In what President Trump described as a “highly sophisticated version of The Apprentice”, President Trump claims he has whittled his VP list down to four names. Actually “four or five” he then says. This all comes from a brand new radio interview he did over with the boys at The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. President Trump confirmed the decision has not fully or finally been made in his head yet, although he does have some intuition kicking in:  “You know, I may be leaning one way, and that changes sometimes, you know, all of a sudden you see something that you like or you don’t like, and you lean a little bit differently, but we have some very good… we have a very good bench.” He also says he would love to announce the VP at the Republican National Convention or perhaps a few days earlier:  “I’d love to do it during the convention, which would be, you know, or just slightly before the convention, like Monday. I’d love to do it on Tuesday or Wednesday, actually, but for a lot of complex reasons that you people understand, you pretty much don’t do that.” He confirms the list is down to four or five candidates: “I got to know them very well. I’d say four people, you know, four or five people, but I got to know them very well. Some dropped out over the course of… They didn’t drop… there were reasons why they wouldn’t have done as well.” And then he proceeded to named Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, JD Vance and Doug Burgum: “I watched him [Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)] on television yesterday; he was fierce and great. I watched Marco over the weekend on television; he was incredible. JD’s been great. You have a man named Burgum, who’s a fantastic governor in North Dakota. And you know, it’s a state that’s very, very prosperous, very successful. And he’s done a good job there.” Honestly, I’m not loving any of those four, but holding out hope that President Trump is simply running misdirection and the actual VP will be whoever this mysterious 5th option is. Watch the clip here: “It’s like a highly sophisticated version of The Apprentice.” President Trump tells @ClayTravis and @BuckSexton that he’s still deciding between 4 or 5 VP choices. Listen at Noon ET —> https://t.co/y1FOlb8Q4p pic.twitter.com/IrOb1gE3ai — The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (@clayandbuck) July 12, 2024 Full interview here: Watch @ClayTravis and @BuckSexton’s wide-ranging interview with President Trump where he discusses his VP pick, his golf challenge to Biden, and why the incumbent’s mental decline makes him dangerous. pic.twitter.com/nzhpcD0Bv7 — The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (@clayandbuck) July 12, 2024 I’m still holding out hope for Vivek. I would have loved Kari Lake, but she wants to be Senator. Will it be a total surprise like a Don Jr.? Someone else? Who’s your pick? NATIONAL POLL: Who Is Your Top Choice For Trump’s VP? Share!  

In the continued effort to turn EVERYTHING gay, “researchers” now suggest President Abraham Lincoln was most likely gay. Not only that, as if that wasn’t enough, but they’ve also described him as having “steamy gay sex sessions” with his “partners”. Why do they keep trying to turn everything and everyone gay? Collin Rugg reports: NEW: New documentary claims Abraham Lincoln had “steamy gay s*x sessions” with male partners. The new film, ‘Lover of Men’ which “examines the intimate life of America’s most consequential president” is set to come out on September 6. The evidence, according to the movie, is letters he allegedly wrote to male lovers. “Dear Speed, I shall be very lonesome without you, love Lincoln,” one read in the trailer. Speed was Lincoln’s friend who he had a friendship with since his youth. The movie claims Lincoln slept with Speed for four years. “Lover Of Men widens its lens into the history of human s**ual fluidity and focuses on the profound differences between s**ual mores of the nineteenth century and those we hold today,” the movie’s synopsis read. “The film fills in an important missing piece of American history and challenges the audience to consider why we hold such a limited view of human s**uality.” NEW: New documentary claims Abraham Lincoln had “steamy gay s*x sessions” with male partners. The new film, ‘Lover of Men’ which “examines the intimate life of America’s most consequential president” is set to come out on September 6. The evidence, according to the movie, is… pic.twitter.com/9BVHxtq3db — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 12, 2024 To quote my friend Valentina Gomez: “Stop being weak and gay!” More here: Lover of Men. Official Trailer. Learn the untold history of Abraham Lincoln’s intimate relationships with men. Movie coming soon nationwide. Follow for updates. “When you put together all of the evidence, it’s really startling”#LoverOfMen #LGBTQ #Equality #AmericanHistory pic.twitter.com/Zv4dlgLlnA — Lover of Men Movie (@loverofmenfilm) July 10, 2024 Meanwhile, others are mocking the “researchers”: A new documentary interviews serious scholars who claim that Lincoln was gay. Serious scholar #3: pic.twitter.com/ALzs1tPrQo — Justin Hart (@justin_hart) July 12, 2024 I thought I would test ChatGPT by asking what serious historical evidence is there to backup this claim. Here’s what it told me: The question of Abraham Lincoln’s sexuality has been a topic of debate among historians for many years. While there is no definitive evidence to prove that Abraham Lincoln was gay, some historical evidence and personal accounts have led to speculation. Here are the main points often discussed: Relationships with Men: Lincoln had close relationships with several men, most notably Joshua Speed. Lincoln and Speed shared a bed for several