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Trump in Pennsylvania for first time since assassination attempt

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A crowd gathers outside of the Farm Show building in Harrisburg, Pa., ahead of a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

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Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared in Pennsylvania for the first time since an attempted assassination in Butler on July 13.

He took the stage in a packed auditorium in Harrisburg, where he chided Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, for shifting her public image and relying on celebrities to draw crowds to her rallies.

ā€œWe didnā€™t need a star,” he said. “We didnā€™t need some entertainer to fill it up.ā€

Trumpā€™s comments come 10 days after Harris ascended to the top of the ticket vacated by President Joe Biden via a statement shared on social media.

Since then, delegates across the nation and top Pennsylvania Democrats ā€“ including Gov. Josh Shapiro ā€“ have thrown support behind the vice president.

The governor himselfĀ is on a short list to join Harris as a running mate, along with Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

One of the nationā€™s top election forecasters, Nate Silver,Ā saidĀ Wednesday ā€“ 97 days from Election Day ā€“Ā that Harrisā€™ chances of winning the November election have risen to 43%, ā€œclose enough that you could almost get away with calling the race a toss-up, something the Biden-Trump matchup never was.ā€

A poll conducted from July 20 through July 23 showsĀ Trump holds a 2-percentage point lead over Harris. The vice president, however, is significantly more popular than Biden in the state.

Trump said Wednesday her ā€œpersonality makeoverā€ shouldnā€™t distract from her progressive stances on natural gas drilling, immigration, criminal justice and gender politics.

ā€œDonā€™t forget four weeks ago she was like considered the worst,ā€ he said. ā€œNot smart, terrible, the worst vice president weā€™ve had in history ā€¦ and all of sudden sheā€™s the new Margaret Thatcher.

ā€œYouā€™re going to learn. Little things like ā€˜defund the police,ā€™ that doesnā€™t work does it? Everything about Kamala Harris rollout, itā€™s phony and fake,ā€ he added.

During a campaign rally in Montgomery County on Monday, Shapiro and Michigan Gov. Gretchen WhitmerĀ attacked Trump as “dangerous” and “destructive.”

Shapiro also tied the Republican nominee to Project 2025, a conservative policy agenda developed by The Heritage Foundation.

Trump has said his platform doesnā€™t include Project 2025. Democrats, however, argue that the plan centers on him ā€“ whether he wants it to or not ā€“ and promotes far-right policies on abortion, public education and illegal border crossings.

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Trumpā€™s ā€˜Golden Domeā€™ defense shield must be built now, Lt. Gen. warns

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Lt. Gen. Trey Obering (Ret.), former director of the Missile Defense Agency, is calling on Congress and the Department of Defense to move quickly in support of President Donald Trump’s vision for a next-generation missile defense systemā€”dubbed the ā€œGolden Dome.ā€ In a Fox News op-ed, Obering argues that a constellation of up to 2,000 satellite interceptors could defend against modern threats from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran at a fraction of the cost of todayā€™s ground-based systems.

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  • The Golden Dome initiative will be presented to President Trump following his executive order mandating the development of advanced national missile defense.

  • Obering says a space-based system, enabled by AI and peer-to-peer networking, could intercept missiles earlier in their trajectory, significantly enhancing U.S. deterrence capabilities.

  • Estimated cost for the full satellite constellation would be less than the price of todayā€™s 44 ground interceptors and global radar network.

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In a March 31 op-ed forĀ Fox News, retired Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, who directed the Missile Defense Agency under President George W. Bush, laid out a detailed argument for why President Donald Trumpā€™s ā€œGolden Domeā€ missile defense shield is both technologically feasible and strategically necessary. ā€œWe can do this ā€” and we must,ā€ Obering wrote, emphasizing the urgency of the moment.

According to Obering, the current U.S. missile defense architectureā€”reliant on ground-based interceptors and radar systemsā€”faces serious limitations in light of the increasingly sophisticated missile technologies being developed by U.S. adversaries. ā€œOur existing missile-defense system cannot easily defeat some of our adversariesā€™ more modern, sophisticated weapons,ā€ he noted.

