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State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Thursday that "something is seriously wrong" with the way anti-Israel protests are unfolding in the nation's capital. "Something is seriously wrong when you see people marching through the streets of Washington carrying Hamas banners, literal, literal Hamas banners, carrying the Hamas flag down the streets of Washington, D.C. When you see people spray painting on fountains in Washington that Hamas is coming, when you see them displaying signs calling for the death of Jews, when you see them burning American flags, it's despicable," Miller said. "It's hateful. It runs contrary to the values of this country, I think especially when you consider what that flag that we saw being burned yesterday stands for," he continued. "And one of the things that stands for is the right to protest, the right to make your views known, make them known peacefully." "I would say to anyone that is burning an American flag while spray painting pro-Hamas graffiti in Washington to stop and think for a moment about what would happen if they were protesting Hamas's rule in Gaza," Miller added. "And it's not a question that you have to look very hard for an answer, because we know, because we've seen in the past when people have protested Hamas' rule in Gaza, we've seen how Hamas has responded. They responded with brutal crackdowns, with arrests, with violent repression. Fortunately, that is not who we are in this country," he concluded.

https://glorycolorado.com/posts/rumor-fsu-working-get-into-big-ten-clemson-no-other-option-big-12 Florida state trying to achieve AAU level accreditation to come to the Big10. SEC won't take Clemson....supposedly. Miami is in the AAU, right? Did I hear Nebraska is reapplying for AAU membership?

Nicely done.

Manchin's not going to run anyway. He would through his name into the hat to simply get WV delegates or some small amount. He doesn't have the money. It is odd the Democrates are now choosing their candidate without a primary. Not votes by the folks, just a few thousand delegates. Seems odd to me. Party's could do this all the time if they can force out the primary winner.

I would not be surprised. AAU school in Texas and TAMU gets rid of Texas. I am not sure TAMU would pay for itself like ND would. Does the SEC not have a GOR?

I think Manchin's energy policies would be better and the social policies of the Dems have permeated everything to point where comedians can't be funny. I am not sure I like the economy the last four years either...I guess the market is good if the common guy has the money to drop in it. Edit: also, the centrist Biden is no longer an option.

This would actually interest me? Can he get on the ballots? West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is considering re-registering as a Democrat so he can run for president. Fox News confirmed Manchin, who in May left the Democratic Party and registered as an Independent, said Sunday he is considering re-registering with his original party and running for president. Manchin said he was considering the party switch and throwing his hat in the ring for President, "Even just to have the discussion of bringing the party back to center," Fox News' Bret Baier posted on X.

Will it be Kamala? Do all of Biden's delegates go where he tells them too?

You know what else I heard? We didn't really land on the moon, Bush took down the trade towers to go to war and the 2020 election was stolen.

What hit his ear?

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Dems wanted Taylor Swift to come out support Biden.

I have to entertaining to hear about Joy Reid and Rachel Madow meltdowns. May they are in the denial stage of grief. MSNBC's Joy Reid, who has questioned whether Trump was actually shot with a bullet at his rally on Saturday, argued on Wednesday that President Biden getting COVID-19 and recovering was "the same thing" as Trump surviving an assassination attempt. "This current President of the United States is 81 years old and has COVID, should he be fine in a couple of days, doesn't that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough – older than Trump – to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age. So, if he does fine out of it and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn't that exactly the same?" Reid said. "These two men are both elderly. Donald Trump is an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to take an iconic photo op during an active shooter situation. Weird situation, we'll figure that out one day," Reid said. And Madow with her Lord of the Rings White Nationalism Easter eggs from JD Vance. "Like his mentor, like Peter Thiel, who had given him all his jobs in the world, Mr. Vance also when he founded his own venture capital firm with help from Peter Thiel, named it after a Lord of the Rings thing. He called it Narya, N-A-R-Y-A, which you can remember because it’s Aryan, but you move the n to the front," Maddow said. "Apparently, that word has something to do with elves and rings from the Lord of the Rings series, I don’t know."

I guess you should post that research on her twitter feed or Tik Tok so she can change her mind before the election. I think she said she did her research, are you saying young women of color can’t research this properly? I am completely joking with that statement. I know you are not. I am just practicing my made up racism accusations.

My wife watched a little of the convention and mentioned Amber Rose’s speech. I guess she was a Trump hater because she was told he was a racist. Her dad challenged her to prove it. Anyway, I guess her speech for Trump was very good. Van Jones agrees. VAN JONES, CNN: That was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition. That is a young woman of color. She's describing the experience a lot of people have, feeling that maybe if you're around too many liberals you might get criticized too much, or you might not be able to speak your mind. And she spoke to it really well. And she's way more famous than any of us up here. I'm going to tell you that. Way more famous. And so to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there. By the way, and it's one of the things we've been talking about, but there are speakers who speak to the room, and there are speakers who speak through the television screen. She speaks through the camera to the audience at home, not— I mean, she's effective in the room, but when you're yelling into the room, that is not communicating directly through the lens edit: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/video/amber-rose-rnc-speech-video-trump-digvid

"Yet nearly 48 hours after the shooting, investigators are struck by the lack of leads they’re finding about Crooks’ mindset and possible motives. Even after successfully breaking into his phone and searching his computer, scouring his search history and bedroom, and interviewing his family and friends, agents still haven’t found evidence that would suggest political or ideological impetus for the shooting, law enforcement sources told CNN." https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/us/thomas-crooks-trump-rally-shooting-invs/index.html Sounds like his Dad owned lots of guns and they went shooting together. Not much online presence for the kid. He knew how to make bombs without google. I bet he covered his tracks. Programmer type.

Based on what little I have heard. Loner. Bullied. Part of a gun club. Didn't make the rifle team. I would not have been surprise if he went after his school. I heard he hadn't used his discord account in several months, but he was probably a gamer. Maybe he wanted to one up Dillion and Klebold and be the next Lee Harvey Oswald.

I would like to know his background what groups he was involved in, social media posts, metal heath state. You name it. I want to know his motivation. I hate to say it, but I am not sure the FBI will dig in and share.

I hope this kid wrote a manifesto and authorities actually share it this time....unlike Tennessee.

The threat to democracy is political. Just ignore it. It will be interesting to see if the Biden campaign dials that back now. Who knows. There are people filled with hatred for this guy. I am surprised this didn't happen sooner. Both sides have nut jobs. It's a shame. The only thing that should be said is what Biden said. It's sick. There is no place for it. Glad he is OK.

I hope there is not some sort of 'retaliation' that happens. People need to dial it down.

This report says the DA made a statement that the gunman and 1 attendee are dead. https://www.fox8live.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-whisked-off-stage-pennsylvania-after-loud-noises-rang-through-crowd-3/

False flag? That is the first place some of you go? Worrying about poll numbers? Looked like real bood. Maybe he had somthing hiding behind his ear that he broke open. I can almost hear my sister-in-law lamenting that it was a near miss.

Jon Stewart - props. "The First Amendment Is Out of Control." That headline in a recent column in the New York Times warned Americans of a menace lurking around them and threatening their livelihoods and very lives. That menace is free speech and the media and academia are ramping up attacks on a right that once defined us as a people. In my new book "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage," I discuss how we are living in the most dangerous anti-free speech period in our history. An alliance of the government, corporations, academia, and media have assembled to create an unprecedented system of censorship, blacklisting, and speech regulation. This movement is expanding and accelerating in its effort to curtail the right that Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once called "indispensable" to our constitutional system.