Biden drops out of US presidential race
Joe Biden announces decision not to run for re-election in November, thanking American people and stressing: ‘There is nothing America can’t do – when we do it together.’

Airlines, government and businesses rush to get back on track after global tech disruption
Transport providers, businesses, hospitals and governments on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest continuing effect has been on air travel. Carriers canceled thousands of flights on Friday and now have many of their planes and crews in the wrong place, while airports facing continued problems with check-in and security.

IDF releases tape of Gazans lauding death of Mohammed Deif
According to telephone conversations recorded by the IDF, people inside Gaza are praising the deaths of Hamas “military” leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa’a Salameh, who were targeted by an IDF airstrike on July 13 While Salameh’s death has been confirmed by Israel, Deif’s has not. However, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew has stated in public that there are “indications” that the latter is in fact dead.

Ilhan Omar votes against bill to deport illegal immigrants who assault police
The aptly named “Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act” was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week in a 265-148 vote. Two Democratic Minnesota congresswomen voted against federal legislation which seeks to deport illegal immigrants who assault law enforcement officers. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Betty McCollum were the lone votes from Minnesota to oppose H.R. 7343.

Israeli Official: ‘Important Operation’ in Yemen Sends Strong Message to Shiite Axis
“This is an important operation which signals that there’s room for further escalation, and sends a very strong message to the entire Shiite axis.” “We understood there is a high probability of counter attacks, but if we do not respond, the meaning is even worse.

Ben-Gvir: Israel will dismantle Palestinian Authority if US imposes sanctions on ministers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has warned that if the Biden administration imposes sanctions on Israeli government ministers, Israel will respond by “completely dismantling the Palestinian Authority, including all its institutions and economy.”

The Democrats’ civil war is about who will replace Biden
After a lot of media hype (that I dismissed as wishcasting) yesterday that Biden was preparing to step down, the Biden campaign is doubling down and announcing that he is not withdrawing. And if he sticks to his guns, Dems may not be able to do much about it. The party depends on the whims of an angry and somewhat confused elderly man. And that’s bad enough, but the real battle may just be getting started. The coup has lined up nearly every powerful and influential Dem behind replacing Biden.

BlueAnon: One-third of Dems believe conspiracy theory that Trump staged assassination attempt
The rise of BlueAnon can be attributed to prominent Democratic activists and liberal media commentators egging on the notion that Trump staged Saturday’s shooting. It’s a baseless conspiracy theory disproven by reams of documentary evidence and eyewitness accounts. And it’s a belief held by one-third of the Democratic electorate.

Hostage deal with Hamas will be focus of Biden-Netanyahu meeting next week, says US national security advisor
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with … Joe Biden next week, the focus will be on achieving a ceasefire and hostage deal, stated U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during an interview on Friday at the Aspen Security Forum.

‘The whole Middle East sees the fire burning in Yemen’ – Israel strikes Houthi targets after deadly Tel Aviv drone attack
“The whole Middle East sees the fire that is burning in Yemen at the moment,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated Saturday evening, confirming that Israel struck port facilities of the Houthi terror group in the coastal city of Hodeidah in western Yemen. The IDF also confirmed earlier reports that Israel was behind the airstrikes in the port, which caused large explosions that sent smoke billowing into the sky.

IDF spokesman: We increased the defense systems, are ready on all fronts
“The Al Hudaydah Port serves as an entryway of Iranian weapons for the Houthi terrorist regime and as a significant economic source for them.” The strike, conducted over 1,800 kilometers away from Israel, was one of the furthest-away strikes the IAF ever conducted.

Israel strikes Houthi targets near Yemen port
IAF fighter planes on Saturday afternoon struck 12 Houthi military targets near Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Port. The IDF thereafter raised the alert levels for the IAF and the Navy. Arab media reported that Israel conducted a series of strikes against oil refinery facilities, an energy plant, and additional targets near the port.

Chip Roy calls to defund Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) called for the Secret Service to be defunded after the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump raised questions about the service’s ability to keep elected officials safe. Roy joined Fox News’s Laura Ingraham Friday after he attended the funeral of Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore — the rallygoer who was killed during the shooting at Trump’s rally outside Pittsburgh last weekend.

Massive Saharan dust plume reaches Florida, U.S. 
A massive Saharan dust plume reached South Florida on July 20, 2024, causing reduced air quality and hazy skies. Rain is also forecasted for the weekend, and the mix of dust and precipitation is expected to bring dirty rains to Florida.

Bright fireball over Massachusetts, U.S. 
A bright fireball was seen streaking through the night sky over the northeastern United States at 01:36 UTC on July 20, 2024 (21:36 EDT, July 19).

MUST-SEE: Air Traffic Controller Offers Prayer for Trump Force One During Takeoff
…As the aircraft prepared for takeoff, an unusual event unfolded. ​An air traffic controller took a moment to recite a prayer from the Bible, specifically Numbers 6:24-26, over the radio to Trump Force One.The prayer states: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.”

Top UN court tells Israel to end ‘unlawful’ Judea, Samaria ‘occupation’ 
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial arm of the United Nations located in The Hague, issued a non-binding, 83-page opinion on Friday declaring Israeli “occupation” of Judea and Samaria to be “unlawful.”

Terror in Germany: Teacher Stabbed Multiple Times in the Neck, Two Immigrant Brothers Arrested
The arrested individuals match the description: young, slim, with a “southern appearance”—a term used by mainstream media to downplay public outrage over rising migrant crimes and avoid pushback against their Great Replacement scheme.

