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You have shown what you believe to be true. Of course, and that does not say what stinsonmarri says

Bonnie, I have tried to explain where I stand as peacefully as possible. It does not work with you. It's all about you and your negative attitude. So, I am done. We have made our choices. I do not have to stump and say ugly things to prove a point. I am going to pray for you, no matter what you think. But, I will not address anything else you have to say. I leave you in prayer. May you be at peace.

Bonnie, I have shown you prophecies, but you want to make it earthly! My soul is more important than allowing anyone who refuses to see. You know the truth and I have tried to reason with you, hoping that you would pray with me and both of us can grow. You do not want that at all! What you refuse to see is that YAHWEH is in control. No matter what we want, HE will allow the person to win according to HIS WILL and HIS PURPOSE! Salvation is free!

I didn't call him a name; I said what he had done. He was being two-faced! Could you look at what I have said before and will say it very clearly? This world has become just like the Bible said! It is more than politics, and you and I know it! There is a war going on, and we must choose a side. It's a decision we all need to make. You were upset when I spoke about Nebuchadnezzar, and I really do not see why. THE STONE that hit the feet of the image you know was THE MESSIAH! I look at sin, and it shows up according to the Bible. Since kingdoms began, starting with Nimrod, YAHWEH has shown us clearly what we need to for is sin. History has repeated itself, and when it repeats, sin becomes worse. As I have told you before, I have known Trump for a long time. He has not changed! He has not told the truth; he is racist, and there is more. Vance also has shown himself to be untruthful. We are in the last days, and our church, the Adventist church, is falling. People have to make a choice. What I see is the same problem with Kenaan and Israel. They both failed and broke their Covenant with YAHWEH! Israel as a people they are gone. (Deut Twenty-Eight). Have we not learned from them in the Bible? Earlier, I wanted to fight, but what did it serve? What profits a person to gain the world and then lose his soul? I am not going to exchange with you and my soul! I am going to allow THE HOLY SPIRIT to lead me. You can call me anything you want or try to cover up these two men's sinful character, then that is on you! I will not; I will see it on a spiritual base. That's it! You can write and throw out our differences, and I will call on THE HOLY SPIRIT. So, continue, and I will point to salvation because it is free! Blessings

That is someone's thought! I would like to introduce them to YAHSHUA by reading Matthew Chapter Five! He is THE CREATOR, and I accept HIS Word on humility! Have a blessed day!

Did I say anything about Vance that he did not say? We differ again if you watched the program and ard what he said! I will stand by what I heard him say; he made himself very clear! Then Trump denied the Project. So, you and I are at a standstill! I am not here to dispute with you. I have explained that to you many times. Neither am I here to judge your decision. You asked me questions, and I gave you my answers. I will continue to pray for you and ask you to pray for me! Blessings!

It is all about prophecy where I stand. Your choice and mine choice differ! Blessing!

Bonnie, that is what you see, and the crowds we both see appear to prove you wrong! Like I have said I look at everything from a Biblical point. The kingdoms in the past as I stated, specifically pointing to Babylon learned that this is all about THE MESSIAH Kingdom hitting the foot of the statue and we are close to that happening. Have a bless day!

It was unnecessary for him to say it from the beginning, just like I feel what you said was unkind about Ms. Harris! Who was the most? I never heard anyone's names, just some of the media speaking out without facts! MSNBC was torn, with some speaking up for her and others telling people without facts what they were supposed to be saying. Did you get any names? If you did, can you tell me?

Bonnie, I cannot read your mind, nor can you read mine. I told you where I stand because of sin and abortion. Please stop saying I am condescending. That is my stand. You said what you feel. Don't you think I have a right to tell you where I stand? We differ, and you said you feel, and I said I stand. I have been nothing but kind and humble. I pray that you will do the same. This is a discussion, and we both have a right to express what and why we choose to believe. I give the Bible Scriptures where I stand! Again, stop looking for negativity when it is not there! Blessings!

