamala Harris, who has been a prominent advocate for expanding vote-by-mail and supported key legislative measures impacting the Postal Service, is particularly concerning.

Kamala Harris has a well-documented history of advocating for policies that favor increased access to vote-by-mail. Her tenure as a senator saw her championing relief measures for the Postal Service during the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting the Postal Service Reform Act as Vice President. While these actions might seem supportive on the surface, they also raise questions about whether such support is reciprocated in the form of endorsements from influential institutions like the NALC.

The endorsement by a major union also highlights a broader political divide on the issue of vote-by-mail. A Pew Research Center report reveals stark contrasts between Republican and Democrat views on this matter. While a significant majority of Democrats advocate for universal vote-by-mail, only a fraction of Republicans share this view. Many Republicans are concerned that expanding vote-by-mail could compromise election security, a sentiment reflected in their opposition to judicially mandated reforms that were frequently pursued by Democrats.

In many democracies around the world, vote-by-mail is either restricted or not widely used, often limited to specific circumstances. The United States’ reliance on this system, especially following changes imposed by judicial decisions and legislative reforms, diverges from global norms and introduces a host of potential vulnerabilities.

Biden Boasts: We Created ‘Black Jobs’

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President Joe Biden used the term “black jobs” on Friday, using a phrase that Democrats and journalists said was racist when former President Donald Trump used it to describe jobs taken by migrants from African-Americans.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, were both set to speak at the event.

In his remarks, Biden said:

Thank you for all you’ve taught me. Thank you for all the love you’ve extended to me. I also wanted to host this brunch because we have progress to celebrate.

Together, we’re making the most significant investment in black America in all of American history [sic]. We’ve centered racial equity at the center of everything we do. With your help, in just three and-a-half years we’ve created over 2 million new black jobs for black Am — black Americans, a black —

[Interjections]

By the way, the next black job to be filled is as President of the United States of America.

[Applause]

Watch me.

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