Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday: July 26, 2024
Our lovely Rachel will be out for a few weeks attending to some real life matters; so, you’re stuck with me. I’m just going to put up some cartoons that sum up the week that MORE
Month: July 2024
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: July 25, 2024
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Israel-Hamas War
Protests Get Out of Control in D.C.; U.S. flag set ablaze, 23 arrested
Thousands of Palestinian supporters and critics of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war descended on Washington on Wednesday in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before and during his address to a joint meeting of Congress, drawing a massive police MORE
Updates
Christopher Wray Says FBI Not Sure What Hit Trump’s Ear
FBI Director Christopher Wray said during a Congressional Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination on July MORE
Live Discussions
Watch Live: President Biden Addresses the Nation
Please join News Views for a Live Discussion on President Biden’s address the nation on his reasons for not seeking a second term as president.
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: July 24, 2024
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Updates
Trump Rally Shooter Searched for Info on JFK Assassin
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke with lawmakers in a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and offered bits of new information about the gunman who attempted to assassinate Trump. The gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired at MORE
Karens
NY State Commission on Judicial Conduct Says Justice Erin (Karen) Gall Should be Removed from Office for Her Alleged Conduct
A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office, a judicial watchdog panel ruled. State Supreme Court MORE
2 Stupid
JD Vance Haunted by Childless Cat Lady Remarks
Comments made in 2021 by Vice Presidential Nominee J.D. Vance are going viral after Hillary Clinton shared the clip on X. “We’re effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by MORE
2024 Electile Dysfunction
Haley Voters For Harris Receive Cease and Desist From Darling Nikki
A group of anti-Trump voters who supported presidential candidate Nikki Haley in the Republican primary is responding to a cease and desist letter from Haley demanding that they stop using her name in support of MORE
Police
Body Cam Video Released on Officer Shooting and Killing Unarmed Black Woman Who Called the Police for Help
Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home, with one fatal blow to the head, as seen in body camera video released Monday. MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: July 23, 2024
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines or new developments we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Kamala Harris
Gen Z Embraces Kamala HQ, Coconut Trees, and Brat Summer
If you’re seeing a lot of talk about coconut trees and brats surrounded with bright lime green memes, it’s all about Gen Z’s embrace of Kamala Harris. “You think you just fell out of a MORE
Biden Administration
Kimberly Cheatle Resigns Following Congressional Hearing On Trump Shooting
Kimberly Cheatle, Secret Service Director appointed by President Biden, resigned from her position following bipartisan calls for her to step down in the wake of Trump’s assassination attempt. “As I’ve stated, the Secret Service will MORE
Ohio's Finest
MAGAts Continue Calls for a Civil War
Ohio state Sen. George Lang, R-West Chester (Ohio!!!) spoke at Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s hometown rally Monday and said that if Republicans don’t win the 2024 election it could lead to a civil MORE
2024 Election
Biden Calls In To Kamala’s First Campaign Speech in Delaware
VP Kamala Harris delivered a message at Delaware’s campaign headquarters on Monday where President Biden called in shortly before Harris spoke. “I want people to remember that what we have done is incredible, and we’ve MORE
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris Secures the Votes to Become the Democratic Party’s 2024 Presidential Nominee
That didn’t take long and with nearly $100 million dollars raised in less than twenty four hours, Vice President Kamala Harris secured more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on MORE
The Democratic Party
About that Democratic Convention…
With President Biden’s decision to pull out of the race, the Democratic National Convention’s rules committee has called a Wednesday meeting to discuss the process for picking a new nominee. While much of the party MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: July 22, 2024
Since the majority of our news cycle has focused on President Biden dropping out of the race and VP Harris coming very close to becoming the Democratic Party’s new nominee, today’s blog is rather short. MORE
Updates
What Others are Saying: Kamala Harris Leaps Ahead to become the Democratic Party’s Nominee
Kamala Harris has spent much more of her life as a prosecutor than as a senator or vice president – and that is exactly how she is now going to run against The Felon Guy. She must MORE
Live Discussions
Live: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Testifies Before House Committee
Join us live for an Oversight Committee Hearing starring Chairman James Comer, who said “Americans demand answers” for the Secret Service Agency’s security lapses in Butler, Pennsylvania. Director Kimberly Cheatle has stated, “I will move MORE
News
President Biden Announces he will not seek a Second Term
107 Days Until Election Day President Joe Biden has just announced he will not seek a second term. In a stunning move for voters and a wish granted for high level Democrats in Congress, Donors MORE
2024 Election
West Wing’s Creator , Aaron Sorkin, says “replace Joe Biden with Republican Mitt Romney
“TV writer says nominating a Republican would be ‘the end of Donald Trump in presidential politics” From The Independent: In an essay published by The New York Times, Sorkin drew parallels between real-world events and his MORE
Weekend Wrap Up
Liveblog - Weekend Wrap: July 21, 2024
Today’s blog will consist of both news and a free chat of sorts. As usual, post the headlines we may have missed and feel free to chit and chat and enjoy one another’s company! 2024 MORE
2024 Election
Ignore the Pundits, the Politicians, the Press. Biden can Win
Elections Guru Allen Lichtman says those critics who say Biden can’t win—the journalists, the political operatives, the pundits, the columnists, the Democratic pols—what do they have in common? They have zero track record predicting elections. MORE