J.D. Vance Fought Health Protections For Steelworkers And Their Communities By Grey Moran [View in browser] Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance pressured regulators to abandon a proposed federal rule to protect steelworkers and their communities from factories’ carcinogenic emissions, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. The final rules were weakened after Ohio Sen. Vance and other lawmakers intervened. In a November 2023 letter, Vance urged the Environmental Protection Agency to abandon new regulations designed to limit life-shortening toxins spewed from coke plants, which are part of the steel industry supply chain. These chemicals, like benzene, mercury, lead, and arsenic, harm workers and nearby communities by heightening the risk of cancers, inflammatory lung diseases, and other health conditions. “I strongly urge the EPA to abandon the proposed rule to prevent unnecessary harm to domestic coke production and U.S. steel production, which is a critical economic driver of American economic recovery,” wrote Vance in a letter added to the rule’s docket in early July. “If implemented, the proposed rule will reduce coke production in the U.S. at a time when domestic steel production is more important than ever.” Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is charged with limiting and monitoring hazardous air pollutants, defined as “known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects” from industrial facilities. The new rules, required to be reviewed every eight years, tighten the monitoring of these emissions from coke ovens to strengthen compliance and close loopholes that have enabled plants to skirt emissions standards. “Cancer is the major concern from exposure to coke oven emissions,” the EPA previously warned in a health summary of the plants. “Epidemiologic studies of coke oven workers have reported an increase in cancer of the lung, trachea, bronchus, kidney, prostate,” among others. The agency also noted that chronic exposure to these emissions can result in “conjunctivitis, severe dermatitis, and lesions of the respiratory and digestive systems.” The National Toxicology Program, which informs federal health decisions, lists coke oven emissions as a known human carcinogen. “These emissions are complex mixtures of dusts, vapors, and gasses that typically include PAHs, formaldehyde, acrolein, aliphatic aldehydes, ammonia, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, phenol, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury,” the program’s experts determined, warning that “workers at coking plants and coal tar production plants, as well as people who live near these plants” are most at risk. In December, Vance sent another letter opposing the rulemaking signed by a bipartisan group of United States senators — Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Robert Casey, Jr. (D-Penn.), Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — from states with coke and steel manufacturing plants. This letter also took issue with additional proposed standards for air emissions across the steel industry supply chain, reiterating that it would financially hasten the industry’s decline. The looming shutdown of the steel industry is a common refrain. When emissions rules for coke ovens were first proposed in 1987, environmental advocates told The New York Times that the limits don’t go far enough to protect against an “unacceptably high risk of cancer to people living near the ovens.” In response, “agency officials insisted the standards were the toughest that could be devised without a complete shutdown of the coke ovens.” This EPA asserted that the proposed rules would likely not “adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, [or] productivity.” In fact, the agency’s economic analysis of the rule found the total annual cost of the updates to be small compared to the total revenue of each firm. For instance, the analysis predicted it would cost SunCoke Energy, which operates throughout the Midwest, less than .5 percent of its annual revenue. After Vance’s intervention and subsequent other lobbying efforts, the new standards, which were finalized in May, became weaker than the long-sought protections the EPA first proposed. Vance’s Senate office did not respond to a request for comment. “Everyone Is Sick” Vance grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a town still centered around a sprawling steel mill and retired coke oven in the midst of its own transition. The company, Middletown Works, plans to shift its production to electric furnaces fueled by hydrogen power in coming years. With the support of federal money, the move will drastically cut emissions and no longer require the coal-based substance. When completed in 2029, the plant will be one of the first facilities in the world to adopt this technology, which is currently only in operation in Sweden. But the Middletown plant is an exception to an industry still reliant on coke. The process of producing coke requires heating coal to up to 2,000°F in an oven, emitting a mixture of gas, dust, and vapor laced with highly toxic chemicals. Exposure to these substances can cause debilitating illnesses that can upend the lives of workers and those living nearby. For instance, when a coke plant in Pittsburgh shuttered in 2016, visits to the emergency room for cardiovascular issues dropped by 42 percent the following week, and steadily declined on an average annual basis over the next three years. Not far from Pittsburgh, some residents in the small town of Clairton still suffer in the shadow of Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-producing plant in the nation, which is owned by U.S. Steel. “I wish you guys would tear that monster down. Everyone is sick in Clairton,” wrote one Pennsylvania resident in a 2023 comment letter to the EPA on its proposed rule. She described relying on oxygen therapy and suffering from emphysema, a chronic pulmonary disease, to such a severe degree that she and her husband decided to sell their home to escape the coke plant’s emissions. The State Of Steel Emissions from these manufacturing plants tend to remain very close to the source, so they “primarily affect communities living very close to a coke oven,” Adrienne Lee, an attorney at Earthjustice, told The Lever. Along with potentially severe health impacts, these emissions reduce the quality of life in steel industry towns, by staining the sides of houses, lowering property values, and making it less pleasant to be outside. “It affects [nearby residents’] enjoyment of their homes, their kids’ experience going to school, their ability to spend time outdoors, do things they enjoy, like gardening or even just sitting on their front porch,” added Lee. But far from a regulatory overhaul, the EPA’s changes this spring reflect a modest improvement in its outdated standards — largely amounting to an increase in monitoring that could prompt better enforcement of emissions violations. The agency had not previously reviewed these standards since 2005, prompting a lawsuit from Earthjustice and other organizations, which forced the recent review. The long-awaited update includes more protective standards for leaking oven doors, the monitoring of benzene emissions near facilities, a limit on the visible smoke from the heat stacks, and new standards for unregulated pollutants, like