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One "non-partisan" voter-registration scheme has given specific instructions that its ads not be directed to those individuals who like NASCAR. the Indy 500, Jeeps, Duck Dynasty, the PGA Tour and other "interests and hobbies typically associated with Republican men."

Their Facebook ads, the company insists, should be directed to "audiences interested in a wide variety of topics typically associated with liberal audiences, including 'African-American Literature,' 'Jordan Peele,' 'Taylor Swift,' 'Patagonia,' and 'hot yoga.'"

It is a report in the Free Beacon that explains that the Voter Participation Center is anxious to help those in swing states who want to cast ballots in the November election, "unless" you have interests in those activities "associated with Republican men."

"In that case, the Voter Participation Center does not want to share information that might help you make it to the polls in November," the report explained.

The center is a self-described "non-partisan" organization that claims to have helped millions register to vote.

Its "non-partisan" description is to meet the IRS requirements that charities engage in voter registration efforts in a "neutral" fashion.

"On the surface, the Voter Participation Center's Facebook ads appear to meet that non-partisan standard," the report said.

However, the report shows, "Behind the scenes, Facebook ad library data indicate the Voter Participation Center's ad campaign is deployed with partisan intent. The group has instructed Facebook to exclude from the reach of its ads anyone with expressed interests in 26 categories typically associated with Republican men, including the 'PGA Tour,' 'Indianapolis 500,' 'Daytona 500,' 'Tom Clancy,' 'Modified Jeeps,' 'Duck Dynasty,' and others."

The impact could be considered large, as it bought more than 8,200 Facebook ads over just 90 days, at a cost of some $760,000, in Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia, the report confirmed the Facebook ad library reveals.

No comment from the center to questions from the Free Beacon.

But a 2013 study showed NASCAR and golf are "the two most Republican-leaning sports leagues in the country."

According to the publication, "Capital Research president Scott Walter said it was little surprise that the Voter Participation Center is microtargeting its voter registration ads to prevent Republican audiences from seeing the message, saying the group has a history of exploiting IRS nonprofit rules to give Democrats an electoral edge."

After all, the Free Beacon said, Tom Lopach runs it, after stints with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and in Democrat Sen. Jon Tester's office.

Further, Walter noted, the center from 2020 to 2022 paid $17.8 million for services from Mission Control, a firm that brags of being "the most successful direct mail firm working in Democratic politics today."

The center also heavily supports Pivot Group, "another Democratic microtargeting firm."

Walter charges the center has been laughing at the requirements for neutrality for years, "Will they ever be held accountable?"

The organization Influence Watch notes that the center gets money from a long list of leftist organizations, including Hopewell Fund and Tides Foundation.

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It is just another day in the Kamala Harris campaign for president, having been handpicked by the Democrat party's elite to replace the aging and mentally failing Joe Biden, and it's another flip-flop.

She's already, in pursuit of remaking herself as acceptable to voters, changed her ideologies on fracking, border security, single-payer health care, the confiscation of "assault" weapons, earning herself the "Kamala chameleon" nickname.

Now, even though she blasted Trump's work to build a wall along the southern border to cut down on illegal aliens entering from Mexico as "waste of taxpayer money," and a "medieval vanity project," it apparently isn't quite that bad.

Actually, hundreds of millions of dollars in materials that President Trump has assembled for border-wall construction were abandoned and have been sitting unused in piles ever since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office.

Harris' "flip-flop" was confirmed at the party's convention, when she said she would sign a bipartisan border security bill that ultimately failed.

A statement from the Trump campaign noted, "As a senator, she tried to block President Trump's construction of the border wall. And as Border Czar, Kamala Harris halted construction of the border wall. Maybe if Kamala Harris sat down for an interview she could explain her views on the border wall, until then we can only look to her record of supporting open borders."

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Democrats and the media are in a quandary to explain why Americans so underappreciate all that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have done for the economy. Or, should I say, TO the economy?

They act as if these are the salad days for American families, with inflation falling and jobs aplenty. For now.

