It’s Harris’ World…
Graham urges Trump to stop attacks on Harris race, heritage
“So here’s what I would say to President Trump. The problem I have with Kamala Harris is not her heritage; it is her judgment,” he said. “Every day we’re talking about her heritage and not her terrible, dangerous liberal record throughout her entire political life is a good day for her and a bad day for us. So I would encourage President Trump to prosecute the case against Kamala Harris’s bad judgment.”
The Hill
What happens if there’s a tie in 2024? Be ready for a ‘contingent election’
With two presidential candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tied election so far, in 1800, between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
That tie was the result of a failure of coordination by Democratic-Republicans, but it led to the nation’s first “contingent election,” decided in the House of Representatives.
CNN
‘The court cannot accept Defendant’s alternate narrative’: Judge rejects Trump’s claims of selective and vindictive prosecution in Jan. 6 election subversion case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a 16-page memorandum opinion filed Saturday that Trump improperly reframed the allegations against him and mispresented supposed evidence, in which he asserted that the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden was going after him for political purposes.
Law&Crime
Jackson isn’t just Mississippi’s capital. It’s America’s murder capital
Mississippi’s conservative government is waging a partisan war on its majority-Democratic capital city
The Guardian
VP contenders interviewing with Harris on Sunday
Presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is meeting Sunday with the top contenders to be her running mate, and among them are Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.
Both governors are traveling to Washington for an interview with Harris, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. The Washington Post first reported the interviews with Harris’ top VP contenders.
CBS News
Black and Hispanic Voters Say Democrats Aren’t Focused Enough on K-12 Education
Black and Hispanic voters in swing states say their concerns about K-12 education and school access have fallen on deaf ears, a new poll finds.
The 74
Byron Donalds spars with ABC host over questions about Harris’ racial identity
The Florida Republican said the controversy was not what he wanted to discuss even as he discussed it.
Politico
Tim Walz helped make Minnesota an LGBTQ ‘refuge.’ Could he do the same for America?
Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who’s emerged as a top contender for Vice President Harris’s running mate, helped turn Minnesota into a refuge for LGBTQ Americans, signing laws that shield access to gender-affirming health care and abortion, ban conversion therapy and make it illegal for libraries to ban books solely because they have LGBTQ themes or characters.
Under Walz’s leadership, Minnesota has solidified itself as a liberal stronghold in the largely conservative Midwest, though the governor has long supported progressive issues like LGBTQ equality.
The Hill
Opinion: Why is the ‘pro-family’ GOP blocking legislation that would help lift many kids out of poverty?
On Thursday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would expand the Child Tax Credit — the very policy that Vance has championed and just accused Kamala Harris of opposing. Vance didn’t show up for the vote. Killing the proposal was a loss to roughly 16 million children in low-income working families, who would have benefited from about $700 in tax relief this year. Estimates from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities show that the proposal would have lifted at least 500,000 children above the poverty line and raised the family incomes for at least 5 million more poor children.
Los Angeles Times
The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way
Trump’s consistent lead in the polls, at least until President Joe Biden dropped out, might also help explain the broligarchs’ change of heart; many business leaders cozy up to politicians who seem likely to win. But another motivation seems obvious: a desire for power without accountability. Noblesse without the oblige.
The Atlantic
Trump’s tariff plans could throw US back into era of economic shocks
“An across-the-board tariff policy would take us not to a prosperous future but to a reactionary past that stopped working in the 19th century, where it nearly bankrupted the government, aggravated class conflict, provoked instability and favored the wealthy over everyone else,” Weisman wrote.
Business Insider
An influencer is running for Senate. Is she just the first of many?
Caroline Gleich’s Utah Senate campaign is a sign of the blurring lines between digital creators and politicians.
Vox
Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers
In March, after an outcry over a proposal to auction it off, Wyoming legislators detailed a plan to sell the state-owned, 640-acre parcel to Grand Teton National Park for $100 million. Now the land has become something of a bargaining chip for state leaders who are asking for a few other things, too.
Unless they’re satisfied, an important migration corridor for moose, elk and pronghorn antelope could end up in the hands of private developers, who would find it attractive for its picturesque views of the park.
