A visibly struggling Joe Biden struggled to tour a Nevada supermarket Tuesday where he shuffled aimlessly, scared staffers, and stared off into space while speaking with workers. Lights on, nobody's home.Actually, the lights aren't even on. pic.twitter.com/QQdyg3Mvqg— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2024 SUNDOWNING: Biden has absolutely no idea where he is as he tours the deli of a Nevada market pic.twitter.com/EVjGUaQRKy— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2024 Biden walks into a Nevada market, immediately goes in for the sniff pic.twitter.com/Q82FneOIxm— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2024

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In an article at Puck News, Julia Ioffe wrote that she listened in on part of a Zoom call with the White House. During the call, they discussed their concern that Biden can’t win and will take them all down. This is why we can’t hear the audio of the Robert Hur interview: “The call […] The post This Is Probably Why We Can’t Hear the Robert Hur Interview appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A California mother who lost her 15-year-old son to fentanyl elicited repeated standing ovations and tears from the audience at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, saying that she held President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, and every other Democrat who supports open borders responsible. Anne Fundner lost her son Weston to fentanyl poisoning in February 2022. “My name is Anne Fundner, and I am the wife and mother of four children,” Fundner began. “I’m standing here today to share the tragic reality of open borders. I’m here to share the story of my first-born son, my everything, my Weston.” “My family and I were living in southern California when President Biden took office and opened our borders,” she continued. “My Weston was 15. He was an amazing big brother to his three younger siblings. Weston attended church twice a week, played football and hockey, and he loved to serve. He had a big heart and he lived to make people laugh. He had so many good friends. I was always vigilant to be the best mother that I could be, as room mom, school ambassador, and I attended all the sports. We had family dinners and barbecues at the beach, and, like most teenagers, Weston wanted to fit in.” “And in a moment of peer pressure, he tried something that someone gave to him and it took my baby’s life,” she recalled. “We did everything right. I had those conversations with him and fentanyl still found my son. And on February 27, 2022,” she said, fighting back tears, “our lives were shattered and our baby was gone. This was not an overdose, it was a poisoning. His whole future, everything we ever wanted for him was ripped away in an instant.” “And Joe Biden does nothing,” she charged, then declared, “I hold Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the border czar — what a joke — and Gavin Newsom and every Democrat who supports open borders responsible for the death of my son —” That catalyzed a standing ovation as members of the audience blinked back tears. “— and the tens of thousands of American children. For that alone, they should be voted out of office,” she finished. Another standing ovation followed, with the crowd chanting, “Joe must go!” “Joe must go,” she repeated. “Yes, he must. Joe must go. Absolutely.” “We have seen the highest number of fentanyl deaths during the Biden-Harris administration and fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans 18 to 45, and it is quickly becoming the leading cause of death for teens, with 14 and under being the fastest growing demographic,” she noted. “We need President Trump back in office. We need a president who will seal the border, aggressively prosecute drug dealers, and stop Communist China from poisoning our children. This is not a red or blue issue; this is a red, white and blue issue. Fentanyl doesn’t care if you’re black or white; it does not discriminate. This is an American issue. We need a president who will call the drug cartels what they are: terrorist organizations.” “This fight is not for me; my son is gone,” she said tearfully. “This fight is for your children. We owe it to our children to elect a president who will win the war against fentanyl once and for all. It’s too late for my son. Say his name, Joe Biden: Weston.” In response, the crowd started chanting, “Weston.” Fundner concluded, “But we can change this for your children. We need President Trump back to save the lives of our kids. Thank you. God Bless America.“