mercury. It also clarified that plants cannot skirt emissions standards when they are starting up, shutting down, or malfunctioning, a loophole closed in a 2008 court decision. Yet many advocates wish the EPA had kept its original proposition, which required a tighter limit on the visible plumes of particulate matter and mandated more rigorous monitoring of the cancer-causing benzene. The 11 remaining coke plants in the U.S. would have been required to check their perimeters for the chemical — an important change, considering that preliminary monitoring by companies has found this chemical to exceed the recommended limit by two to 14 times in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Alabama. But after Vance’s intervention, the agency’s final rule took a softer stance on benzene monitoring compared to its earlier proposal, only requiring it for the six plants that have a specific type of coke oven and letting the other five off the hook. Instead of cracking down on the amount of particulate in the air, the final rule raised the threshold for the level of detected benzene in the air before triggering an inspection by the company and then a potential intervention to rein in the emissions. “That action level was changed from three to seven micrograms per cubic meter of benzene,” said Lee. This is an improvement compared to the 2005 standards, which didn’t include fenceline monitoring of benzene. In May, representatives from U.S. Steel, which owns Clairton Coke Works, met with the EPA in order to also express their opposition to the updated rule. The conversation mirrored many of the same talking points from Vance and other senators about the cost of the updates to the industry, according to meeting records. The company specifically asked the EPA to eliminate or weaken their proposed monitoring of emissions for benzene, including by raising the threshold for triggering action — a request the EPA appears to have honored. The United Steelworkers, the union representing workers throughout the steel supply chain, including at coke oven plants, has also pushed back against the rule. “The USW has a long history in fighting to reduce hazardous air pollution in our atmosphere,” Donnie Blatt, Director of United Steelworkers District 1, wrote in a press release supporting Sen. Sherrod Brown’s call for the EPA to revise their new rules.“The proposed amendments would result in significant costs and jeopardize good paying jobs in local economies throughout the U.S. The EPA should further consider revising these amendments responsibly to allow US Steel Companies to compete globally and still achieve their desired goals.” The EPA did not respond to a request for comment about why it weakened its proposed standards. The agency’s economic analysis of the proposed rule determined that fenceline monitoring of benzene, which tracks pollutant levels surrounding the perimeter of a plant, would annually cost about $116,000 per facility — a fraction of the profits of the multibillion-dollar U.S. steel industry, the fourth largest producer of steel in the world. Of the six companies that operate coke ovens in the country, the EPA notes that “four are publicly-traded companies that reported revenue in 2021 greater than $1 billion.” Vance Steps In Previously, it was reported that the “first effort by members of Congress to convince the EPA to change its course came last December.” However, the November letter from Vance preceded these efforts by a month. The senator’s effort to undermine these environmental rules lends insight into how he may lead as a Vice President, extending Trump’s legacy of rolling back over 125 environmental protections for the sake of pollutive industries. The senator did not appear to publicize this intervention with the agency’s rulemaking process, unlike many of his other letters to agency heads and corporations that he routinely shares as official press releases. For instance, just a few weeks prior to asking the EPA to loosen emissions safeguards, he wrote another letter to the agency calling for indoor air testing in East Palestine, Ohio — a community similar to the steel industry towns poisoned by an industry with limited federal oversight. But he shared this letter in a press release, which was widely circulated in the media. On other occasions, Vance has worked behind the scenes to stymie regulation that he publicly claims to support. After the rail disaster in East Palestine, Vance co-authored the Railway Safety Act, designed to quickly improve the poor rail conditions that contributed to the disaster in his home state. But three months later, The Lever exposed that Vance had since quietly amended his own legislation to delay the safety reforms at the request of rail and chemical industry lobbyists. The senator did not elaborate on why U.S. steel production is “more important than ever,” as he claimed in his letter. However, he has previously stated that it is necessary for national security and “America’s defense industrial base,” referring to the industrial complex behind the research and development of military weapons systems. While backing continued military aid to Israel as it waged its brutal assault on Gaza, the senator introduced an act to develop a national strategy for ramping up domestic weapons manufacturing, for which steel is essential. “America’s military stockpiles are dangerously low,” said Vance, in a March press release on the proposed strategy. “We’re woefully unprepared for any type of major conflict. This legislation would recruit industry experts to identify the shortfalls of our military industrial base and outline necessary regulatory reforms to get defense production back on track.” “The number of weapons systems that we need, that Ukraine needs, that Taiwan needs, that Israel needs, and we can’t do all of these things at once,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper in April. “We’re stretched way too thin.” For months, Vance has positioned himself as an ally to workers at U.S. Steel, publicly fighting the sale of the company by its shareholders to a Japanese competitor, Nippon Steel. “I will do everything in my power to protect the future of our nation’s security, industry, and workers,” the senator wrote in a press release decrying the company’s sale in late 2023. But when it comes to weakening coke oven emissions standards, U.S. Steel and Vance have agreed. The senator has been commonly criticized for publicly extolling his commitment to blue-collar workers, while downplaying his support of major industries at the expense of workers. “The trouble is that fake economic populism worked for Trump, and Vance is a more convincing, less psychotic version of Trump,” Robert Kuttner, a political journalist and co-founder of The American Prospect, warned in 2023. “If Democrats are to win the next round, they need to be more forceful defenders of working people than J.D. Vance.” Editor's Note: The EPA provided a written statement after publication. They said after considering public comments, they revised their modeling procedures "to more appropriately assess the maximum concentrations from irregular-shaped facility properties." This was their rationale to explain why they raised the threshold for action levels from 3mg/m3 to 7 mg/m3 of benzene. They also noted that they considered comments on the opacity levels of emissions from heat stacks.

