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Democrat presidential and vice presidential nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to engage in their first sit-down interview on Thursday with CNN, more than a month after Harris became the presumptive nominee. ------------ Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and Gov. Ron DeSantis challenged Attorney General Ashley Moody, and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to raise the bar in combatting Amendment 4 on Wednesday. Initially, DeSantis had announced that the cabinet would contribute $400,000 to oppose the amendment. Simpson then increased his commitment to $200,000, prompting DeSantis to match that amount, bringing the total contribution to $600,000. The amendment, sponsored by Floridians Protecting Freedom, would enshrine abortion into the state’s constitution. It would allow for the practice to be done up until the point of “viability,” which the governor previously said is a non-definable time in the pregnancy that can easily be abused by abortion providers.

A Washington, D.C., grand jury returned a superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday on four charges regarding election interference in the 2020 presidential election. Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights, according to the indictment. -------------- A day after former President Donald Trump honored 13 fallen American service members at Arlington National Cemetery, NPR is claiming Trump campaign staff got into an “altercation” with a cemetery official who prevented them from taking photographs in an off-limits section. The outlet published an article claiming a source told the outlet that “two members” of Trump’s campaign staff had a “verbal and physical altercation” with a cemetery official who allegedly attempted to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60 of the cemetery and filming and photographing in the section.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook killed the Hunter Biden laptop story after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “warned” of a “potential Russian disinformation operation,” and acknowledged that it “shouldn’t have demoted the story.” -------------- As colleges and universities kick-off a new academic year this fall, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is reminding officials at higher learning institutions about their legal obligations to protect Jewish students from harassment, intimidation and other forms of antisemitism.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who endorsed President Donald Trump on Friday, has penned a note on social media to explain what “MAGA” means to him. “MAGA” — the acronym for Trump’s iconic slogan, “Make America Great Again” — has been demonized by Democrats. President Joe Biden and his administration constantly attacked what they called the “ultra-MAGA” Republicans or the “extreme MAGA agenda. -------------- There are not enough Merchant Marines for the U.S. Navy to fully man 17 vessels, reportedly causing officials to plan to take them out of regular operation. The Merchant Marines organization, made up of civilian mariners managed by a combination of federal government and the private sector, has lost too much manpower to “properly crew and operate ships across the fleet,” Fox News reported. -------------- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced they are searching for new venues for meetings that were to be held next Tuesday in regards to controversial new state parks initiatives that have received abundant opposition from Florida lawmakers and leaders. On Friday, the department said due to the overwhelming interest, DEP is “looking for new venues to accommodate the public.” “New meeting dates will be announced soon, with meetings expected the week of Sept. 2, 2024,” the announcement said.

Vice President Kamala Harris will complete her coup against President Joe Biden on Thursday night when she addresses the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the dysfunctional gathering of Democrats in Chicago, Illinois. -------------- At a press conference Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on the 2024 presidential race and continued his attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. “I do not ask people to move to Florida,” DeSantis said. “If you’re living in Minnesota under [Gov. Tim] Walz, some people are going to want to leave that. That’s just the reality. I mean, we we know that.”

Wednesday marks the third night of the highly dysfunctional Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, and Democrats are scrambling to figure out how to execute convention logistics properly. The first two nights, they pushed their current and former presidents of the United States past primetime — neither Joe Biden nor Barack Obama took the stage before 11:00 p.m. on the East Coast — and Democrats struggled to find any coherent message at all. --------------- Former President Donald Trump’s campaign launched a website called Kamala2024Policies.com as mockery of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign website’s lack of a policy page. “Kamala Harris has yet to tell voters what her policies are, so we thought we’d help them out,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “Kamala Harris wants to open the borders, raise taxes, and free criminals.”

On the second night at the “mostly peaceful” gathering of leftists in Chicago, Illinois, former President Barack Obama will return to the main stage and spotlight to give the keynote address at the end of the evening. His wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, will speak earlier in the evening. Interestingly, several Democrats are quite openly referring to Michelle Obama as their “dream candidate,” which means despite the hullabaloo from across the media that Vice President Kamala Harris is not in fact the “dream candidate” for the party. ------------ Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., won his congressional GOP primary on Tuesday night, defeating Aaron Dimmock. Gaetz comfortably won reelection to the panhandle district in 2022 with 67% of the vote to his Democratic opponent’s 32%. November 2024 is expected to be no different.

