Former President Donald Trump’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday in Billings, Montana, after reportedly experiencing a mechanical issue. The Republican presidential nominee was on his way to a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University in Bozeman when the plane was forced to land in Billings, located approximately 150 miles east of Bozeman. KTVH reported that Secret Service conducted a sweep of the airport before Trump disembarked his plane and boarded a smaller plane on his way to Bozeman. Following a mechanical issue on his plane, @realDonaldTrump walks off his plane in Billings MT, to get on a smaller plane, to continue to Bozeman for a fundraiser and rally. pic.twitter.com/RIVgPUNEKC — Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) August 9, 2024 Trump is holding the rally to help boost Republican senate nominee Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, in his race against Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), a race that will go a long way toward determining which party controls the U.S. Senate starting next January. This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.

On Thursday, Donald Trump proved that he was perfectly willing to go out in front of a wildly adversarial press. He tried to reset the table, and he was successful because the focus in this campaign cannot be one of those random Festivus grievances that Trump has against Brian Kemp in Georgia. And it cannot be questions about Kamala Harris’ blackness or anything of the like. It must be about Harris’ campaign as the most Left-wing ticket in the history of American politics. Trump’s task yesterday was twofold. His first task was to demonstrate he is willing to take questions in a way Harris is not, which he did. He went to the National Association of Black Journalists last week, and he did a long interview with people who hate his guts. His second task was to attack Harris on her record. He did that, warning about economic insecurity, gangs on the street, countries that have targeted us, while adding that he is a common-sense person who wants low taxes, solid borders, and a strong military. “She hasn’t done an interview,” he pointed out. “She can’t do an interview. She’s barely competent, and she can’t do an interview. I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.” We have to update our calendar because it is now day 20 of Kamala Harris taking zero adversarial questions since becoming the Democratic nominee. She is running away from reporters. She is turning down Trump’s request for additional debates. But don’t worry, she is so brilliant. She is so with it, so intelligent, and so convincing. Harris continues to run a basement campaign that is punctuated by going to large rallies and reading from a teleprompter as Tim Walz gives a strange, enthusiastic dance routine, which is really off-putting to those of us who still have a shred of sanity left. WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show  You just feel like you’re being gaslit all the time by the Harris-Walz campaign because she went from being one of the most unpopular figures in Democratic politics to a magical figure of joy, light, and excitement. Then, they trot out this sixty-year-old doofus to dance around on stage while talking about how he is a moderate who only loves abortion and loves trans. The most noteworthy point Trump made is that he doesn’t just want one debate with Harris; he wants three debates with Harris. That was good news. It’s what we’ve been encouraging him on the show to do. He needs to debate because the media are absolutely not going to do their job. They’re going to run screaming away from their job. Then, Harris came forth and explained she would not be doing three debates on three separate networks; she would only agree to the debate that Joe Biden negotiated with Trump back when Biden was the candidate. That was before she shivved Biden in the back and took his nomination. The little game Harris is playing is not to accept any further debates until they do the debate on September 10. Trump should say, “I’m not going to do the September 10 debate unless you’re willing to do all three because the reality is the American people don’t know you. You’re hiding from the media; you’re hiding from questions. You’re actually a dummy when you get off the teleprompter.” Of course, that’s been true for Kamala Harris her entire lifetime. Instead, Harris is trying to refuse other debates beyond September 10 because she thinks she’ll do well enough in that debate to put questions to bed about her candidacy, and then she won’t have to answer any more questions. She did deign to tell the press yesterday she would be scheduling an interview, maybe, before the end of the month. Let’s take a look at the calendar here. It appears to me, unless all my information and the entire calendar system is somehow false, that today is Friday, August 9. I noticed the month of August actually has many days in it. A lot of days. In fact, it has 31 days in it, unless I am sadly mistaken. Yet she wants to do one interview before the end of the month. Are you kidding me? I have a question for all you professional journalists since you might want to put a little pressure on the Harris-Walz campaign to answer a question, some questions, any questions. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI You might want to ask her the very obvious questions of the campaign: Why won’t you do a presser? Why won’t you do an interview? Why are you running away from any question at all? Why are you only committing to one debate? A debate, by the way, that you didn’t negotiate with Trump. Your boss negotiated it with Trump before you took him out back and shot him like Old Yeller. Where is the media? We know the answer. The media are in her colon. That’s what the media are. It’s not just Donald Trump and JD Vance against Harris and Walz. It’s them against the entire legacy media because the minute that Biden went down, they clicked back into place and suddenly, like a switch, they were enthusiastic about Harris. So much excitement, so much joy! Harris is the one who is saying she only wants one debate, the debate that was preset with Biden. Harris has backed off every position she ever held, but she does not do that herself; she has her surrogates do it. She won’t do an interview to answer for any of those changes. She can’t answer any questions, and she won’t answer any questions. Trump walks toward the fire. Harris is a political coward.