Yup, man has no filter. It was really a dumb thing to do. Even if all things were equal to say anything that could be taken in a negative light against a black,Indian woman borders on suicidal

Trump insults Harris, makes false claims, quarrels with Black journalists at conference CHICAGO — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Wednesday underwent questioning from a National Association of Black Journalists panel in a turbulent session during which he falsely claimed Vice President Kamala Harris “happened to turn Black” during her political career. https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/07/31/trump-insults-harris-makes-false-claims-quarrels-with-black-journalists-at-conference/? Presidential race Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, "turned Black" a few years ago after "all of a sudden, she made a turn" in her identity. "She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black," Trump said at a gathering of Black journalists in Chicago. The vice president later dismissed Trump's controversial remarks as "the same old show." Meanwhile, sources say Harris and her forthcoming running mate will travel to a series of battleground states next week. The details on which states — and when — have not yet been firmed up, but it would mark an important next stage of the campaign.

Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago in an interview that quickly turned hostile. https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-journalists-convention-nabj-1e96aa530e88013ed6f577feaf89ccb6? UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers on Wednesday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, giving her union firepower for the likely contest this November against Republican Donald Trump. https://apnews.com/article/united-auto-workers-endorse-harris-biden-trump-uaw-71b3228411a677514100cf0407522ede? Trump questions Harris' race "I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?" former President Trump said today as he launched into a shocking diatribe about Vice President Harris' race in front of the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. "I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went — she became a Black person," he said. "I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black," Trump said. ? Reality check: Harris has talked at length — including in her book, during her 2020 presidential campaign and in her time as vice president — about her multiracial heritage. Her father is Jamaican; her mother was Indian American. Harris is both the first Black woman and the first Asian American to serve as vice president. She'd be both the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as president. Harris graduated from Howard University, joined a historically Black sorority and was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. ? In a combative, often rambling appearance, Trump also defended the Jan. 6 rioters and referred repeatedly to "Black jobs." He accused ABC News' Rachel Scott, one of the journalists interviewing him, of a "nasty" question and "very rude introduction." At today's briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called Trump's comments "repulsive" and "insulting." Go deeper. Trump's Harris double down Former President Trump used a very specific setting today to unveil a false new attack against his 2024 presidential rival. Why it matters: Trump, who spent years falsely accusing the first Black president of not being a real American, told a crowd of journalists today at the National Association of Black Journalists convention that he doubted the blackness of the first Black woman to serve as vice president. Trump, interviewed by ABC News' Rachel Scott, Semafor's Kadia Goba and Fox News' Harris Faulkner, claimed Vice President Kamala Harris "happened to turn Black." It was a false new line of attack against Harris, who has repeatedly talked about her experiences growing up with multiracial heritage as the child of Indian American and Jamaican parents. Zoom in: The interview was combative from the start, with Trump telling Scott her first question was "very rude" and that she works for the "fake news." When asked by Scott whether he thinks that Harris is a "DEI hire," a reference to jabs by some Republicans toward the VP, Trump said she "could be" and "I really don't know." "She was always of Indian heritage," Trump said of Harris. "And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black." He doubled down on his Truth Social after the interview, again questioning Harris' racial identity. Via Olivia Nuzzi What they're saying: Harris responded to Trump's comments, according to CNN's Kaitlan Collins on X: "It was the same old show, the divisiveness and the disrespect. Let me just say: the American people deserve