Polybius
Polybius's Journal538 this morning: Biden up to a 54% chance of winning
Trump down to 46%.
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Trump tells ABC News assassination attempt 'has an impact,' Biden 'couldn't have been nicer'
Source: ABC News
Former President Donald Trump said the assassination attempt on his life over the weekend has left an impact.
In a phone call with ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Monday as the Republican National Convention kicked off, Karl asked the former president if the close call with the bullet striking his right ear "changed him?"
"I don’t like to think about that, but, yes," Trump said, adding that the incident "has an impact."
In the hours that followed the assassination attempt at Trump's Pennsylvania rally, President Joe Biden reached out to his political opponent. Asked about their phone call, Trump described the conversation as "very nice," adding of the man he's vying against for the presidency, "He couldn’t have been nicer."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tells-abc-news-assassination-attempt-impact-biden/story?id=111973031
Widow of Slain Rally Attendee Says She Received Call From Trump
Source: NY Times
The widow of the slain victim in Saturday’s shooting in Pennsylvania spoke with former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, she said in a social media post.
“He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,” Helen Comperatore wrote, adding that she had told the former president that her husband, Corey Comperatore, “left this world a hero, and God welcomed him in.”
Mr. Comperatore’s sister, Kelly Comperatore Meeder, said members of the family had also spoken with representatives of the Trump campaign on Monday night. Ms. Comperatore Meeder said they had declined an invitation to speak with President Biden.
Mr. Comperatore, 50, was an ardent supporter of Mr. Trump and was eager on Saturday to see the former president for the first time in person. His sister said on Tuesday that her family believed that anger toward Mr. Trump was sown by President Biden and media outlets and had led to the fatal shooting.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/widow-call-trump-biden.html
Newsom signs new law that bans rules requiring schools to notify parents of child's pronoun change
Source: ABC News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.
The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child's permission. Proponents of the legislation say it will help protect LGBTQ+ students who live in unwelcoming households. But opponents say it will hinder schools' ability to be more transparent with parents.
The law comes amid a nationwide debate over local school districts and the rights of parents and LGBTQ+ students.
California Assemblymember Chris Ward, a Democrat representing San Diego, introduced the legislation because of what he called a "growing national attack" on LGBTQ people.
Read more: https://abc7.com/post/newsom-signs-new-california-law-bans-rules-requiring/15061759/
Tell me the honest truth about Vance, since I don't know enough about him
Idiot? Regular intelligence? Smart? Good debater? Bad debater? Low charisma? High charisma?
Man killed at Trump rally identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore, who 'died a hero'
Source: CNN
Firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday.
Comperatore was one of the thousands of people who attended the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, part of Trump’s 2024 reelection effort. He died trying to protect his family, according to the governor. Pennsylvania State Police confirmed his identity on Sunday.
“Corey was a husband, a father, a volunteer firefighter, a hero sheltering his family from those bullets. We should all hold his family and all those injured in our prayers,” President Joe Biden said in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night.
Authorities have identified the gunman in Saturday’s attack as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting. The FBI is investigating the attack as an assassination attempt, the agency said.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/corey-comperatore-trump-shooting-victim/index.html
So tomorrow is the Republican Convention
When does he pick his VP? Did he even decide yet?
Benji Gregory, 'Alf' child star of the '80s, dies at 46
Source: USA Today
Benji Gregory, a child star who played Brian Tanner in the 1980s sitcom "Alf," has died. He was 46.
According to online records from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office in Arizona reviewed by USA TODAY Wednesday, Gregory – whose full name was Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg – died June 13. A cause of death is pending.
His sister, Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger, told TMZ – which first broke the news – and the New York Times that she believes Gregory and his service dog, Hans, were found deceased in his car. He was parked in a bank parking lot in Peoria, a city northwest of Phoenix.
She believes he'd fallen asleep and died of heatstroke, per a Facebook post she shared Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/07/10/benji-gregory-dead-at-46/74360494007/
I loved ALF as a kid in the 80's. So sad, way too young. RIP.
West Virginia, Idaho asking Supreme Court to review rulings allowing transgender athletes to compete
Source: NBC News
West Virginia and Idaho are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that blocked the enforcement of state laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in sports.
“If the Supreme Court takes this up, it will determine the fate of women’s sports across the entire country for many years to come,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday at a briefing with reporters at the state Capitol in Charleston.
It’s unclear when the high court would decide whether to take up the cases, which were filed separately Thursday and involve transgender athletes who hoped to compete on female-designated teams at the K-12 and college level, respectively.
In the West Virginia case, a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 in April that the state’s transgender sports ban violated Becky Pepper-Jackson’s rights under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. Jackson, 14, has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as a girl since she was in the third grade.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/west-virginia-idaho-asking-supreme-court-review-rulings-allowing-trans-rcna161568
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