During his first congressional run in 2005, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s campaign website featured an article touting the candidate as a “war vet.” The article, from Roll Call, was headlined “Minnesota Skinny: Democrats Fretting About Rowley, Touting War Vet.” The website shared other headlines that implied Walz had deployed to Iraq, including “After Hackett’s Close Call, Iraq War Veterans Are in Demand” and “Other Iraq War Veterans Running.” Walz has long come under fire for misconstruing his military service record. Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign brought the issue back into the spotlight this week when it shared a video of Harris’ running mate advocating gun control, saying, “We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at.” Walz did not deploy to Iraq, or Afghanistan, but was stationed in Italy. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Chris Manning, who, like Walz, served in the National Guard, told The Daily Wire that the term “war vet” should never be used for someone who was not deployed to a combat zone. “If you don’t go to war you are not a war veteran,” Manning said. “Being a security guard at an airbase in Italy is not going to war, it isn’t a combat tour.” “Walz is not a war veteran and it is dishonest for him to claim he is,” Manning added. Walz’s 2006 campaign website listed “Veterans’ issues” as its top priority, and noted that Walz felt a special connection to the issue because of his service. “As a veteran of the Army National Guard, Command Sergeant Major Walz is deeply concerned about those veterans that are already in the VA system, as well as the high number of military personnel that will be classified as veterans in the near future,” the website reads. The Minnesota National Guard said Walz’s claim to have retired as a Command Sergeant Major is false, saying he retired as a master sergeant “in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.” He did not complete the course because he retired in May 2005, after his battalion received notice that it might be deployed to Iraq — leading many to suspect Walz retired in order to avoid seeing combat. Walz acknowledged that he expected his campaign to be deployed to Iraq in a campaign press release in March 2005. Related: Iraq War Vet Said In 2006 That Tim Walz Never Served, ‘Abandoned His Fellow Soldiers’