So why are Americans so dour? A recent Pew poll found that only 22% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction.

Another poll revealed that more than half of Americans think the U.S. is in recession.

A CNBC headline from last week treated the poll finding with shock and amazement: "59% of Americans Wrongly Think U.S. Is in a Recession."

According to the article: "Economists have wrestled with the growing disconnect between how well the economy is doing and how people feel about their financial standing. … The U.S. economy has remained remarkably strong even amid persistent inflation."

Stop right there.

Yes, the GDP is indeed growing, which means we are NOT in a technical recession.

But the economy is "strong" for whom exactly? Academics isolated in their ivory towers? Those cloistered inside the Washington Beltway? The people with cushy jobs in the newsrooms across America?

The poll cited above found that a major reason Americans say they are pessimistic is "higher costs and difficulty making ends meet."

This isn't a figment of their imaginations. The average household has LOST roughly $2,000 of purchasing power since Biden came into office. They are POORER today than four years ago.

I would submit that when most families have lost real take-home pay over four years, THAT is a recession. And apparently, six of 10 Americans agree with me despite the media cheerleading for the Biden economy.

The other night in his Democratic National Convention speech, Biden boasted that "wages are up." But they are only up BEFORE inflation. When we take into account the cost of living is 20% higher today than four years ago, there are only real wage declines for most workers.

One way to measure how much families are struggling under Bidenomics is to examine household debt. Credit card debt recently hit an all-time high, and delinquencies are rising. The federal government can borrow until the cows come home (or investors around the world stop buying the bonds). But households have to repay debt. This means that if things don't improve quickly, more and more families will be underwater.

Harris' only plan to relieve this middle-class fiscal squeeze is to pass out more free dollars. She wants to pay people up to $25,000 to buy houses. The Wall Street Journal is wondering whether the government is going to start bailing out unpaid mortgages and credit card debts – just as Uncle Sam is paying off deadbeats who refused to pay back student loans.

Where is the money going to come from for all those trillions of dollars of bailouts? From the Chinese?

Meanwhile, most of these jobs Biden and Harris are gloating about are direct or indirect government jobs. Why is a government so awash in debt on a hiring spree?

Americans have a sixth sense tingling, warning that something is very wrong with our economy. Harris and the media say: Don't worry; be happy.

Just who's living in La La Land?

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Black male voters in Georgia told Sky News in a Monday video they support former President Donald Trump because of his personality and economic policy.

Trump is currently leading Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia by 1%, according to the RealClearPolling average. The voters told Sky News U.S correspondent Mark Stone they believe Trump's bold personality, business acumen and economic track record as president make him an appealing candidate during a video taken at a Columbus, Georgia, outdoor basketball court.

One voter told Stone he is voting for Trump because "he's our best choice."

"Some people don't like it, but I think he a smart businessman," another voter said. "Some want to call him an a-hole but I think he an excellent a-hole."

Another voter noted that Trump is "real" and "don't care what you think about him."

"He gon' speak his opinion. He gon' tell you what it is," he said.

A pair of twin brothers also told Stone they plan to vote for Trump, with one noting who he'll vote for the former president after learning who was running. The other said he appreciated "tax breaks" under Trump and said his construction company was "running better" during his administration.

Other voters told Stone they do not plan to vote and one said he plans to vote for Harris after learning that she was the candidate running against Trump, who he said he would "definitely not" vote for.

Black male South Carolina voters in February similarly told MSNBC that Trump appeals to them based on economic factors and personality traits.

Trump receives 21% of the black vote in a six-way race against Harris, independent presidential candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein and Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver, with the former president's share jumping to 26% when it is just him against the vice president, according to a Wednesday Fox News poll. The numbers are similar to a June Fox News poll of the matchup between Trump and President Joe Biden.

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An incident occurring two years ago, involving an interaction between President Joe Biden and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and his wife, should give us pause to consider amending the 25th Amendment of the Constitution. Lee shared that the incident immediately left him questioning Biden's cognitive health, long before it became a matter of public concern.

