White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn’t say when asked on Tuesday whether President Joe Biden would pick up the phone late at night if there was an incoming nuclear warhead. Jean-Pierre was asked the question as Biden faces serious questions about his mental fitness for office, including calls from within his own party to drop out of the presidential race, following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump. “Well, he also said he’s sharpest before 8 p.m.,” said Fox News reporter Peter Doocy. “So, say that the Pentagon, at some point, picks up an incoming nuke. It’s 11 p.m. Who do you call? The first lady?” Jean-Pierre responded: “He has a team that, uh, lets him know of any, of any, news that is pertinent and important to the American people.” “He has someone or, uh, that is decided on with obviously with his national security council on who gets to tell him that news,” she added. Jean-Pierre later was asked about reports that first lady Jill Biden attends meetings with the president in the office and whether she makes decisions in the meetings or if she advises the president. KJP responded by claiming that the president makes decisions but she did not answer whether Jill Biden is advising him. She was also asked about reports that convicted felon Hunter Biden is attending official White House meetings. “Look, I can’t, I’m, I’m certainly not going to get into private conversations that, that occur,” she answered. DOOCY: Biden says he's best before 8p, but say the Pentagon picks up an incoming nuke at 11pm — who do you call? Nurse Jill? KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "He has a team." pic.twitter.com/qVf4zHmaNB — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 9, 2024

Former President Donald Trump encouraged Republicans on Tuesday to approve the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require voters to prove they are U.S. citizens to register to cast a ballot in federal elections. With the SAVE Act getting a vote in the House as early as this week, Trump said in a post to Truth Social that it is important for Republicans to pass the legislation because “Non citizen Illegal Migrants are getting the right to vote, being pushed by crooked Democrat Politicians who are not being stopped by an equally dishonest Justice Department.” “Republicans must pass the Save Act, or go home and cry yourself to sleep,” Trump wrote, adding, “Our whole voting system is under siege.” He also pressed for legal action to “get this stopped, NOW.” Trump continued, “The Dems can’t win on their policies, the only way they can win is to CHEAT. They do it at every level of government, and they do it well. That’s how they get an incapacitated moron like Joe Biden elected.” The Biden administration came out in opposition to the SAVE Act on Monday, writing in a statement, “It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal elections — it is a Federal crime punishable by prison and fines.” “States already have effective safeguards in place to verify voters’ eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls,” the statement added. “This bill would do nothing to safeguard our elections, but it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls.” House Democratic leaders also encouraged their colleagues to vote against the SAVE Act. While it remains against federal law for a non-citizen to vote in a federal election, many Republicans are concerned about ballots potentially being submitted by ineligible voters, especially considering the record number of migrants who have illegally entered the country under Biden. Earlier this year, Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose found that 137 people were registered to vote in his state despite not being U.S. citizens. LaRose requested the Biden administration to send his office information on citizenship data to help remove non-citizens from voter rolls. The Save Act, which Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced in May, would require states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls in addition to the requirement for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship for federal elections. The congressman posted on X on Monday, arguing that his legislation should have bipartisan support: “What are Democrats fearful of?” he asked. “This is basic stuff, you would think…” In his social media post, Trump promised to “pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before” if he wins a second term in the White House, adding that “they will be sent to prison for long periods of time.” “We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!” Trump wrote, alluding to donations made by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg to groups that Republicans say backed Democrats in 2020.

Kate Beckinsale has finally revealed the reason for her mysterious weeks-long hospital stay earlier this year and admitted that she lost “a lot of weight from stress and grief.” In a post on Instagram, the 50-year-old actress hit back at comments from trolls about her body after one person wrote, “Go do some squats [katebeckinsale] I think [your] a** ran away,” US Weekly reported. “No, actually. I watched my stepfather [British TV director Roy Battersby] die quite shockingly, my mother has stage 4 cancer, and I lost a lot of weight from stress and grief, quite quickly,” she responded to the commenter. Beckinsale said she was “in the hospital for six weeks because the grief had ‘burned a hole’ in my esophagus, which made me vomit copious amounts of blood.” Kate Beckinsale Says She Had Health Crisis That Made Her Vomit 'Copious Amounts of Blood' amid 'Stress and Grief' https://t.co/7EG0aJcqV3 — People (@people) July 9, 2024 “I found eating very hard and I just worked very very hard on a movie that was actually quite triggering because it also involved the theme of the death of my father so I’m not really concerned about what you think about my a**,” the “Serendipity” star wrote. “Maybe you should worry about your own f**king a**,” the actress added. “I suggest shoving something up it — like a large pineapple or a brick.” In May, Beckinsale slammed plastic surgery rumors following her hospital stay after she posted several teary-eyed “no context hospital” pictures months earlier on social media that honored her mom Judy Loe, as previously reported. “Every time I post anything — and by the way, this has been the case since I was about 30 — I am accused of having had unrecognizable surgery/using Botox using fillers/being obsessed with looking younger, and it’s really such a tiresome and subtly vicious way to bully a person,” Beckinsale wrote on Instagram. “I don’t actually do any of those things — I’ve even gone to the trouble of having a plastic surgeon categorically state that I don’t and haven’t, and still, every time there’s a chorus of ‘my God, you’re unrecognizable,’” she added. “‘Oh my God PLASTIC, oh my God, you don’t even look like yourself anymore,’ it happens constantly and it’s usually women that are doing it.” She closed out her post noting that she’s fully aware that even saying all this “will have absolutely no effect” on those bullying her. The “Click” star’s post comes after her family’s loss of her stepfather. He died in January of a “massive stroke” while battling cancer, Page Six noted. He was 87. At the time, Beckinsale shared a video of her stepfather and wrote on social media, “I have no words yet . Thank you [katebeckinsale_slovakia2] for making this beautiful thing. I fought for you with everything I had. Oh Roy, I am so sorry I lost.” Related: Kate Beckinsale’s ‘No Context Hospital’ Photos Sound Alarm Bells From Fans

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Our “25 Best B-sides in Classic Rock History” article presents a list of songs that stand as some of our favorite B-sides we have ever collected.  Many artists have been surprised when a song, sometimes one that almost didn’t make it onto the album, turns into the biggest hit of their career. This list showcases 25 favorites, not necessarily B-sides that became more popular than the A-sides—that would be a different type of article. This one is simply about the joy of discovery. We’ve always been drawn to B-sides, particularly non-album tracks, which are often the most exciting for collectors. The post 25 Of Our Favorite B-Sides In Classic Rock History appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.