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Former President Trump recounts assassination attempt one week later at Grand Rapids, Mich. event. Source: C-Span screengrab.

What We’re Reading: Who’s President?, The Real Kamala, Cheatle Quits . . . And More

Headlines and stories that caught our eye.

Is Biden President Or Not?

President Biden suffered an undisclosed medical emergency during his time in Las Vegas, police sources say — The Dossier

Biden to address nation Wednesday night — Politico

‘Defenders of democracy’ staged a cover-up and coup — New York Post

WH Doc: Biden Performing All Duties Amid GOP Skepticism — Newsmax

Doddering Biden lionized as ‘selfless,’ ‘patriotic,’ ‘courageous,’ by the fork-tongued left — American Thinker

The Canonization of Joe Biden — Liberty Nation

Joe Biden Wasn’t Brave, Selfless, or Patriotic for Dropping Out — PJ Media

Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office unless he dropped out, set him up to fail at Trump debate: sources — New York Post

Bari Weiss: The Era of the Noble Lie — The Free Press

The Big Biden Lie, Cont’d — Powerline

Getting To Know The Real Kamala Harris

Here’s what a Kamala Harris administration could mean for your wallet — CNBC

2019 Ranking Service Rated Kamala Harris as Most Liberal Senator, Further Left than Even Bernie Sanders — Breitbart

Biden mega-donors balk at contributing to Kamala, suggest she’s too unpopular to beat Trump — New York Post

How Kamala Harris’ platform could differ from Joe Biden’s — Politico

Word Salad Bar: The Wit and Wisdom of Kamala Harris — Stuart’s Substack

Report: Damaging Details Leak About Some of Kamala’s Problems and What Biden Really Thinks — Red State

92 Percent Of Kamala Harris’ Staff Left In Her First Three Years As VP — The Federalist

Axios’ Damning Story About Kamala Harris Shows Why Biden, Insiders Have Doubts About Her — Townhall

Kamala Harris told migrants ‘do not come’ to US — and 8 million showed up anyway: Inside the veep’s legacy as ‘border czar’ — New York Post

Kamala Harris – The Most Outspokenly Anti-Israel Member of the Administration — Front Page Magazine

Kamala Harris said anti-Israel campus protesters showed ‘exactly what the human emotion should be’ — Campus Reform

Kamala Harris to skip Netanyahu’s address to Congress, while top Dem senator boycotts altogether — Fox News

Kamala Harris’ record as prosecutor in California spells ‘trouble’ for presidential campaign — Fox News

What The Polls Say Now

2024 Race: Trump vs. Harris Too Close To Call, Trump Slightly Ahead In 6-Way Race — Quinnipiac University National Poll

Real Clear Average Of 12 Most-Recent Polls, Trump V. Harris: Trump Has 1.6 Point Lead — Real Clear Polling

Assassination: Secret Service Chief Cheatle Quits As Questions Grow

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns Amid Scrutiny Of Trump Assassination Attempt — Daily Caller

First report on ‘preliminary findings’ of Trump assassination attempt published by Sen. Johnson’s office — American thinker

Grassley Letter to Secret Service Director Highlights Major Security Lapses — Real Clear Politics

Is Left-Wing Trump-as-Hitler Iconography in the Mainstream Media Responsible for the Attempt to Assassinate the 45th President? — American Greatness

Third of Democrats wish Donald Trump had been killed — UnHerd

It’s Shocking How Many Democrats Think the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged — PJ Media

Iconic Trump Assassination Photos Are ‘Dangerous’ Propaganda, Journalists Say — Washington Free Beacon

Nation’s Failed School Systems: Can They Be Fixed?

Calls to Abolish Department of Education not as Radical as You Might Think — Campus Reform

New survey claims to show lack of knowledge of American history, civics among college students — Heartland Daily News

AFT’s Randi Weingarten warns in ‘unhinged’ speech of fascism, violence if Trump is elected — NY Post

Immigration: Open Border Reshaping America

Pew Research: More than 30 Million Migrants Taking U.S. Jobs, Far Outpacing Growth of Native-Born Americans

Hundreds Of Migrants Begin Trek Toward US In Hopes Of Crossing Border Before November Election — Daily Caller News Foundation

Other Interesting Stuff . . .

Trump vows to axe Biden’s electric car mandate on ‘day one’ — The Telegraph, via Yahoo News

Why California Gov. Gavin Newsom Must Never Become U.S. President — American Greatness

Abigail Shrier: California’s New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents — The Free Press

Downtowns Don’t Matter Anymore — Joel Kotkin, The New Atlantis

Biden Planning New Assault On Supreme Court Independence — Legal Insurrection

The New Girl Disorder — Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal

Republicans or Democrats, conservatives or liberals — who is ‘extreme?’ — American Thinker

It’s not fascism when they do it — Tom Knighton, Tilting At Windmills

China Surprises With Rate Cut After Xi’s Big Meeting Disappoints — Bloomberg

European Union Parliament Refuses to Condemn Trump Assassination Attempt — Big League Politics

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