The ā€œGolden Domeā€ proposal envisions a network of up to 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, operating as both sensors and interceptors. The concept, which builds on Ronald Reaganā€™s Strategic Defense Initiative and the shelved ā€œBrilliant Pebblesā€ program, is now achievable thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, satellite production, and space-based communications. ā€œEach satellite has the knowledge of every other satellite,ā€ Obering explained. ā€œThey all serve as both threat sensors and hit-to-kill interceptors.ā€

Obering pointed to real-world applications of this model in Ukraine, where a peer-to-peer software systemā€”built using concepts from Uberā€”has helped the Ukrainian military effectively target Russian positions. A similar concept could be applied to satellite-based missile defense. ā€œThe networking concept has already proven its effectiveness on the battlefield in Ukraine,ā€ he said.

Importantly, Obering stressed that while no missile shield is perfect, the deterrent power of such a system would be undeniable. ā€œThe capability and capacity now exists to defeat single and multiple missile launches, thereby creating strategic deterrence ā€” or ā€˜peace through strength,ā€™ in the words of both Reagan and Trump,ā€ he wrote.

Cost is another key factor. Obering argued that this next-gen system would come in at a lower price than the 44 ground interceptors currently deployed in Alaska and California. He cited SpaceXā€™s Starlink, which already has over 7,000 satellites in orbit, as proof of concept for rapid and scalable deployment. ā€œFor a defense system charged with safeguarding countless lives and trillions of dollars in assets, this would be money well spent,ā€ he said.

He also warned that bureaucratic delays must not slow the project. ā€œWe cannot allow unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles to stifle our progress,ā€ Obering urged. He called on Congress to expedite confirmations of key defense leaders and fully fund the Golden Dome initiative, with the Missile Defense Agency as the lead coordinating body.

With China racing ahead in artificial intelligence and space defense, Obering concluded with a stark warning: ā€œGolden Dome must be built first; the alternative is too terrible to contemplate.ā€

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Liberal MP Paul Chiang Resigns Without Naming the Real Threatā€”The CCP

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After parroting a Chinese bounty on a Canadian citizen, Chiang exits the race without once mentioning the regime behind itā€”opting instead to blame “distractions” and Donald Trump.

So Paul Chiang is gone. Stepped aside. Out of the race. And if youā€™re expecting a moment of reflection, an ounce of honesty, or even the basic decency to acknowledge what this was really aboutā€”forget it.

In his carefully scripted resignation statement, Chiang didnā€™t even mention the Chinese Communist Party. Not once. He echoed a foreign bounty placed on a Canadian citizenā€”Joe Tayā€”and he couldnā€™t even bring himself to name the regime responsible.

Instead, he talked aboutā€¦ Donald Trump. Thatā€™s right. He dragged Trump into a resignation about repeating CCP bounty threats. The guy who effectively told Canadians, ā€œIf you deliver a Conservative to the Chinese consulate, you can collect a reward,ā€ now wants us to believe the real threat is Trump?

I havenā€™t seen Donald Trump put bounties on Canadian citizens. But Beijing has. And Chiang parroted it like a good little foot soldierā€”and then blamed someone who lives 2,000 miles away.

But hereā€™s the part you canā€™t miss: Mark Carney let him stay.

Letā€™s not forget, Carney called Chiangā€™s comments ā€œdeeply offensiveā€ and a ā€œlapse in judgmentā€ā€”and then said he was staying on as the candidate. It wasnā€™t until the outrage hit boiling point, the headlines stacked up, and groups like Hong Kong Watch got the RCMP involved, that Chiang bailed. Not because Carney made a decisionā€”because the optics got too toxic.

And where is Carney now? Still refusing to disclose his financial assets. Still dodging questions about that $250 million loan from the Bank of China to the firm he chaired. Still giving sanctimonious speeches about ā€œprotecting democracyā€ while his own caucus parrots authoritarian propaganda.

If you think Chiangā€™s resignation fixes the problem, youā€™re missing the real issue. Because Chiang was just the symptom.

Carney is the disease.

He covered for it. He excused it. He enabled it. And now he wants to pose as the man who will stand up to foreign interference?

He canā€™t even stand up to it in his own party.

So no, weā€™re not letting this go. Chiang may be goneā€”but the stench is still in the room. And itā€™s wearing a tailored suit, smiling for the cameras, and calling itself ā€œleader of the Liberal Party.ā€

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