better." Zoom out: Trump's comments tie back to years of language he's used against politicians of color. Trump falsely pushed for years that former President Obama was not born in the U.S. He pushed similar false rhetoric during the GOP primary in 2024, falsely questioning former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's citizenship. The bottom line: The Trump campaign has struggled with defining their attacks on Harris, who became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a week ago. Some members of the GOP, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have urged their party to avoid race-based attacks against Harris in an attempt to not alienate Black voters. But Trump's appearance today signals he is ignoring that strategy. Go deeper: Four other moments from Trump's NABJ panel "It was awful" Trump's comments about Harris at the National Association of Black Journalists convention are being treated as radioactive by many Republicans. Why it matters: The tense interview is being met with GOP reactions ranging from qualified concern to outright shock, with some Republicans questioning Trump's ability to adapt to the new Democratic ticket. "It was awful," one House Republican said of the interview, telling Axios it raised concerns about whether Trump can contain his impulses while running against the first woman, Black and Asian American vice president. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said of the Trump campaign: "Maybe they don't know how to handle the campaign, and so you default to issues that just should simply not be an issue." Yes, but: Many Republicans did not want to put their names to criticisms of Trump — who is well known to try to exact retribution against GOP critics — with others dodging questions about his comments entirely.

?️ Quote du jour: "Say it to my face" Vice President Harris — speaking yesterday at the most raucous Democratic rally this election cycle — challenged former President Trump to commit to a debate: "So he won't debate me, but he and his running mate have a lot to say about me. ... Well Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. Because as the saying goes, 'If you've got something to say, say it to my face.'" Trump told Fox News on Monday that he'd "probably" debate Harris, but "can also make a case for not doing it." He had previously suggested the existing Sept. 10 ABC News debate be moved to a different network. The Atlanta supporters danced to a live performance by Megan Thee Stallion and a campaign soundtrack that included Whitney Houston, Justin Timberlake and Kool and the Gang, Axios' Thomas Wheatley writes. The crowd — overwhelmingly young and mostly people of color — was Harris' largest since launching her presidential bid, campaign officials told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Trump will hold a rally in the same arena on Saturday. ? Trump counterprograms Harris For more than a week, former President Trump has been trying to break into the news cycle dominated by Vice President Harris, Axios' Sophia Cai and Delano Massey write. This afternoon, he'll have a chance at the largest gathering of journalists of color in the country. Why it matters: By appearing at the huge National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, he's positioning himself in front of local, national and Black media outlets and, potentially, their audiences. The NABJ didn't accept Harris' offer to speak virtually, so she won't attend. Earlier coverage: Trump at NABJ divides journalists.

? Scoop: Wall Street's veep crystal ball The Harris campaign is pressing Wall Street donors to cut checks as soon as possible, citing a financial rule that bars contributions to tickets featuring a sitting governor, Axios' Hans Nichols writes. Why it matters: The urgency of the requests has led some donors to conclude Vice President Harris plans to pick a governor — not a senator, like Mark Kelly of Arizona — to be her running mate. If the campaign signals are being correctly interpreted, that would narrow the veepstakes to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Kelly is the only senator currently seen as a front-runner. ? How it works: The SEC has a strict rule for some employees at financial services firms regulating their donations to campaigns for state office, like a governor's race. The rules apply to a federal race when a state official, like a governor, is seeking federal office. ⏰ What we're watching: Harris will hold her first rally with her running mate on Tuesday in Philadelphia, suggesting she'll make her pick in the next six days. The campaign announced that Philly will kick off a tour of the seven battleground states next week, with stops in western Wisconsin; Detroit; Raleigh. N.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Phoenix and Vegas.