Democrats are partying it up with all their elitist celebrity friends in Chicago, Illinois, for the Democratic National Convention (DNC), but the first night of primetime programming on Monday evening is going to hit a somber tone for the party. ---------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw criticized a graphic promoting Amendment 3, which seeks to legalize recreational marijuana statewide, arguing that the amendment lacks “guardrails.” The amendment, which will be voted on in November, has received both support and opposition from Republicans in Florida.

Polling and data guru Nate Silver said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris is slightly favored to win the presidential election if it were held tomorrow, but cautioned the public against relying too much on polls, citing their record of getting it "wrong" when it comes to former President Trump. "If you have the election tomorrow… I think Harris would be a slight favorite," Silver said Wednesday on "Special Report." "She has been ahead in most recent polling in the ‘blue wall’ states, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada all polling in the margin of error range." -------------- A member of the notorious hacking group USDoD has reportedly released a staggering amount of sensitive personal information, potentially affecting billions of individuals worldwide. The information includes sensitive details such as social security numbers listed with full names and even telephone numbers. There are several steps consumers can take in response to this huge leak.

Vice President Kamala Harris, hoping to distance herself from President Biden's unpopularity on the economy, plans a new focus on middle-class worries and woes. ------------ Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued a scathing request to the Biden-Harris administration after a report from the U.S. House Judiciary Committee indicated nearly 100 people on the terrorist watchlist were released into the U.S. “New information shows that Biden and Border Czar Harris released nearly 100 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist into the interior,” Moody said. Despite this obvious danger, the Biden-Harris administration has refused to communicate with the states about where these individuals are located now.”

Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News that his general election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, will not agree to an actual real interview at all during the campaign, only “a soft Democrat interview” with someone like ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Asked during an hourlong interview at his luxurious seaside resort and club Mar-a-Lago to react to Harris telling reporters that she would schedule an interview by the end of August, Trump said she would only sit down with someone who would ask her easy questions and not someone who would press her on the issues for real. ------------ Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson criticized A California-based company’s lawsuit against Florida’s lab-grown meat ban in a statement to Florida’s Voice on Tuesday. “The lawsuit is ridiculous. Lab-grown ‘meat’ is not proven to be safe enough for consumers and it is being pushed by a liberal agenda to shut down farms,” Simpson said.

Vice President Kamala Harris copied a campaign promise first announced by former President Donald Trump to eliminate taxes on tips. During a campaign rally in Nevada on Saturday, Harris acknowledged that Culinary Union Local 226 was at the rally, and she continued on to vow that if elected president in November, she would work to “raise the minimum wage” and “eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.” ------------ The Republican Party of Florida has hit a major political milestone, now leading state Democrats by over one million registered voters. The milestone was reached Sunday, the party announced. “Our success goes beyond just numbers,” said party Chairman Evan Power. “It’s about a vision to make Florida the beacon of freedom for the rest of the country.”

During a Thursday speech from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump pointed out that the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt did not change his conviction that the American “people need guns for protection.” A reporter asked Trump about the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt, noting that the would-be assassin had used an AR-15. ------------ Former President Donald Trump hinted that he believes the amendment supporting a right to an abortion under the Florida Constitution will be approved come November. Ballot initiatives require at least 60% support to pass. The former president added that he will announce at a press conference in the near future how he plans to vote on the amendment. “I think, probably, the vote will go in a little more liberal way than people thought,” Trump said. “But, I’ll be announcing [my vote] at the appropriate time.”

Then-congressional candidate Tim Walz broke a promise in 2005 to deploy with his U.S. Army National Guard unit if deployed to Iraq, despite his ongoing campaign. While saying he would still continue his congressional campaign, regardless, Walz said in a press statement: “As Command Sergeant Major I have a responsibility not only to ready my battalion for Iraq, but also to serve if called on.” ------------- Wednesday in a preview clip of a CBS News interview set to air on “CBS Sunday Morning” President Joe Biden said that if former President Donald Trump loses the election in November there might not be a peaceful transfer of power. Reporter Robert Costa asked, “Are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in January 2025?” ------------- National Flood Insurance policyholders in Fort Myers Beach will be receiving a letter from the town in advance of an expected FEMA mailing to reassure residents that officials are actively working to maintain their coverage discounts. “FEMA is mandated to mail a letter to residents later this month about the status of the program, and the Town believes some of the language may understandably cause residents concern,” said Nicole Berzin in a press statement released on Tuesday.