The senator explained the three of them were all in attendance at a reception when Biden repeatedly mistook Lee's wife, Sharon, for one of his White House staffers. Several times Biden asked for her name, inquiring if she worked for him. Efforts to clarify her identity fell completely on deaf ears.

It became immediately clear to Lee that, mentally, Biden just was not there. This was not a simple matter of Biden misunderstanding or focusing on something else at the time; this was a matter of the president being unable to grasp what was going on around him.

Lee found the experience most alarming. While the senator's interactions with Biden were infrequent, the incident provided him with concerned insight about the president's fitness for office.

An unspoken reality of Biden's steady cognitive decline is that those closest to him – not only family members Jill and Hunter – but his inner circle and staff as well, including his Cabinet, had to know what was going on. None of them felt a sense of duty to the country to take steps to insist the president seek medical attention or temporarily relinquish the duties of his office. Why?

Jill and Hunter's reasons for failing to do so were completely selfish. Both enjoyed the privileges coming to them courtesy of Joe's office.

While the failure of his staff to initiate action to address the situation can be dismissed by a bond of loyalty to Biden, a fear of taking on such an issue as a career-ender or gross naivete, they were not in positions of authority to act, and thus cannot be held accountable. But others were armed with such authority and should have acted, yet failed to do so.

The 25th Amendment of the Constitution, ratified in 1967 by the states, provides a comprehensive plan for presidential succession in the event of the president's death or incapacitation. Sections 3 and 4 of the amendment are most pertinent to Biden's deteriorating mental health situation.

Section 3, known as the "Disability Clause," states that a president, cognizant of the fact he is unable to or will be unable to perform the duties of his office, can voluntarily submit written notification to Congress. It was first used by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 when he underwent surgery and last used in 2021 by Biden when he briefly underwent a medical procedure lasting 85 minutes. That 85-minute gap in his presidency brought about by his incapacitation was all he was willing to surrender as he proved unwilling to voluntarily submit a declaration of his mental unfitness for office.

Section 4 addresses the involuntary removal of a sitting president from office due to some disability. It is a step that is to be initiated by the vice president and majority members "of either the Cabinet or such other body established by law (a presidential review body) acting jointly, to declare the President to be disabled." This process begins with the vice president and the majority of Cabinet members sending a written declaration to Congress, delineating the basis for the disability claim.

Thus, it was clear Vice President Kamala Harris and members of Biden's Cabinet had the authority to pursue the issue of his incapacity but failed to exercise it, ensuring a mentally unfit captain of our ship of state was left to command it.

What is missing from Section 4, however, is a specific mandate for these officials to act. Absent such a mandate, it is clearly in both their personal and political interests not to act, leaving the country at great risk. There is simply no motivation for these officials to take action for fear that it would embarrass their party despite the obvious risk to the country. A red flag to them should have been the fact, that while a president normally meets every week or every other week with his Cabinet, Biden had held his last meeting in October 2023.

Biden's mental unfitness is not the first time a president's inability to perform the duties of his office has been hidden from voters. It has occurred at least three other times as well. Interestingly, all four involved Democratic presidents.

In 1919, a stroke left Woodrow Wilson disabled, with both access to him, as well as subsequent decision-making, allegedly left to his wife. In 1944, the fact that Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was dying was covered up, enabling him to run for a fourth term he knew he would not complete. Not revealed as well was that John F. Kennedy (JFK) suffered from Addison's disease, causing him to consume a dozen painkillers daily, with some doctors believing if reelected he would not survive a second term.

As prime minister of England during World War II, Winston Churchill noted there were times a government needed to be less than honest, claiming, "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Democrats have historically embraced this justification to ensure their party remains in power despite the mental incompetency of the president occupying the Oval Office.

The risks and dangers to the country have steadily increased since the 25th Amendment was passed in 1967. Just like there was no mandate for other high-ranking government officials to take action to ensure that a serving president was mentally competent when Wilson, FDR, and JFK were all serving, neither did the 25th Amendment. This gap needs to be addressed to ensure that, in the best interests of the country, action is taken without fear of political retribution for doing so. The absence of such a mandate paves the way for another Biden.

