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Saying their names: Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing criticize Biden, praise Trump
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Air Force Times, Approved, National

Saying their names: Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing criticize Biden, praise Trump

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee and Steve Peoples | Air Force Times Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday in an emotional moment that revived one of the low points of President Joe Biden’s presidency. Many of the Gold Star families have criticized Biden for never publicly naming their loved ones. On stage Wednesday, one of the family members named each of the 13 service members, and the crowd echoed back each name as it was read aloud. “Joe Biden has refused to recognize their sacrifice,” Christy Shamblin, the mother-in-law of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, told the crowd. “Donald Trump knew all of our children’s names. He knew all of t...
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Who do they, as border residents, trust to protect them from drug cartels? Donald Trump
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Approved, National, The Daily Signal

Who do they, as border residents, trust to protect them from drug cartels? Donald Trump

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell  | The Daily Signal Jim and Sue Chilton own a ranch in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border. Every time Jim leaves the house, Sue fears he won’t come back alive, she said Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “Our house has been broken into twice,” Sue Chilton told convention delegates. “A Border Patrol agent was shot five times by drugs smugglers on our ranch. The cartel drug smugglers are crossing our nation’s border every day. They are bringing lethal drugs into our country.” The Chiltons’ security cameras have spotted more than 3,500 drug traffickers and others in camouflage marching through their ranch, according to Jim Chilton, a fifth-generation rancher in Arivaca. “These are not asyl...
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Local police told Secret Service they didn’t have manpower to secure building used by Trump’s would-be assassin
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Approved, National, The Federalist

Local police told Secret Service they didn’t have manpower to secure building used by Trump’s would-be assassin

By ARIANNA VILLARREAL | The Federalist Law enforcement in Butler County, Pennsylvania, warned the U.S. Secret Service in advance of former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally last weekend that they did not have the manpower to secure the building used by Trump’s would-be assassin.  Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said the Secret Service was informed that the police “did not have manpower to assist with securing that building,” according to a report by The Washington Post. A Secret Service official, who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity, confirmed Goldinger’s statement. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has claimed the agency relied on local law enforcement to secure the rally’s surrounding area, which included the Agr In...
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Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt
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Approved, Commentary, National, Rocky Mountain Voice

Sloan: Here’s my first thoughts on the assassination attempt

By Kelly Sloan | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Sometimes history, like it is said of American football, is a game of inches. An inch or so to the right, and the bullet that grazed former President Doanld Trump’s ear on Saturday would have most likely killed him. As stunned and horrified as Americans were upon hearing of the attempted assassination, it would be a much graver situation for the country had the assassin’s bullet killed the former President, and current candidate for the same office, instead of a volunteer firefighter who died shielding his family while attending a political rally in support of the candidate he preferred.  It is somewhat naturally incumbent upon the polemicist to comment on historical events of such magnitude, as analysis is hungrily sought for. But...
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Adversaries turned allies tell RNC Trump is right for job, Biden right for “Weekend at Bernie’s”
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Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Adversaries turned allies tell RNC Trump is right for job, Biden right for “Weekend at Bernie’s”

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Actions speak louder than words and on the second evening of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., a few of former President Donald J. Trump's rivals acted through their words. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, who offered Mr. Trump the greatest challenge in the primary season, joined with his toughest competition from the 2016 primary, Sen. Ted Cruz, as an expression of the party coalescing around Trump. "Never before has an election mattered so much," Cruz said. Mr. Trump is the Republican Party's nominee for President. On Monday, he announced Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate on the Republican ticket. Ron DeSantis, the governor of Trump's home state of Florida, set a tone. "Joe Biden has fa...
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Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location
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Approved, National, Washington Examiner

Secret Service director says ‘sloped roof’ to blame for would-be assassin deterring agency from securing location

By Emily Hallas | Washington Examiner Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that the shape of the roof former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin sat on played a role in her agency not securing the building.  Cheatle has come under fire for her agency’s failure to prevent Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt against Trump during a Pennsylvania rally last Saturday. During the event, Crooks gained access to a building approximately 400 feet from Trump’s podium. Counter-snipers were in the building and encountered the gunman, expressing concern about Crooks’s possible security risks shortly before the shooting. Witnesses who saw Crooks on the building’s rooftop, visibility armed with a rifle, warned police and Secret Service agents minute...
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Elon Musk to chip in $45M a month to pro-Trump Super PAC, donates $100k to victims, families in weekend shooting
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Approved, Fox Business, National

Elon Musk to chip in $45M a month to pro-Trump Super PAC, donates $100k to victims, families in weekend shooting

By Landon Mion | Fox Business Billionaire Elon Musk, coming off his endorsement of Trump after the Republican candidate survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, plans to donate about $45 million per month to a super PAC backing the former president, according to a report. Formed last month in support of Trump with financial help from some of Musk's friends, America PAC includes Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft and her husband, Joe, the chief executive of coal producer Alliance Resource Partners, The Wall Street Journal reported. The group has spent at least $6.6 million on behalf of Trump, who was nominated at the Republican National Convention on Monday to be the party's c...
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Two days after surviving assassination attempt, Trump gets hero’s welcome at RNC
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Approved, National, Politico

Two days after surviving assassination attempt, Trump gets hero’s welcome at RNC

By MIA MCCARTHY | Politico The party didn’t embrace him in 2016. Covid-19 kept everything virtual in 2020. But on Monday night, two days after an assassination attempt that almost claimed his life, Donald Trump received an adoring hero’s welcome on night one of the Republican National Convention. It was a drumbeat of wins for Trump, who saw the dismissal of his classified documents case, announced his long-awaited vice presidential pick and was formally announced as his party’s presidential nominee all before the evening programming.  But a surprise appearance from the former president — with a bandage covering his bullet-grazed ear — stole the show on Monday night. The president appeared emotional, sitting next to his newly picked running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and...
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Officially, Donald Trump secures Republican Party’s Presidential nomination
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Approved, National, The Epoch Times

Officially, Donald Trump secures Republican Party’s Presidential nomination

By Janice Hisle | The Epoch Times It’s official: Former President Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. The announcement was made almost simultaneously with former President Trump’s announcement of his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). The GOP confirmed its nomination of the former president as the state of Florida added its delegates to the official count. The roll call of states’ delegates began just before 2 p.m. CT. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE EPOCH TIMES
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Ohio Sen J.D. Vance will join Trump on Republican ticket as VP
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Approved, Fox News, National

Ohio Sen J.D. Vance will join Trump on Republican ticket as VP

By Paul Steinhauser , Brandon Gillespie | Fox News With an eye toward the future of a Republican Party dominated by former President Trump and his legions of MAGA supporters, Trump has named 39-year-old Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on the GOP'S 2024 national ticket. The former president, who made his greatly anticipated and high-stakes announcement on Monday as the Republican National Convention kicked off in swing-state Wisconsin's largest city, will now share the ticket with one of his top supporters in the Senate and a one-time Trump critic who has transformed into a leading America First disciple. Vance, a former venture capitalist and the author of the bestselling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," before running for elective office, was one of a handful o...
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