Adapted from “The Michael Knowles Show,” July 16, 2024. President Trump has selected his running mate, and it is — drumroll, please — Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio. Many people have only heard of J.D. Vance recently. Some are probably only hearing of him for the first time. I, however, have been following Senator Vance’s career for a long time. I am a long time admirer of him, and I think he is absolutely the perfect VP pick, especially now. This pick tells us something extremely important about Trump 2024, which is that this campaign is all about the future. I think J.D. Vance is a really great pick. There were a number of people who were discussed as potential VP picks, and many didn’t quite make the short list. But I have said for a long time I thought Vance would be an excellent choice. President Trump posted the announcement on Truth Social, writing: After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio. J.D. Honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association. J.D.’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” became a Major Best Seller and Movie, as it championed the hardworking men and women of our Country. J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond…. As Vice President, J.D. will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Congratulations to Senator J.D. Vance, his wife, Usha, who also graduated from Yale Law School, and their three beautiful children. MAGA2024! Others have noted that picking Vance. is an insurance pick. Presidents often want to pick what we would call impeachment insurance, or, after Saturday, you might say assassination insurance: someone who the liberals would really hate to have assume the role. Vance provides that. Vance is solidly conservative. He is extremely intelligent. He knows what he believes. Some Vance critics have voiced that he used to be more liberal or more opposed to Trump. However, that is true of a lot of people, and I do not think the evolution of his thought and his politics is just a convenience. I don’t think it’s disingenuous nor something that happened overnight because I have followed it somewhat closely for quite some time. WATCH: The Michael Knowles Show He explored many of the themes that have now come to dominate his political vision and agenda in his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” so the seeds were obviously planted long ago. Of note, Vance is a convert to Catholicism. His religious conversion seems to have begun around 2015 or 2016, and then he was baptized and received into the Catholic Church in 2019. When one has a religious conversion, all politics ultimately is religious, as Cardinal Manning reminds us. That leads to rethinking or clarifying or deepening some of your political positions. So inasmuch as Vance has developed his views over the years, I think they’ve developed in a really beautiful direction, a very solidly conservative direction.  There are all sorts of factions in the Republican Party. There is the squish faction; the pro Chamber-of-Commerce faction; the libertarian faction, which has great contributions but is sometimes founded on shaky and liberal principles and moves Left on certain issues; and so on. With 100 conservatives in a room, they will all disagree on something. But Vance seems in-line with the ways that President Trump has restored the Republican Party to its roots. The Republican Party was founded on economic protection. Not to say we shouldn’t trade with the rest of the world, but we must protect our own American industry. We must recognize that the economy is here. We have a flourishing country, and the country isn’t here for the economy. The people are not here to serve the GDP number. It’s the other way around. A strong economy is good for us, but it’s also good for our political society. Good political societies have limits, restrictions for what has now become total open borders and mass migration. That is important to protecting American workers and encouraging the growth of American families, which a lot of the GOP neglects or undermines. But President Trump has made that a big focus of his campaign, dating back to 2016. Vance is focused on those issues tremendously. It was a motivator behind his Ohio Senate run and his whole political vision in his memoir, which became a Hollywood movie. (I’m sure Hollywood wouldn’t make that movie now.) The question about Trump’s VP pick was: Is he going to pick someone to balance out the ticket? Is he going to pick a black guy just because he’s black or pick a woman because she’s a woman? Is going to pick a wallflower because Trump is so eccentric and such a showman? Since he takes up so much attention, is he going to pick someone who just blends in with the furniture to balance that out? Or is going to pick an old guy so he’s totally innocuous? Or is he going to pick someone like Vance? Vance is brilliant. Not that he would ever upstage Trump — I don’t think he would do that at all — but he’s clearly brilliant. He has a strong political vision that is very much in line and could continue the project on which Trump is working to then become a candidate for 2028 or 2032. He’s young. He’s at the beginning of his political career, and he has not hit the peak yet. So this is a pick about legacy. When the libs say Trump’s second term is just going to be all about revenge, settling old scores, and mollifying his ego, I think a pick like this proves that’s not what Trump’s doing. Trump is setting up a political vision that he intends to extend far beyond 2024 to solidify the restoration that he has brought in many ways to the GOP. Even if you don’t like that language or you don’t like Trump because you believe he’s changed the GOP from the party of George Bush or even the party of Milton Friedman or Ronald Reagan, what you would have to conclude is that this is a guy who is oriented now toward the future and building a legacy. And I think that’s a good thing.

When there’s so much chaos happening in the world, it can be easy to forget all of the good. But every single day, people all around the world show others kindness, even to total strangers. We don’t always see these moments, but that doesn’t make them any less special. Still, the fact that most of them remain unknown is exactly why Sami chose to share the heartwarming video below. In it, we get a glimpse of some kind-hearted construction workers. According the the caption, Sami’s dad is the one who captured the moment on camera. While on his way to work, he passed by a construction site. At the same time, some kids on their bikes were passing by — but one of them took a pretty harsh fall. The kid was okay, but that didn’t stop the nearby construction workers from stopping to make sure that was the case. Watch this sweet moment in the video below! @official.samwich My dad saw this wholesome moment at work today and i wanted to share. A random act of #kindness goes a long way! #fyp #wholesome #kindness #foryou #foryoupage #wholesomemoments #construction #truckdriver #truck #kind #bekind ♬ Scott Street (Slowed Down) – Phoebe Bridgers Once they made sure the kid was okay, they took the time to clean off both the bike and the kid himself. It seems they briefly chatted, too, before sending them back on their way. A construction worker even gives one of the kids a loving tap on the helmet as they part ways, adding to the genuine feeling of care that radiates from this moment. When These Busy Construction Workers Notice a Kid Fall Off His Bike, They Stop Everything to Help Once this video went viral, folks from all around the world began to share just how much this small moment means to them. “I hope everyone who sees this realizes that acts of kindness like this are exactly what makes the world go round,” one person shares in the comments, with another adding, “He set such a great example for those boys that day. I hope they never forget this and learn how to show the same gentle kindness.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Construction Workers Jump To The Rescue When Little Boy Falls Off His Bike appeared first on InspireMore.

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