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After decades of monitoring Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.-S.C., recently introduced S.J. Res. 106. The joint resolution would "authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against the Islamic Republic of Iran for threatening the national security of the United States through the development of nuclear weapons."

Does Iran have nuclear weapons? Over two decades ago, Alireza Jafarzadeh, the deputy director of the Washington office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, publicly announced the existence of Iran's clandestine nuclear weapons program. And a November 2011 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that "Iran was working on a project to secure a source of uranium suitable for use in an undisclosed enrichment program, the product of which would be converted into metal for use in the new warhead which was the subject of the missile re-entry vehicle studies."

Then last year, Iranian parliament member Ali Motaheri admitted on Iran's ISCA News that "when we [Iran] began our nuclear activity, our goal was indeed to build a bomb, [adding] there is no need to beat around the bush."

Fast-forward to May of this year, when Persian-language TV news channel Iran International reported member of parliament Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani's claim that the Iranian regime already possesses nuclear weapons. The insider politician said: "[Iran has] achieved nuclear weapons, but we do not announce it. It means our policy is to possess nuclear bombs, but our declared policy is currently within the framework of the JCPOA" – that is, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known in the West as the "Iran nuclear deal." He added, "The reason is that when countries want to confront others, their capabilities must be compatible, and Iran's compatibility with America and Israel means that Iran must have nuclear weapons."

But Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Darin Gaub, a former UH-60 Blackhawk pilot and global strategist, says it's time to hit the pause button. In an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily, Gaub said the introduction of the resolution from Graham, a longtime war hawk, "feels almost pre-staged or choreographed in the expectation that we're going to end up going to war with Iran."

While most Americans don't want the U.S. to be involved in a foreign war, he said, it appears the government has no problem entertaining the thought.

With regard to "the choreography," Gaub recalled the failure of the Biden administration in Afghanistan as an initial step. Withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country in August 2021 did nothing more than bolster "the global perspective of a weak administration in the U. S.," he said.

Considering this, he said, the war between Russia and Ukraine, the militaristic activity of China in the Pacific region, as well as the explosion of violence in the Middle East were "easily predictable. You have a whole bunch of thugs and dictators around the world seeing that the U.S. can no longer enforce peace and calm as [former President Donald] Trump accomplished in his previous administration." Rather, most countries see "a weak U.S. military" and "an opportunity for conflict and war" because of the inept leadership currently at the helm.

"At a time like this, the U.S. needs to start thinking from Iran's perspective," Gaub advised. "What's in Iran's best interest, and specifically in [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei's best interest, with regard to keeping the power for his thugocracy?" Answering his own question, Gaub argued, "Khamenei has to first project strength to his own nation, and then eventually follow through with threats."

According to Gaub, the days between the 2024 presidential election and the inauguration will be the most dangerous time for America, especially if Trump wins. Why?

"The greatest risk to this nation is the time between a Trump victory and when he would take office," he explained. "At this point, anything can happen – the current administration could be looking for an excuse to go to war, and even leave something in Trump's hands that is extremely hard to handle as he walks into office."

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Former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, now dean of the Robertson School of Government, served with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for years.

And after Kamala Harris tagged Walz as her pick for the Democrat party's nomination for vice president, she spoke out.

"I went to Congress with Tim Walz in 2006 and served with him for 8 years. On the outside, he looks like an awe-shucks, back-slapping, nice guy politician, when in fact he is as radical as AOC or more," Bachmann said.

She said, "Because of Tim Walz, more people have moved out of the state than at any other time in Minnesota's history. Last year, $2 billion and 30,000 people left the state of Minnesota." And she noted Walz promoted "the strongest transgender protection bill in the country and the strongest pro-abortion bill in the country."

AOC is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., one of the "squad" of leftists and progressives in Congress and one of the extremists promoting her ideologies.

