Trump’s First Public Anomalous Visit: The First Day of the National Convention in Milwaukee, Pennsylvania, and the Case of the Black Hole Shooting
Donald Trump chose Sen. J. D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate. Vance, previously an outspoken Trump critic, has shifted his stance in recent years to become one of the former president’s steadfast allies. The author of Hillbilly Elegy, who rose to fame with the book, has everything you need to know. At the beginning of the Republican National Convention, Trump announced his pick for vice president. His appearance was the first public one since the attempted assassination against him at a campaign rally.
The selection came on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and just a couple days after Trump survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. On Truth Social Trump said a bullet pierced the upper part of his ear and one person died and two other people were critically injured. The Secret Service killed the gunman, who the FBI has identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania.
After his close call, Trump called for unity, though he quickly returned to more familiar rhetoric railing against what he called legal “Witch Hunts” against him by “the Democrat Justice Department.”
Up First: A News Story About Vance, the Silicon Valley, and the 2022 U.S. Senate Race as a No-Trump Thing
Vance wasn’t always a Trump supporter. He had connections to Silicon Valley as a venture capitalist, as well as a long-time Trump supporter. Since winning his Senate race in 2022, Vance has come out as an ardent Trump supporter and a critic of big tech companies, and could play a key role in shaping how a Trump administration would approach the industry.
Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy is about growing up in poverty in the Rust Belt, and he branded himself as someone who understood–and could explain–the forces of discontent that led to Trump’s victory. At the time, Vance referred to himself as a “never-Trump guy,” even going so far as to reportedly speculate that Trump could be “America’s Hitler” in a 2016 text message. The text was made public by a former Yale Law School classmates.
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Why did the VP pick J.D. Vance shoot? What could be done to help the Secret Service investigate the slaying of the former president
The attempted assassination of the former president has raised questions about the Secret Service. The shooter took advantage of a security hole because officials failed to cover a building 130 yards — around the length of a football field — away from where the former president was speaking. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees the Secret Service, says an independent review of the incident will be made. Several members of Congress are launching multiple investigations of their own.
The president is returning to the campaign trail. The campaign paused ad and outreach after gunshots interrupted Trump’s rally. He resumes his campaign today in Nevada, where he’s expected to talk about high rent prices and meet with Black and Hispanic civil rights groups.
According to the Vera Institute of Justice, people in women’s prisons have less educational opportunities than their men’s counterparts. The ability to attend college courses is dependent on access to federal financial aid. Pell Grant-eligible courses are more accessible in men’s prisons, but money isn’t the only issue. In 11 states, Vera found no college programs at all in women’s prisons. Here’s why, and what could help.
Source: Who is J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP pick? And, an R&B jam addresses climate change
Is “I’m Your Heat Pump” a Symmetry Between R&B Music and Heat Pumps (Revisited)
What are the similarities between R&B music and heat pumps? They’re both hot and cool — and they’ve somehow found themselves intertwined in a collab of sorts. A couple of musicians have released a slow jam called, “(I’m Your) Heat Pump.”