Harris battles Biden baggage Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The scope and scale of Vice President Harris' influence in the Biden administration has become one of the most important and disputed questions of the campaign, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: In the next three months, hundreds of millions will be spent defining a role Harris has held for nearly four years. Whether she inherits President Biden's political baggage could determine who wins in November. ?️ The big picture: Harris' unorthodox campaign pitch — a quasi-incumbent pledging to turn the page to a new generation of leadership — presents messaging challenges on both sides. The Harris campaign is walking a tightrope, aiming to amplify the VP's role in Biden's biggest accomplishments, while keeping his vulnerabilities at arm's length. The Trump campaign is publicly attacking Harris as the "co-pilot" to Biden's "failed" presidency — but privately acknowledging that her candidacy has scrambled the race. Zoom in: There's little doubt the 59-year-old Harris has vanquished the Democratic Party's biggest political headache — Biden's age and acuity. "The bad news is that Kamala Harris does not have the same baggage as Joe Biden," Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Donald Trump's running mate, said on a private call with donors last weekend. "Kamala is a lot younger. And Kamala Harris is obviously not struggling in the same ways that Joe Biden did," Vance acknowledged, calling Biden's withdrawal from the race a "political sucker punch." ? Reality check: Republicans still see opportunities to go on offense. On Biden's age: "Kamala was in on it. She covered up Joe's obvious mental decline," MAGA Inc., the main Trump super PAC, alleged in a $3.5 million swing-state ad last week, according to AdImpact. On the border: The Trump campaign sees illegal immigration as baggage Harris can't escape — and is pouring $12 million into TV and digital ads on the issue over the next two weeks. Chart: Bloomberg ? Zoom out: On the economy, however, there are early indications Harris won't be saddled with the same dismal polling that frustrated Biden for much of his presidency. A Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll of voters in seven swing states found Trump leading Harris by five points on inflation, down from a 13-point edge over Biden early this month. On issues particularly salient to young voters, Harris has drawn some distance — at least rhetorically — from Biden. On the war in Gaza, for example, Harris vowed to "not be silent" about Palestinian suffering after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — angering Israeli officials.

Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who’s married to a Jewish man, ‘doesn’t like Jewish people’ Donald Trump, in an interview on Tuesday, claimed Vice President Kamala Harris looked uncomfortable while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: “No. 1, she doesn’t like Israel. No. 2, she doesn’t like Jewish people." He also seemed to agree with a radio host who called second gentleman Doug Emhoff “a crappy Jew.” Read more. Why this matters: Trump has tried to capitalize on divisions in the Democratic Party over the Israel-Hamas war and sought to paint his political opponents as antisemitic. With Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Trump has escalated his attacks on her. Trump made a similar claim about Harris disliking Jewish people on Friday while speaking to a Christian group at a Turning Point USA gathering. He has also ignited blowback in the past for making similar remarks about Jewish people, like when he said in March that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion.” Trump appears to be overlooking some of his own past comments and behavior, such as dining at his Florida club with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist. James Singer, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, responded to the comments: “America is better than the fear, hate, and despicable insults of Donald Trump.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Harris dares Trump to ‘say it to my face’ and show up for their debate About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference

Harris bringing California ally to presidential campaign Brian Nelson, the Treasury Department's under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, is preparing to leave the Biden administration and join Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, Axios has learned. https://www.axios.com/2024/07/30/brian-nelson-kamala-harris-presidential-campaign?

Veepstakes Democrats are eagerly awaiting to see whom Vice President Kamala Harris picks as her running mate as a few contenders appear to be rising to the forefront. Polling and extensive research is underway for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are also seen as prospective running mates. On Monday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took himself out of consideration in a sign the accelerated search has entered a new phase. Harris' decision on a running mate could come within a week, two people familiar with the matter said, with her goal to make an announcement before August 7. The Democratic contest to be Harris’ running mate will likely be decided in the next week AMBLER, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Josh Shapiro had a dual message for enthusiastic voters in suburban Philadelphia this week, telling them Kamala Harris belongs in the White House — and then reminding them of all he’s done as governor of battleground Pennsylvania. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, likewise, told voters in Georgia that Harris has the makings of “a great president” — and then highlighted the elections he’s won as a Democrat in Republican territory. https://apnews.com/article/harris-vice-president-democrats-shapiro-beshear-4184b5d184fe0165051d605bff3cff1b?