Bachmann cited an analysis of the Minnesota government's recent actions that described a 40% spending explosion, the fact that tens of thousands of Minnesotans are moving out of the state, and condemned Democrats for their "legislative skullduggery."

The leftists in the state even have removed any language that requires a doctor to keep an infant alive if the little boy or girl survives an abortion, the analysis confirms.

Further, the Democrat majority adopted laws creating up to $10 billion in new taxes over just the next four years, and a budget boost of $11 million for the governor's office.

And now the state will give unemployment compensation to hourly workers who have summers off from their jobs in school districts. Lawmakers also banned the "intimidation" or even the transmission of information that would "impede" voters.

Stunningly, the state's leftists even removed language stating that adults attracted to children "are not a protected class."

"Pedophiles may now potentially be considered a protected class should an activist judge decide to 'read' that right into the state constitution," the analysis warns.

The report documents how under Walz, Minnesota now is an "abortion sanctuary" with no limits, at all.

And how background checks are now required if a parent wants to gift a firearm to a son.

"A hate speech database will be created, where people and organizations can report hate speech to the Dept. of Human Rights, even if the speech is not illegal," the report details.

Citizenship, or even permanent residency, no longer is required for driver's licenses, and that process includes being offered the chance to register to vote.

It gets worse, the report details: Now, in Minnesota, the law "prohibits non-religious non-profits that serve minors from discriminating against employees who are gay or transgender. This includes organizations like the Girl Scouts, who would potentially be forced to hire or allow to volunteer biological men who identify as women."

The state now claims the authority to "take temporary emergency custody of minors who travel to Minnesota to receive gender-affirming treatment," which includes chemicals to alter the body, or even body-mutilating surgeries.

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Is the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump somehow connected to a significant event in the Holy Bible?

Jonathan Cahn, an American Messianic rabbi and best-selling author, believes there may be a divine tie.

In a new video posted online (and below), Cahn examines the consecration of the priest Aaron by his brother Moses in the Old Testament, with the anointing of blood on the ear, thumb, and toe of the priest, as was seemingly echoed during the July 13 shooting of Trump during a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

"What happened on July 13 was unique, and to have the bullet miss Trump's head by centimeters is striking. And to have it miss his head by seconds, turning, or a second is striking," Cahn says.

"And to have it just touch his ear, and since the Bible does say something about blood on the ears, could there be something to this? Could God use a biblical sign of consecration to speak to a leader or nation concerning consecration?"

Cahn noted how the Book of Leviticus describes the rite of consecrating, or setting apart for God's purpose, a priest:

"And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Wednesday marked the fourth time that Prime Minister Netanyahu has addressed a joint session of Congress, the most of any world leader in history.

His staunchest critics have claimed that the real reason for his visit to the States was "to enlist domestic American support to keep waging the war" rather than to end the war and bring home the hostages. Others have faulted him for failing to deliver anything of substance in terms of a long-term solution, let alone making serious concessions toward the Palestinians. His supporters saw things very differently, with one headline proclaiming, "JOINT SESSION: In wartime address to Congress, Netanyahu gives 'masterclass in global diplomacy,' most powerful speech of his career – 55 standing ovations."

While the Middle East pundits parse the details, here are some of the most memorable lines from his speech. Bibi sure knows how to fire up the crowd. Indeed, the "no fewer than 55 standing ovations" marked "the most of any such speaker in Congressional history." (Note that he is more popular in America than in Israel, especially among American evangelicals.)

After his introductory greetings, these were his opening lines: "We meet today at a crossroads of history. Our world is in upheaval. In the Middle East, Iran's axis of terror confronts America, Israel, and our Arab friends. This is not a clash of civilizations. It's a clash between barbarism and civilization. It's a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life."

After introducing several IDF soldiers who were sitting in the audience today, including "Lieutenant Yonatan, Jonathan Ben Hamo who lost a leg in Gaza and continued to fight," he said, "My friends, these are the soldiers of Israel – unbowed, undaunted, unafraid."

