Harris Erases Trump’s Lead, WSJ Poll Finds

 https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/harris-erases-trumps-lead-wsj-poll-finds-e286144d?mod=hp_trending_now_article_pos5

The presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is essentially tied, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll that shows heightened support for her among nonwhite voters and dramatically increased enthusiasm about the campaign among Democrats.

The former president leads the current vice president 49% to 47% in a two-person matchup, but that is within the margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Trump held a six-point lead earlier this month over President Biden before he exited the race and backed Harris.

Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds

 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/28/health/alzheimer-blood-test-p-tau-217-wellness/index.html

 A combined blood test for cognitive decline has a 90% accuracy rate in determining whether memory loss is due to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found.

In comparison, neurologists and other memory specialists correctly diagnosed Alzheimer’s in 73% of their cases. Primary care doctors had even less success, with only a 61% accuracy rate, according to the study.

Why JD Vance Worries About Childlessness

 https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/why-jd-vance-worries-about-childlessness-00bb96cb?mod=hp_lead_pos8

Vance said lower fertility might also be the result of less patriotism. In Israel, which has relatively high fertility, “there’s still a fundamental sense that they love their country, they want their country to keep going. America was always considered by our European friends to be kind of jingoistic back in the 1990s and 2000s. We had pretty healthy fertility rates back then. Now that we’re a little bit more like our European counterparts, much less sort of innately patriotic than we were 20, 30 years ago, our fertility rates have declined.”

J.D. Vance Takes Another Stab at Cleaning Up His ‘Cat Ladies’ Rant

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-takes-another-stab-at-cleaning-up-his-cat-ladies-rant?ref=home?ref=home

He then went on to criticize Harris’ policies of harming parents, while falsely accusing her of seeking to cut the child tax credit. She has previously expressed support for the policy, which was expanded significantly under the Biden administration as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021.

Safety and Religion

 Would you invite your family and friends to a place that might endanger them and cause injuries?  That is exactly what you are doing if the Simcha Hall is not licensed – because it means that it did not meet the safety requirements.

We went to a wedding and my husband ended up in the neurology department in the hospital with internal bleeding in the head, a broken nose and a fractured eye socket.  He fell and lost consciousness because the hall was lacking simple basic safety features required by law – especially near steps.

Be Responsible!  Before booking a Simcha ask the hall to show you their license and insurance policy.  No insurance company will insure a business without a legal license.  If an accident occurs, you bear responsibility and could be sued along with the hall for negligence!

Donald Trump May Replace JD Vance Within 10 Days—Chuck Schumer

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-may-replace-jd-vance-within-10-days-chuck-schumer-1931248

In an appearance on CBS News' Face the Nation, Schumer spoke on Sunday about the recent addition of Vance as Trump's running mate.

"The addition of JD Vance to this ticket is incredibly a bad choice. I think Donald Trump, I know him and I think he's probably sitting and watching the TV and everyday it comes out Vance has done something more extreme, more weird, more erratic. And I bet Trump is sitting there scratching his head and wondering why did I pick this guy," Schumer said.

The Senate majority leader continued: "The choice may be one of the best things he ever did for Democrats. Now the president [Trump] has about 10 days before the Ohio ballot is locked in and he has a choice. Does he keep Vance on the ticket, where he already has a lot of baggage and probably is going to have more baggage...or does he pick someone new?"

J.D. Vance’s Vision of Appalachia Is Nothing New

 https://time.com/6999981/j-d-vance-appalachia-history/

For the next two decades, missionaries pitched their efforts to “reclaim” Appalachia by purposely shocking readers and compelling them to donate to the cause. Through newspaper and magazine reports that took unusually extreme examples and portrayed them as common occurrences—like the Tennessee minister who accepted payment for his services with a shot of whiskey—missionaries told stories about the supposed laziness, dirtiness, and violence of Appalachia’s white residents. Their favorite technique was to capture readers’ attention with sensational descriptions of what seemed like African Americans’ dilapidated, filthy, and dark hovels in the woods, filled to the brim with barefooted and rag-clad people—and then surprise the reader by announcing the report was in fact, about a typical mountain white home. Outside aid was needed, the stories told readers, to bring mountain whites up to a respectable level if white Americans were to “hold the fort” of their social and political authority.

WSJ editorial board slams Vance over cat lady remark

 https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4796125-wsj-editorial-board-slams-vance-cat-lady-remark/

The Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance over previous comments he made about “childless cat ladies.”

“The comment is the sort of smart-aleck crack that gets laughs in certain right-wing male precincts,” the Journal editorial board said in a new opinion piece. “But it doesn’t play well with the millions of female voters, many of them Republican, who will decide the presidential race.”

Ben Shapiro Bets Donald Trump Regrets Picking J.D. Vance

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/ben-shapiro-bets-donald-trump-regrets-picking-jd-vance?ref=home

In the wake of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ record-breaking fundraising numbers, Ben Shapiro has an answer for anyone wondering if Donald Trump would pick J.D. Vance as his running mate again: “I doubt it.”

“I think he probably would have picked somebody like Glenn Youngkin from Virginia in an attempt to broaden out his base,” Shapiro said on the latest episode of his self-titled show, according to Media Matters. “Instead, he went with J.D. Vance feeling, because he was right that at the time, he had a very solid advantage in the race against Joe Biden.”

12 killed, all aged 10-20, as Hezbollah rocket hits soccer field, sparking wider war fears

12 killed, all aged 10-20, as Hezbollah rocket hits soccer field, sparking wider war fears

At least 12 people were killed Saturday, mostly children and teens, and dozens more were wounded when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a soccer field in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. It was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting there began in October.

Donald Trump Saying 'You Won't Have to Vote' in Four Years Sparks Fear

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-saying-you-wont-have-vote-four-years-sparks-fear-1931054

Trump added: "Christians, get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It will be fixed. It will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians."

Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/trump-speech-no-need-to-vote-future

Former president implores Christian supporters to vote ‘just this time’, then ‘in four years, you don’t have to vote again’

78 year old Criminal

What’s behind Trump’s lashing out at Netanyahu after Hamas’ attack on Israel

 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-netanyahu-biden-rcna120078

An adviser to Netanyahu said there had been no outreach by Trump in the wake of the attacks. Instead, Trump has leveled repeated broadsides at the leader of a close U.S. ally in remarks on the campaign trail as he seeks a return to the White House.

“He’s pissed off because Bibi praised Biden and the Biden White House for being supportive,” said a former Trump adviser, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.