7. The war in Ukraine may be coming to an end with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizing the need to end the conflict “as soon as possible” during a meeting in Kyiv with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin after Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention where he signaled he would end the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin may agree but is skeptical. Russian ally China signals there may be hope with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning mentioned that both Russian and Ukrainian sides have shown varying degrees of willingness to negotiate an end to the conflict.
6. There are two massive failures for the American media as they try to force America to see Vice President Kamala Harris as a competent person and a victim during her rollout as a presidential candidate. A concerted media effort is underway to suggest Kamala Harris was never the “border czar” and the fringes of the media (and their Democrats) are pretending Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade called a sorority Harris is speaking to a “colored sorority” as an insult but he obviously said “college sorority.”
5. The desperation to force some weird love on to Vice President Kamala Harris is underway, but a pollster with the Trump campaign reassures prospective voters that, despite a temporary increase in Kamala Harris’s approval ratings due to positive media coverage, her polling numbers will eventually reflect her perceived failures as vice president and CNN’s pollster agrees. Democratic strategist James Carville says this is all pretty questionable and warned his party to be cautious in their support for Vice President Harris, noting the race ahead will be challenging despite recent enthusiasm following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race.
4. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, and 10 other state attorneys general, are vocally opposing the U.S. Justice Department’s move to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 3 substance. They argue this shift, endorsed by President Joe Biden, will harm child development, increase mental health issues, more motor vehicle accidents, higher rates of heart disease and cancer. This is all backed up by research but the attorneys general say this is about politics for Biden’s administration.
3. Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl flamed Vice President Kamala Harris on social media for refusing to preside over a joint session of Congress when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke, accusing her of fanning the flames of antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Pearl has been vocal about his political views on social media, particularly since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and claimed this decision would encourage Israel’s enemies and hurt supporters of Israel.
2. Alabama U.S. Reps. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) and Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) were part of the contingent of congressional Republicans who joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to restore U.S. flags at Union Station in Washington, D.C., after pro-Hamas protesters removed and burned them during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Some members of Congress, overwhelmingly Democrats, boycotted the speech and the ones who did attend embarrassed themselves with tantrums.
1. President Joe Biden attempted to speak to America about his decision to back out of the presidential race while arguing for “democracy,” he did so poorly but the media loved it. Former President Donald Trump criticized President Biden’s Oval Office address, calling it “barely understandable” and expressing that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are an embarrassment to America.
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