On the difference between good and evil: "Defeating our brutal enemies requires both courage and clarity. Clarity begins by knowing the difference between good and evil. Yet incredibly many anti-Israel protesters, many choose to stand with evil. They stand with Hamas. They stand with rapists and murderers. They stand with people who came into the kibbutzim, into a home, the parents hid the children, the two babies, in the attic, in a secret attic. They murdered the family, the parents, they found the secret latch to the hidden attic and then they murdered the babies. These protesters stand with them. They should be ashamed of themselves.

"They refuse to make the simple distinction between those who target terrorists and those who target civilians, between the democratic State of Israel and the terrorist thugs of Hamas."

On the misguided protesters: "It's amazing, absolutely amazing. Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming 'Gays for Gaza.' They might as well hold up signs saying 'Chickens for KFC.'

"These protesters chant 'From the river to the sea.' But many don't have a clue what river and what sea they're talking about. They not only get an F in geography, they get an F in history. They call Israel a colonialist state. Don't they know that the Land of Israel is where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob prayed, where Isaiah and Jeremiah preached, and where David and Solomon ruled?

"For nearly four thousand years, the land of Israel has been the homeland of the Jewish people. It's always been our home; it will always be our home."

On the misguided "justice" of the ICC: "The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has shamefully accused Israel of deliberately starving the people of Gaza. This is utter complete nonsense. It's a complete fabrication. Israel has enabled more than 40,000 aid trucks to enter Gaza. That's half a million tons of food, and that's more than 3,000 calories for every man, woman, and child in Gaza. If there are Palestinians in Gaza who aren't getting enough food, it's not because Israel is blocking it, it's because Hamas is stealing it."

On the difference between Israel and Hamas: "For Israel, every civilian death is a tragedy. For Hamas, it's a strategy. They want Palestinian civilians to die so that Israel will be smeared in the international media and be pressured to end the war before it's won."

On Iran's war with Israel and the world: "In the Middle East, Iran is virtually behind all the terrorism, all the turmoil, all the chaos, all the killing. And that should come as no surprise. When he founded the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini pledged, "We will export our revolution to the entire world. We will export the Islamic revolution to the entire world." Now, ask yourself, which country ultimately stands in the way of Iran's maniacal plans to impose radical Islam on the world? And the answer is clear: It's America, the guardian of Western civilization and the world's greatest power. That's why Iran sees America as its greatest enemy.

"Last month, I heard a revealing comment, ostensibly about the war in Gaza, but about something else. It came from the foreign minister of Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, and he said this: 'This is not a war with Israel. Israel,' he said, 'is merely a tool. The main war, the real war, is with America.'"

Continuing with this theme: "That's why the mobs in Tehran chant 'Death to Israel' before they chant 'Death to America.' For Iran Israel is first, and America is next. So, when Israel fights Hamas, we're fighting Iran. When we fight Hezbollah, we're fighting Iran. When we fight the Houthis, we're fighting Iran. And when we fight Iran, we're fighting the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States of America.

"And one more thing. When Israel acts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons that could destroy Israel and threaten every American city, every city that you come from, we're not only protecting ourselves. We're protecting you.

"My friends, if you remember one thing, one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory."

In sum, "The war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders disarms, and returns all the hostages. But if they don't, Israel will fight until we destroy Hamas' military capabilities and its rule in Gaza and bring all our hostages home.

"That's what total victory means, and we will settle for nothing less."

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Graphic new footage of the immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump shows the shooter lying in his own blood on the roof from which he killed a firefighter and injured two others.

The shocking footage, released by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reveals local police standing with a Secret Service agent over the body of shooter Thomas Crooks, and appearing to confirm the 20-year-old had been identified as a suspicious person before the first shot was ever fired.

One man in a red tie and wearing sunglasses appears to be a Secret Service agent who tells a Beaver County Emergency Service Unit officer that the deceased male on the roof appeared to be the suspicious person to whom they were previously alerted.