years while living in Springfield, Illinois. This practice was not uncommon at the time due to economic reasons and the lack of available beds, but the intimacy of their friendship has raised questions. Letters and Correspondence: The letters exchanged between Lincoln and Speed are affectionate and personal. Some historians interpret this as evidence of a deep emotional bond, while others argue it was within the norms of 19th-century male friendships. David V. Derickson: Captain David V. Derickson, one of Lincoln’s bodyguards, was reported to have shared Lincoln’s bed on occasion when Mary Todd Lincoln was away. This has been cited as potential evidence of a more intimate relationship. Contemporary Accounts: There are contemporary accounts and rumors from Lincoln’s time that hint at his close relationships with men, although these are often vague and open to interpretation. Modern Historians: Some modern historians and biographers, such as C.A. Tripp in his book “The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln,” have argued that Lincoln may have had romantic or sexual relationships with men. Tripp’s work has been both supported and criticized by other scholars. Cultural Context: It’s essential to consider the cultural context of the 19th century, where close male friendships were often expressed in ways that might be perceived differently today. The interpretation of historical evidence can vary significantly based on contemporary understandings of sexuality. In conclusion, while there is intriguing evidence that raises questions about Lincoln’s sexuality, it remains speculative. The intimate nature of some of his relationships with men could be indicative of close friendship rather than sexual or romantic involvement. Ok got it, so the fact that he had a close circle of friends who are guys means he was gay? That seems awfully weak to me. Meanwhile, how about a complete 180….have you seen this? Wait, Pete Buttigieg Is Not Actually Gay? EDITOR’S NOTE: We cannot confirm or deny if Pete Buttigieg is indeed gay or not.  By all public accounts, he claims to be gay and appears to be married to a man.  That seems awfully gay.   Ok, buckle up folks, this is a bit of a strange one! You know “Mayor Pete” of course? Our current Transportation Secretary? I know our Transportation system is at all time lows and functioning horribly, but that’s his current job. Oh and he’s a very proud gay man. At least, that’s what we’ve all been told. Tucker Carlson, however, claims he has information to the contrary. Just go ahead and watch this short clip: Tucker Carlson says “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg is not gay! pic.twitter.com/U0KBYmqXWI — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) July 9, 2024 Full video player here: Tucker Carlson says “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg is not gay! pic.twitter.com/U0KBYmqXWI — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) July 9, 2024 But it’s actually kind of interesting the more you dig into it a bit…. You actually start to find a lot of chatter, like this article from The NewYorker from 2020 claiming there is strong “Queer Opposition” to Pete because he’s not gay enough: What are those “facts?” Some gay people – the real queer ones – “never fit in.” While others – the fake gays like Pete who live a life of “blending in” which make them essentially “straight.” 2/ https://t.co/fymp3lVk9W — Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 13, 2020 That’s odd! Or this extremely strange clip saying he’d like to take a pill that would make him not gay: Buttigieg: “If they made a pill I could take to not be gay, I’d take it” *Sees Chasten in the front row* “But thank God I didn’t because then I wouldn’t have met Chasten” -Chasten looks less than enthused- I’m adding this to my research #GayTrutherism #PetesNotGay pic.twitter.com/yrVDzpSA8Y — Carlo (@yesthatCarlo) February 25, 2020 Thou dost protest too much? I don’t know. Not related to being gay or not gay, I also stumbled upon this which does look a bit odd: Interesting how much Pete looks like FBI/CIA hack Pete Strozk, isn’t it? pic.twitter.com/2WMB3Ciufs — JewForPeace (@CredibleUFO) February 25, 2020 Gotta end with a laugh…. This post claims Pete is not gay, but only because he’s not actually a man in the first place! For real though, who eats a Cinnabon like this? Pete Butt is not gay because he’s not a man. No man eats this way. https://t.co/l9ZHdFXtgB — Just another psyop (@The_Novi_Chalk) July 6, 2024 Crimes against humanity! p.s. you didn’t really think I’d end this article without including one of Norm Macdonald’s most brilliant observations, did you? This proves why Norm Macdonald was not just the funniest man on the planet, but also a genius. This is truly a brilliant observation, and of course Norm finds a way to make it hilarious at the same time. Watch as he educates Andy Dick on why bisexuality and gayness doesn’t even actually exist….and you have to watch for Andy Dick’s face at the end of it.  You can see the dots literally connecting in realtime as he processes what Norm just said. WARNING: very graphic language: Backup here: This proves why Norm Macdonald was not just the funniest man on the planet, but also a genius. This is truly a brilliant observation, and of course Norm finds a way to make it hilarious at the same time. Watch as he educates Andy Dick on why bisexuality and gayness doesn’t even… pic.twitter.com/hCW4opReyB — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) July 9, 2024