NPR
Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate
“To date, schools have been advised by legal counsel (School Board Association and State Attorney General) to not follow the guidance because it goes against current Oklahoma State Law,” said Lee Northcutt, superintendent of Caddo Public Schools, in an email.
The Hill
‘She came to my wedding’: Kamala Harris tech ties complicate Trump’s effort to win over Silicon Valley
“The change from Biden to Harris has absolutely shifted the environment in Silicon Valley,” said Box CEO Aaron Levie in a recent post on X.
Yahoo! Finance
About those Neil Gaiman allegations (and the outlet that broke the story)
….but the point is
1:18:15 it’s just more of these same shenanigans that muddy the waters and make me loathe
1:18:21 this podcast and this Outlet because they are presenting women’s stories that
1:18:26 they want to be told in a manner that just makes me not trust the outlet
1:18:32 regardless of whether I trust these women
Council of Geeks
We Just Live In It
Rioters target hotel used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years
Rioters attacked a hotel used to house asylum seekers in the UK town of Rotherham on Sunday, as the country faces the worst social unrest it has seen in years.
The violence was triggered by the stabbing of three young girls in Southport, northwest England, earlier in the week. The far right has seized on and spread a wave of disinformation, including false claims the attacker was an immigrant, to mobilize anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant protests. Police say the suspect was born in Britain.
CNN
Rare meteorite hits in Germany, is 4.5 billion years old – and smells
The meteorite that crashed to Earth near Berlin in January is about 4.5 billion years old and belongs to the rare class of aubrites, scientists wrote in an article published earlier in the week in the Meteoritics & Planetary Science journal.
dpa International
Vitriol about female boxer Imane Khelif fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes
LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying female boxer Imane Khelif in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes.
AP News
Dozens dead as Israel bombs another Gaza school; two killed in Tel Aviv stabbing
Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli strike on schools in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while two Israelis were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv
The New Arab
‘Maduro has lost the streets’: in Venezuela’s barrios, former loyal voters risk all in protests
Venezuela’s embattled president – who has presided over a catastrophic economic collapse since inheriting Chávez’s socialist-inspired “revolution” in 2013 – says more than 1,200 people have been seized as part of a crackdown on the alleged “traitors” and terrorists who took to the streets to demonstrate against what they call a stolen election. “And we’re going to capture 1,000 more,” Maduro declared, vowing to imprison those detained in maximum security jails.
The Guardian
Western countries advise citizens to leave Lebanon
Western countries including Italy, Britain, France and the United States have advised citizens in Lebanon to leave the country over escalating tensions between Lebanon and its neighbor, Israel, which is also waging war against Palestinians in Gaza.
UPI
Rebel groups in Colombia are killing trans women in a “social cleansing” campaign
In Colombia, armed groups are targeting transgender women along with other so-called undesirables in a violent campaign of “social cleansing” across the country.
Paramilitaries in Colombia—still operating despite a peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel group, the Farc, in 2016—killed more than 40 transgender women last year, according to reporting in The Guardian.
LGBTQ Nation
German government pushes to ease licensing for Ukrainian doctors
That was in response to demands from state officials and a new report by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, which found that more than 1,400 Ukrainian doctors who fled to Germany after the full-scale Russian invasion of their country are still waiting for a license to practise in Germany.
dpa International
Egyptian authorities arrest activist and former government official Yehia Hussein Abdel Hady
The charges against him included “joining a terrorist organisation”, “misusing social media platforms” and “broadcasting and publishing false news” and “financing and inciting terrorism” .
Abdel Hady’s post on Facebook on 23 July read “for how long will the army remain silent?” and also included criticism of the state, political opposition and leaders of the Armed Forces.
The New Arab
Children at risk of dying in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur as medical supplies are blocked, group says
Malnourished children in a famine-hit camp for war-displaced people in Sudan’ s western Darfur region are at risk of dying, an aid group said Sunday, because it was forced to ration malnutrition treatment due to a blockade imposed by a notorious paramilitary group.
AP News
