Donald Trump is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, today on the first day of the the 2024 Republican National Convention.  He has chosen J. D. Vance, U.S. senator from Ohio, as his nominee for vice president.  Trump has accepted the Republican nomination for president.

An FBI investigation has been going on since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.  It is being called a potential act of domestic terrorism.  The shooter was identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, age 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.  Why he carried out the attack remains unclear.

At Olive Tree Ministries this weekend, Jan Markell spent the hour with Pastor Billy Crone.  When they say peace and security, they will be calling for a world savior and a New World Order.

What were Klaus Schwab’s ties to the White House?  God’s New World Order will be during the Millennium, the destination for all believers.

         

         

         
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Today’s program, lasting 55 minutes, can be heard here:

This afternoon, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.  After speaking for at least 10 minutes, several gunshots were heard.  Trump’s right ear was grazed by one of the bullets, and blood could be seen on his ear and on his face.  Evidently, it was an assassination attempt on the former president.

Secret Service agents grabbed Trump, brought him down onto the stage and shielded him on all sides.  After a few minutes, they stood him up, walked him off the stage and took him to his motorcade.  Trump was taken to a local medical facility, where he was examined and received treatment.

Police began vacating the fairgrounds shortly after Trump left the stage.  Local officers described it as a crime scene.

Reporters were told that Secret Service agents killed the shooter, who later was identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, age 20, from Pennsylvania.  An audience member was killed, and two others were critically injured.  It appears that Crooks was outside of the security perimeter when he opened fire.

I received the following email from someone:

It always takes me awhile to respond to emails, if I can find the time to do it at all.  I finally got around to responding to this person’s email.  My reply is here:

NATO’s 75th anniversary summit took place three days this week in Washington, DC.  The meetings were chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

This evening, on the last night of the summit, President Biden held a solo press conference.  He responded to many questions asked by several people.  At one point, Biden referred to President Zelensky as President Putin.  At another point, he referred to Vice President Harris as Vice President Trump.

In the video below, Biden speaks and then answers questions.  He did insist that he will be remaining in the 2024 presidential race.  The questions and Biden’s answers lasted a little over 59 minutes.

Recently, a friend and I went to a couple of Costco stores.  Before she purchased a few things, we enjoyed several food samples that they served.  Sometimes we call it “going to Costco for lunch.” 

At Walmart today, I happened to see signs in an aisle that indicated a 75% discount for 4th of July items.  I was surprised, since July 4 was five days ago.  Also, post-holiday discounts usually are only 50% off.

These were in an aisle that typically contains holiday candy.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen 4th of July candy, so I wasn’t surprised that there was no candy in the entire aisle.  Needless to say, I snapped a few photos and then left that aisle to go find something that I went there to buy.

Hurricane Beryl moved onto the southeast coast of Texas early this morning as a Category 1 storm.  It made landfall with sustained winds of 80 mph, but later it weakened to a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds.

Beryl moved north through Texas coastal cities this morning, causing flash flooding, as well as downed power lines and trees.  So far, downed trees have caused 2 deaths; unfortunately, more fatalities are likely to occur.  More than 2.7 million customers have had power outages in eastern Texas, with many more outages expected to occur.  The storm has been crossing over Houston, Texas’ most populous city and the nation’s fourth largest city.

A week ago, on July 1, Beryl made landfall in Grenada’s Carriacou Island as a Category 4 hurricane.  It tore through the southern Caribbean Islands, mostly as a Category 4 storm but also reaching Category 5 strength that night, the earliest Category 5 storm on record.  It caused a great deal of destruction, and 11 people lost their lives.

After crossing over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm, Beryl re-entered the Gulf of Mexico and became a weak hurricane again before coming onshore in Texas.  The storm is expected to continue weakening and, over the next few days, head northeast across the Mississippi Valley and then the Ohio Valley before dissipating in a few days.

Last night, a TV interview of President Joe Biden took place.  The interview, lasting a little under 22½ minutes, was made on ABC News by George Stephanopoulos.  Biden was asked about his performance in the recent debate between himself and Donald Trump on June 27.  He also was asked about his mental capacity and his competency to be president for another 4-year term.

After the interview, Juju Chang, Rachael Bade and Selina Wang at ABC gave an analysis of the interview for a little over 5 minutes.  All of it can be watched and heard on the video below.

Last night, a couple of friends and I went over to a nearby neighborhood to watch a fireworks show.  We missed at least the first half of it.  Also, the tops of some trees blocked the view of the bottom section of some of the fireworks.  At least we got to see some of them...better than none. 

       

       
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On the final day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s session for this year, the justices made a ruling in favor of former President Donald Trump.  In a 6-3 vote, they found that Trump cannot be prosecuted for some actions that were within his constitutional powers as president.

Previously, a lower court had rejected Trump’s claim of immunity from federal criminal charges relating to his attempts to undo his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.  The Supreme Court ruled that Trump did have immunity for his discussions with U.S. Justice Department officials following the 2020 election and also that he did have “presumptive” immunity for his alleged pessure on then Vice-President Mike Pence to block congressional certification of Biden’s win.

However, the court voted to return two other categories to lower courts to determine whether or not Trump has immunity for them.  Those two categories included Trump’s alleged role in assembling fake pro-Trump electors to be used in the election certification process and in his conduct related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by some of his supporters.

Joe Biden has accused the Supreme Court of doing a “terrible disservice” to the nation with their rulings granting Trump some immunity for official acts in office.  The late rulings by the court may cause Trump’s case not to go to trial before the 2024 general election on November 5.  Biden feels that the American people deserve to have an answer in the courts before the upcoming election.