President Trump went on Sean Hannity’s show recently and made a statement that hasn’t gotten nearly enough coverage. He says it’s 100% certain we’re going to have a terror attack. Not only that, but he says on US soil, here on the mainland. Watch here: In a chilling interview with Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump once again sounded the alarm about a terrorist attack set to occur within the United States. “It’s one hundred percent certain that we’re gonna have a terror attack,” he declared with absolute certainty. Trump… pic.twitter.com/BB9ouse8LX — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) July 9, 2024 Full video player here: In a chilling interview with Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump once again sounded the alarm about a terrorist attack set to occur within the United States. “It’s one hundred percent certain that we’re gonna have a terror attack,” he declared with absolute certainty. Trump… pic.twitter.com/72BtpMZvfl — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) July 12, 2024 It’s not the first time he’s made that warning. Watch here: Trump Warns Of Nuclear War And Proposes “Solution” pic.twitter.com/lb6PCeHFkW — Cyndexia America Truther (@TrutherAmerica) July 9, 2024 Stay safe out there my friends and keep your head on a swivel. High alert!

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California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom was condemned by a California Republican Congressman for his seemingly duplicitous efforts to forestall the passage of a drug policy proposition supported by mayors across the state, including San Francisco and San Jose in the north to San Diego and Santa Monica in the south. Proposition 36, titled the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act,” is backed by district attorneys across California and intends to amend Proposition 47, passed in 2014,  by increasing penalties for some drug and theft crimes. “Among other provisions, Proposition 36 would allow prosecutors to charge certain cases of drug possession as ‘treatment-mandated felonies,’ rather than misdemeanors, according to a Legislative Analyst’s Office report,” the Sacramento Bee reported, adding, “The 2014 voter-approved initiative made some lower-level offenses misdemeanors and set a $950 felony threshold for shoplifting.” “I’m very concerned about this drug policy reform that takes possession and makes it a felony,” Newsom said Thursday. “And increases the size of our prison population by tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, over the next decade at a profound cost to the taxpayers. And I don’t think an improvement of public safety.” “We’re working with the Legislature on an independent parallel track — doesn’t require going on the ballot — to support an effort there that’s targeted and specific,” he continued. “Not the scattered shots that folks on the now-Prop. 36 are trying to advance, which would send us back to the 1980s, as it relates to drug policy in this state.” Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) blistered Newson on the floor of the House of Representatives, declaring: This is the initiative to end the era of Proposition 47 in California, which has been responsible for a huge increase in theft, in other crimes, in homelessness, in drug use, in drug overdoses, and a whole host of other problems. The initiative has qualified for the ballot and will be voted on by Californians this November and I believe will pass overwhelmingly this November in spite of one of the most corrupt schemes in the history of our state that was cooked up by the governor of California. Actually a number of repeated schemes; all very novel and unprecedented in character; all directed to undermine the Democratic process in California; all meant to continue to make our communities unsafe, and all of which, despite the governor having an overwhelming supermajority legislature, failed. “I think that it’s simply important to note, for all Americans to see, when you have something like this that happens within our system; where you have an elected official, in this case, the governor, who directly seeks to undermine the democratic process,” Kiley charged. Kiley recalled the efforts to stop the proposition from getting the requisite signatures to qualify for the ballot, then the effort to remove the proposition from the ballot by pressuring the organizers of the initiative to withdraw it, then the effort to “[insert] poison pills into a smattering of existing public safety bills in the legislature,” which stated “something truly incredible, which is to say they would be automatically reversed if voters passed the End Prop 47 initiative in November. The point of this was to give the Attorney General the pretext for lying to voters about what the initiative would do. They’d say, ‘Because now there was this poison pill that would reverse all of the public safety bills if voters passed the initiative, that the initiative is now actually an anti-public safety bill.’” Kiley noted that the legislature rebuffed that action, but then, “In the 11th hour, when it was past the deadline even to put an initiative on the ballot, the governor offered up a Hail Mary where he said, ‘Okay, I can’t get the End Prop 47 initiative off the ballot so what I’m going to do is put on my own competing initiative which is watered down, which is a very weak initiative, but that will be enough to confuse voters.’ And what’s more, he put in there that if his initiative passed with higher numbers than the other initiative, then the other initiative would be wiped out in its entirety, even though there are a lot of things in it that didn’t conflict. It was literally a mechanism that the governor proposed, drafted, introduced in the legislature to overturn the results of a democratic election in California where the End 47 initiative could have passed with 60% of the vote and nevertheless it would have been null and void according to the trick the governor tried to implement. He even moved back the deadline for propositions to qualify; he even moved back the deadline for the Secretary of State to number the proposition so that his own fake proposition — the ‘imposter initiative’, we called it — would get a higher number and then have a better chance of getting more votes.” “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the concerted efforts by the governor of California to thwart and undermine our democratic process in an attempt to keep our communities unsafe,” he concluded.