Spooked in part by a looming recession under the policies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the United States, the Japanese stock market panicked on Monday and suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history, losing even more points than it did on “Black Monday” in October 1987. The higher volume of the Nikkei Stock Average meant the dizzying loss of 4,451.28 points was its second-largest fall by percentage, coming in at 12.4 percent to the 14.9 percent drop when the average lost 3,836.48 points on Black Monday. -------- Video surfaced Monday of a panel discussion in February 2024 in which Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speculated that Congress would have to invalidate an election victory by former President Donald Trump — at the risk of “civil war.” It is not clear whether Raskin was actually outlining a plan of action, or rather using a hypothetical to argue that the U.S. Supreme Court was placing what he considered an undue burden on Congress to keep Trump out of office. --------------- Hurricane Debby has been downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall near Steinhatchee in Florida's Big Bend region early Monday. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm, which had intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it came ashore with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, is now slowly moving north. It is expected to dump significant amounts of rain across the Southeast and bring a potentially “life threatening” storm surge to parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina over the next several days.

Hurricane Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 storm on Sunday night. As of the 2 a.m. Monday advisory from the National Hurricane Center, maximum sustained winds are 80 mph with higher gusts. The system is moving north at 12 mph. Later on Monday, it’s expected to turn toward the northeast and east. ----------- Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged as much as 7.1% early Monday before recovering some lost ground, extending sell-offs that began last week. At one point, the Nikkei shed more than 2,500 points. By the time of the Tokyo market’s midday break, the index was down about 5.5%, or about 1,900 points, at 33,945.43.

A viral video that one of the attendees of former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, filmed shows an individual running across a roof — the same roof Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump from — minutes before the tragedy, which claimed the life of one attendee and injured three others, including Trump. -------------- Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson hammered the International Olympic Committee for trying to feed athletes lab-grown meat and non-dairy products on the Bob Rose Show. The committee later decided to provide actual meat and eggs for the participants. “If you’re celebrating the Olympics, the notion that we wold have a biomass with synthetic meat being added to our athletes, we don’t even know if that is safe,” Simpson said.

Recriminations between local law enforcement and Secret Service agents over who is to blame for former President Donald Trump getting shot and almost killed are flying back and forth, some publicly and some behind-the-scenes, as investigations into what happened get underway. Local law enforcement snipers on the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit (ESU), the county’s SWAT team, were assigned to secure the outside perimeter that included the American Glass Research building that Crooks climbed atop of. -------------- According to a recent poll, Florida’s pro-abortion ballot initiative has enough public support to pass this November. Requiring 60% to pass, the amendment – which creates the right to an abortion in Florida, trounces parental consent laws and overturns existing restrictions – has 69% support, per a new poll by the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab. Conducted July 23-27 among 774 likely voters, with just 23% saying they would not support it, and 8% undecided. That’s up from a fall poll from UNF that found the amendment at 62% support.

Shocking new footage from the assassination attempt on Donald Trump shows local cops with guns drawn surrounding the building where Thomas Crooks opened fire — fully two minutes and 10 seconds before the shooting. The video later shows a barrage of gunfire, and then the crowd’s reaction to Crooks being shot and killed by the Secret Service, with one witness commenting that it must have been a headshot because of the “big poof of hair.” As the video unfolds, Trump can be heard in the background speaking to the crowd at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 — but no attempt was made to get him off the stage.

Google has hidden autocomplete suggestions related to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. By removing autocomplete suggestions, the Masters of the World are trying to make it more difficult for users to access information about the attempt on Trump’s life. This is just the latest act of election interference by the internet giant. --------------- Further making the Olympics opening ceremonies the “gayest ever,” Parisian Olympics officials also featured an LGBTQ parody of the “Last Supper” along with a woke fashion show featuring gender-bending fashions and transgender models.

The House passed a resolution introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) that condemns Vice President Kamala Harris’s “failure” as what they referred to as “border czar” with support from all Republicans and six Democrats. On Thursday, 214 House Republicans as well as six House Democrats voted to condemn Harris’s “failure” in the role given to her by President Joe Biden in March 2021, when he asked her to help stem “the migration to our southern border.” ------------ Vice President Kamala Harris agreed on Thursday to debate former President Donald Trump. It appears the campaigns have not yet agreed upon a date and network. “…[Trump] previously agreed upon [a] September 10 debate,” Harris claimed. “Now it appears he’s backpedaling, but I’m ready, and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage, and, so, I’m ready; let’s go.”