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Trump shooter posted on gaming platform Steam before act: ‘July 13 will be my premiere’
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Trump shooter posted on gaming platform Steam before act: ‘July 13 will be my premiere’

By Ross O'Keefe | Washington Examiner Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot former President Donald Trump and other attendees at a Pennsylvania rally, allegedly posted on the popular online gaming platform Steam that “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.” Police found the message on his laptop along with searches for “Trump,” “Biden,” “when is the DNC convention,” and the “July 13 Trump rally,” according to Fox News reporting on a Secret Service and FBI briefing to senators. No motive has been established. Police found no other evidence indicating the shooter had a particular ideology, but they did learn he had a second cellphone with 27 contacts, all of which police are tracking down. He was a registered Republican who had last voted in 202...
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Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt
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Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt

By Kelly Sloan | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Sometimes history, like it is said of American football, is a game of inches. An inch or so to the right, and the bullet that grazed former President Doanld Trump’s ear on Saturday would have most likely killed him. As stunned and horrified as Americans were upon hearing of the attempted assassination, it would be a much graver situation for the country had the assassin’s bullet killed the former President, and current candidate for the same office, instead of a volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family while attending a political rally in support of the candidate he preferred.  It is somewhat naturally incumbent upon the polemicist to comment on historical events of such magnitude, as analysis is hungrily sought for. But...
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Suspect wielding knives shot dead ‘in the back’ by cops near RNC: sources, witnesses say
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Suspect wielding knives shot dead ‘in the back’ by cops near RNC: sources, witnesses say

By Amy Sikma , Katherine Donlevy and Caitlin Doornbos | New York Post A knife-wielding homeless man who allegedly “heard voices” was shot dead outside the Republican National Convention Tuesday. A witness at the scene told The Post that the man was swinging two steak knives at police near the GOP event’s headquarters — just two hours before the nation’s leading party members were slated to take the stage. Witnesses reported watching the victim run away from security when he was fatally “shot in the back.” At least eight gunshots were heard. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location
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Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location

By Emily Hallas | Washington Examiner Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that the shape of the roof former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin sat on played a role in her agency not securing the building.  Cheatle has come under fire for her agency’s failure to prevent Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt against Trump during a Pennsylvania rally last Saturday. During the event, Crooks gained access to a building approximately 400 feet from Trump’s podium. Counter-snipers were in the building and encountered the gunman, expressing concern about Crooks’s possible security risks shortly before the shooting. Witnesses who saw Crooks on the building’s rooftop, visibility armed with a rifle, warned police and Secret Service agents minute...
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Elon Musk to chip in $45M a month to pro-Trump Super PAC, donates $100k to victims, families in weekend shooting
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Elon Musk to chip in $45M a month to pro-Trump Super PAC, donates $100k to victims, families in weekend shooting

By Landon Mion | Fox Business Billionaire Elon Musk, coming off his endorsement of Trump after the Republican candidate survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, plans to donate about $45 million per month to a super PAC backing the former president, according to a report. Formed last month in support of Trump with financial help from some of Musk's friends, America PAC includes Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft and her husband, Joe, the chief executive of coal producer Alliance Resource Partners, The Wall Street Journal reported. The group has spent at least $6.6 million on behalf of Trump, who was nominated at the Republican National Convention on Monday to be the party's c...
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With Trump pick, J.D. Vance is first post-9/11 vet on major-party ticket
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With Trump pick, J.D. Vance is first post-9/11 vet on major-party ticket

By Nikki Wentling | Military Times J.D. Vance, named Monday as the Republican vice presidential running mate of former President Donald Trump, is known as many things: a bestselling author, a Republican senator, a former venture capitalist, a leading voice of conservatism, a onetime Trump critic – and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Vance, 39, is the first millennial on a major-party ticket, and a prominent veterans group heralded him Monday as the first among the post-9/11 generation of veterans to appear on a presidential ballot. “JD Vance may be the first of our generation of veterans to be on a major-party presidential ticket, but he most certainly won’t be the last,” said Allison Jaslow, an Iraq War veteran and the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, or IAVA. “The p...
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Two days after surviving assassination attempt, Trump gets hero’s welcome at RNC
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Two days after surviving assassination attempt, Trump gets hero’s welcome at RNC

By MIA MCCARTHY | Politico The party didn’t embrace him in 2016. Covid-19 kept everything virtual in 2020. But on Monday night, two days after an assassination attempt that almost claimed his life, Donald Trump received an adoring hero’s welcome on night one of the Republican National Convention. It was a drumbeat of wins for Trump, who saw the dismissal of his classified documents case, announced his long-awaited vice presidential pick and was formally announced as his party’s presidential nominee all before the evening programming.  But a surprise appearance from the former president — with a bandage covering his bullet-grazed ear — stole the show on Monday night. The president appeared emotional, sitting next to his newly picked running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and...
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Teamsters boss, first to address RNC, praises workers, attacks big business in historic speech
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Teamsters boss, first to address RNC, praises workers, attacks big business in historic speech

By Mallory Wilson | The Washington Times Teamsters President Sean O’Brien closed out the first night of the Republican National Convention with a pro-worker and anti-corporation message not common at major GOP gatherings. “I travel all across this country to meet with my members every week,” Mr. O’Brien said. “You know what I see? An American worker being taken for granted. Workers being sold out to big banks, big tech, corporations and the elites.” His speech was the first speech by a Teamsters president at an RNC ever, because unions have traditionally been a Democratic voting bloc. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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‘The devil came’ but ‘the lion roared’, Sen. Tim Scott says in energizing address to RNC
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‘The devil came’ but ‘the lion roared’, Sen. Tim Scott says in energizing address to RNC

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Until former President Donald J. Trump arrived in the arena Monday, the most applause on the opening night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., was reserved for one of his primary opponents, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. Scott has been described by Mr. Trump as a better campaigner for the former president than for himself. That certainly seemed to be the case Monday. "If you didn't believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing now," said Scott, who in moments of a short address to delegates seemed more like a minister and less like a politician. "Our God still saves, still delivers and still sets free. On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but the lion got back up on his feet and...
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Officially, Donald Trump secures Republican Party’s Presidential nomination
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Officially, Donald Trump secures Republican Party’s Presidential nomination

By Janice Hisle | The Epoch Times It’s official: Former President Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. The announcement was made almost simultaneously with former President Trump’s announcement of his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). The GOP confirmed its nomination of the former president as the state of Florida added its delegates to the official count. The roll call of states’ delegates began just before 2 p.m. CT. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE EPOCH TIMES
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