Former President Donald Trump said during a radio hit on Friday that he would be willing to take a cognitive test alongside President Joe Biden to let voters see the mental state of each presidential candidate. Trump, 78, made the suggestion during an appearance on “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show” as Biden, 81, faces pressure from within his own party to step aside and allow for another candidate to run as the Democratic Party’s nominee. “I am cognitively great, perfect,” Trump said. “And I’ve had tests … I just did a physical, by the way, and it came out perfectly. We’ll announce those numbers soon.” “I suggest that we go in together and do a cognitive test,” Trump added, referring to Biden. “We’ll do it together, like a team.” The presumptive GOP nominee was also asked if he would do the cognitive test with Biden “on television.” “I would do whatever they want,” Trump replied. “I’d do the test, I’d do a mental acuity test with him. I would do whatever would be appropriate.” Trump added that he knows people “much older” than Biden who are still healthy, saying that the president is “unusual in a way.” President Trump suggests a televised cognitive test with Biden during interview with @ClayTravis and @BuckSexton: “I am cognitively great. Perfect. And I’ve had tests. I suggest that we go in together and do a cognitive test… We’ll do it together, like a team.” pic.twitter.com/AdLO2UIkEf — The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (@clayandbuck) July 12, 2024 During the CNN debate between Trump and Biden on June 27, Biden made several gaffes and struggled to answer the moderators’ questions throughout the night. At one point in the debate, Trump responded to one of Biden’s answers, saying, “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence, and I don’t think he knows what he said either.” Trump said earlier this month that Biden’s “mind and memory [are] completely shot,” adding that following the debate, “there is a BIG GAP for Crooked Joe to make up.” The debate set off a panic among many on the Left and in the Democratic Party who questioned if Biden could go on as the party’s nominee. An interview a week later between the president and ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos did little to calm Democrats’ fears about Biden’s cognitive ability to run a campaign against Trump and potentially serve until 2029. In January, Biden met with White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor and neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard, an examination brought back into the spotlight earlier this week when White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre corrected a previous false statement about Biden’s check-up. The president also told Democratic governors in a private call that he was checked by a doctor following his debate against Trump, contradicting a previous statement made by Jean-Pierre.

A majority of Americans want to curtail immigration into the United States for the first time since 2005, according to a new poll from Gallup. The survey found that 55% of American adults want fewer immigrants to come to the country, while 41% said that they want immigration to remain at its present levels or would like to allow even more migrants to relocate here. This is the largest percentage of Americans who want immigration cut since 2001, when 58% favored fewer noncitizens. While 25% of those polled said they want immigration to remain at its current level, 16% said they would like more immigrants to come to the U.S. The figure marks a drastic drop from May 2020, when 34% of respondents said that immigration should be increased. Gallup also found that all three political affiliations – Republicans, Democrats, and independents – are more likely to support less immigration than last year. While 73% of Republicans said they wanted immigration to decrease in 2023, the figure now stands at an overwhelming 88%. The share of independents who want immigration to be cut rose significantly from 2023 to 2024, starting at 39% last year before spiking to 50% in 2024. Just 18% of Democrats said that immigration should be reduced in 2023. Now, in 2024, 28% of Democrats want to reduce immigration. Americans have become significantly more supportive of border security measures in the last several years. While only 40% of Americans favored expanding the construction of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019, that figure jumped to 53% in 2023. In 2019, just 37% of Americans were in favor of deporting all illegal immigrants back to their homelands. The figure sat at 47% as of 2023, according to Gallup. The American public’s shifting views on immigration come amid a presidency where more than 10 million people have unlawfully crossed the border during the Biden administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration. Immigration has become a major issue heading into the 2024 presidential race. One poll found that only 36% of voters approve of Biden’s performance on immigration, while another found that a majority of Americans support increasing deportations, building a wall on the southern border, and penalizing businesses that hire illegal immigrants.  