DETROIT—A federal judge said Friday that he “seriously” considered dismissing the Biden administration’s case against seven Christian pro-lifer activists over a peaceful protest in Michigan in light of concerns that “highly emotional” testimony may have unduly prejudiced the jury. Lawyers for Eva Edl, Cal Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, and Eva Zastrow moved to dismiss the case against the group after one of the Justice Department’s witnesses cried throughout her testimony. The defendants are charged in the Eastern District of Michigan with violations of the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights, a charge that could be punished with up to 10.5 years in prison. The activists are accused of blocking access to the Northland Family Planning Clinic in Sterling, Michigan, on August 27, 2020, and creating a “well-oiled machine” to advance their goals. Following opening arguments on Friday, Justice Department prosecutors called to the stand a woman named Sarah to testify about her experience at Northland on the day of the protest. As soon as she walked into the courtroom, she began to cry, and she remained emotional throughout her testimony. As she testified, she spoke about how she and her husband had struggled with infertility before turning to IVF, after which she became pregnant. She said that about 12 weeks into the pregnancy, she was told by a doctor that her unborn child had a mass on his abdomen and that her “son would not live outside the womb.” Upon receiving this diagnosis, Sarah said that her husband decided to schedule an abortion at Northland. She said that she was “traumatized and intimidated” when she showed up to Northland to protesters, including by people sitting in front of the doors. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI As she and her husband were parked, she said that Eva Zastrow went up to her car and said, “God loves your baby” and “think about judgment day.” Sarah said that she had started to lose amniotic fluid by this point, but she and her husband and mother drove across the street to wait until the parking lot had cleared. After going back into the facility later in the afternoon, she said that her “son had passed” and that staff at Northland removed the baby while she was still awake. When asked by Justice Department prosecutor Frances Carlson how this had impacted her, Sarah said had post-traumatic stress disorder. Once she said this, a lawyer for Curry objected, and Judge Matthew Leitman, who is presiding over the case, ordered the jury removed from the room. Sarah was then taken out of the courtroom sobbing. She could be heard crying in the outside hall. Lawyers for the defense then introduced a motion to dismiss the trial, saying that the jury would be unfairly influenced by the testimony, and led to believe that the defendants’ protest had caused Sarah’s trauma and contributed to her baby’s death. Leitman acknowledged that the government was not supposed to reveal that Sarah had PTSD, and said that it was a “serious” concern that the emotional discussion of what happened in Northland might sway the jury. Zastro’s lawyer said it would be “beyond realism” to expect the jury to give the defendants a fair assessment after the emotional testimony, and because the defense lawyers would look bad questioning her. Idoni, who is representing herself, said, “I don’t see how it can be undone.” Defense lawyers were also concerned that they would “look like ogres” if they cross-examined Sarah, saying that it would be “malpractice” for them to ask her questions after the jury saw her emotional state. Lawyers for the defense also expressed concerns that the jury could have heard Sarah crying from the jury room. When asked by Leitman, one juror said they could only hear “muffled talking.” Before ruling on the motion to dismiss, Leitman ordered the jury dismissed for the weekend with instructions to disregard the discussion of PTSD and what happened inside Northland. After more back and forth between the Justice Department and defense, Leitman took a break to consider the motion to dismiss. Leitman returned to the courtroom after 15 minutes and announced that though he had “very seriously” looked at dismissing the case, he decided that the emotional testimony at the end needed to be “viewed in the context of larger testimony.” He said that the situation for defense lawyers was “marginally different” after the testimony, but not “meaningfully different,” adding that he was “certain the trial can proceed fairly.” However, Leitman, who repeatedly referenced potential reviews of the case by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, said that he couldn’t “imagine that I’ve heard the last” of the situation. Before Sarah’s testimony, defense lawyers asked the jury to remember that the defendants’ actions were based on their belief that a “doctor was going to kill those babies” at Northland, and asked the jury to “set aside their emotion” in regards to witness testimony. Despite the intense back and forth, the defendants were in good spirits after court adjourned for the day, with several going to sing the “Doxology” in the courthouse stairwell. Edl, an 89-year-old survivor of a Yugoslavian communist camp, said “thank you Lord, hallelujah,” after they were done singing. On Monday, Caroline Davis, who was involved in the Michigan protest, is expected to testify for the government. Davis pled down her felony conspiracy charge she faced over the incident, and has been instrumental in securing convictions in related cases, including a Tennessee case where six were convicted of violating the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights.

Millions of people adored Robin Williams, but only a few knew him well. He was an icon in the world of comedy and made us all laugh with his quick wit and charm. Robin could improvise a scene off the cuff like no one in the business. He died by suicide on August 11, 2014, just a few weeks after his 63rd birthday. Since his death a decade ago, there has been a void in Hollywood and many of our hearts. Although he was undoubtedly one of the funniest people ever born, Robin wasn’t all jokes. There was another side of Robin that wasn’t about silliness. Robin was kind and compassionate, and one of his most famous co-stars experienced that love firsthand. Sally Field played Miranda Hillard in the 1993 box-office smash Mrs. Doubtfire, where Robin played the titular role. Sally was on set when she got a call that changed her life forever. She recalled learning of her father’s death to Vanity Fair and Robin’s unwavering support. “I was, of course, beside myself. I came on the set trying with all my might to act,” she said. “I wasn’t crying. Robin came over, pulled me out of the set, and asked, ‘Are you okay?'”After Robin heard the devastating news, he said,  “Oh my God, we need to get you out of here right now.” Robin Quickly Stepped In To Help As a producer on the film, Robin worked around Field’s absence so that she could be with her family and not worry about the constraints of filming. She and her family were able to make their funeral arrangements and spend time together. When she was ready to work, she returned without missing a beat. @popculturebrain Robin Williams went out of his way to help Sally Field when she was grieving (Source: Variety, Vanity Fair) #robinwilliams #sallyfield #mrsdoubtfire #90s #movietok #filmtok ♬ original sound – Alex | Pop Culture Brain “It’s a side of Robin that people rarely knew,” Field said. “He was very sensitive and intuitive.” This story’s featured image is by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. The post Sally Field Recalls “A Side” Of Robin Williams “That People Rarely Knew” appeared first on InspireMore.

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