Biden’s disastrous press conference last night confirmed what’s been increasingly obvious since 2020—the president of the United States is truly, profoundly unwell and needs to be replaced in the name of political strategy and the ethics of how we treat our elders (if the latter even still exists). But perhaps the worst of these proposed Biden replacements is the one who, on paper, a political strategist might assume I’d be the most likely to vote for: vice president and professional unpopular person Kamala Harris. CNN commentator Dean Obeidallah recently dropped a hot take on Vice President Harris’ chances of being subbed in for the ailing Biden, loudly asserting that veteran journalist (and my fellow ESG skeptic) Charlie Gasparino’s criticisms of Harris as a beneficiary of America’s DEI phenomenon are “what bigotry looks like.” Obeidallah further claimed that the “suggestion that Harris only got to where she is because of diversity programs… is despicable.” His critique is disingenuous in the extreme. Never mind that Biden picked her after saying he was going to pick a woman and specifically discussing the race of his veep candidates weeks before the 2020 DNC. Never mind that James Clyburn explicitly urged Biden to pick a black woman as his VP candidate because “African American women need to be rewarded for the[ir] loyalty.” Never mind that Biden’s chief of staff expressly named racism and sexism as driving factors of Harris’ criticism while in office. It’s likely true that some of Harris’ critics might be bigoted in their reasoning — but the vast majority? Pretending that a lack of enthusiasm around a heavily progressive, tough-on-crime, former California senator is completely attributable to “black woman equals bad” is a level of insularity from the real world only possible when you spend far too much time thinking about the color of people’s skin. WATCH: Ben Shapiro’s new three-part series “Scamala: Kamala Harris Unmasked” on DailyWire+ Whatever professional successes Harris has had in her life, it’s hard to see them clearly amid the racial fog of the party she’s attached herself to. As a voter of color myself, the Democratic notion that my vice president must be shielded in a racially-conscious bubble instead of being permitted to stand or fall on her own merit — or, more actually, being given the shovel to dig herself out of the tremendous hole in which she sits—is far more dehumanizing and demeaning than Republican accusations of being a DEI hire. This latest deflection around Harris’ ability to serve well is the same sad dichotomy that DEI advocates employ on the regular: DEI programs are apparently good and necessary to rectify allegedly structural inequities, but it’s also apparently bigoted to suggest that anyone of color has ever benefited from them. The situation is, however, worse than misplaced racial sensitivity: Democrats’ behavior surrounding Harris reeks of candidate protecting, in an election where the party really cannot afford to do so. This sort of electoral mollycoddling is the exact behavior the party needs to avoid if it wants to convince on-the-fence voters like myself that their November ticket actually has a serious operation behind it. I’ve written previously that I’m “not convinced that the Democratic Party cares about anything besides stoking racial divisions to grab my vote.” Nominating Harris, a polarizing figure incapable of pulling approval from her own party, let alone the general American voter base, seems to indicate that the party might care more about race politics than actually achieving an electoral victory capable of creating results. If that’s true, that’s a key sign of a party that deserves every defeat it gets. Shortly after winning the vice presidency, Harris tweeted that “I hope every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.” Should I ever have daughters of my own one day, I hope they see that their lives contain far brighter possibilities than being the electoral death knell for a floundering party. And, for what it’s worth, I hope Vice President Harris sees that too. * * * Isaac Willour is an award-winning journalist focusing on race, culture, and American conservatism, as well as a corporate relations analyst at Bowyer Research. His work has been featured at outlets including USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Opinion, and C-SPAN. He is a member of the Young Voices contributor program and can be found on X @IsaacWillour. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.