England HAS FALLEN: Insane Videos Capture Dystopic Scenes as MASSIVE Migrant Riots Break Out in UK
Massive riots broke out in a migrant community located in Leeds, England, on Thursday. According to the BBC, a police car was flipped, and a bus was set on fire by rioters who took to the streets in response to an incident involving child protection workers removing children from their homes.

BREAKING: Massive Fire Engulfs Dallas Area Church Led by Trump Supporter Pastor Robert Jeffress
A massive fire has broken out at First Baptist Church of Dallas which is led by Pastor Robert Jeffress, a Trump supporter… First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress after fire at historic sanctuary: “I’m grateful that the church is not bricks or mortar or wood, it’s people.”

UN says reduced population peak is a ‘hopeful sign’ despite looming collapse
The United Nations has claimed that predictions of population reduction offer a “hopeful sign” for the planet, without addressing the expected full-blown population collapse from which some demographers say the world will not recover.

Int’l law expert: ICJ ruling is a legal obscenity from start to finish
Professor Anne Bayefsky, Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of Human Rights Voices, commented to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling which stated that Israel has illegally occupied Judea and Samaria and annexed Jerusalem.

Islamic Terrorist Captured After Brutal Jihad Attack Triggers 48-Hour Manhunt, Fuels Outrage Over France’s Dangerous Olympic Security Deal with Qatar
As the Paris Summer Olympics approach, France’s controversial decision to hire Qatari security forces—despite Qatar’s well-known ties to Hamas, Iran, and major funding for most anti-Western efforts—has sparked widespread outrage and heightened fears over the event’s safety amid ongoing violence and ineffective security measure.

UK government proposes legislation to further commercialize our personal data and widen the use of digital ID verification
Sir Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech as Prime Minister outlined Labour’s legislative agenda for the new Parliament. He signaled the return of big government, with sweeping promises to nationalize the railways, energy, and water, greater police powers, widen digital verification, and more surveillance.

Dutch researchers are hounded for suggesting Covid injections contributed to excess deaths
A recent paper by Dutch researchers reviewed the excess mortality in the Western World for the years 2020 to 2022. The paper had been submitted a year ago but was only published last month. Since it has been published, the authors have been subjected to coordinated attacks and requests for the paper to be withdrawn have been made by the usual “pharma shills” because it “wrongly inferred” Covid injections contributed to excess deaths.

Richard D. Hall is on trial next week for having the audacity to challenge the state about the “Manchester Arena bombing hoax”
Richard D. Hall is a British journalist and broadcaster who presented an independent forensic investigation into the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. He claimed that the incident was a staged event, involving a pyrotechnic-type device, a drill scenario and state agents.

Saharan dust shields hurricane development, but watch out for Florida heat
Saturday
While the National Hurricane Center continued its confidence that there would be no tropical activity in Atlantic areas for the next week, Saharan dust and a few tropical waves were what forecasters watched Saturday.

Pic: Army briefing labels pro-life groups ‘terrorist organizations’: Report
Watchdog journalist Sam Shoemate shared a picture of a slideshow used during the training to label pro-life groups as terrorist groups. Shoemate wrote, “An anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty (Bragg) today where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as ‘terrorist organizations.’ The slide you see here followed right after a slide about ISIS, a terror group in the Middle East.”

Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches May Be Ready To Bury the Hatchet, and It’s About Time—Literally
For nearly a millennium, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Vatican have been engaged in what may be the longest-running ecumenical argument in history. A significant aspect of this divide is the calendar dispute—the Orthodox Church adheres to the Julian calendar, while Western Christianity follows the Gregorian calendar. However, with the potential decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, it could be the last time Cinco de Mayo coincides with Easter and the final time East and West fail to celebrate Easter on the same Sunday.

Russia Warns It Sees ‘Concentrated Presence’ Of NATO Warships In Black Sea
The Kremlin has again warned against a build-up of NATO warships in the Black Sea, while saying it is monitoring a noticeable increase in Western military vessels. “Of course, the concentrated presence of NATO ships – we are paying attention to Bulgaria and Romania, the coastal states that are members of the (NATO) alliance – of course this represents, especially in the current situation, an additional threat to Russia,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a press briefing Thursday.

Slowly… Then All At Once!
There was a lot of talk about divine intervention at the Republican Convention this week.
The attempt on Donald Trump’s life Saturday, with its intimations of blob involvement, was only the latest of countless trips, hoaxes, capers, and ops that smacked of demonic inspiration laid on the public, so you can’t blame them for feeling that “God is among us now.”

Tennessee Drag Show Ban Upheld After Appeals Court Reverses Ruling
A majority of a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a nonprofit theater group challenging the constitutionality of the Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) failed to prove it has standing.

Impatient Zelensky After NATO Summit: Where Are My Jets?
During the big NATO summit earlier this month, everyone from Antony Blinken to Lloyd Austin to President Biden touted the imminent delivery of US-made F-16 jet fighters to Ukraine. “American-made F-16 fighter jets are on their way to Ukraine” and they will be flying “this summer” – Secretary of State Blinken had vowed at the summit on July 10. Kiev has yet to receive them, now a year-and-half after the program was first announced.

“Day Has Finally Come”: Instagram Censors Team USA Rifle Shooter Ahead Of Paris Paralympics
Geer’s Instagram account, “kennageer10.9,” was reportedly censored by the social media company because of photos she posted with firearms at a qualifying competition. “I have always feared the day the media would censor my sport and speech just because I use firearms,” Geer wrote on Instagram, adding, “That day has finally come.”

Elon Musk Deletes CrowdStrike “From All Systems,” Warns Global IT Disruption Sparked “Seizure In Auto Supply Chain”
‘All-In’ podcast host Jason Calacanis asked on X, “I guess crowdstrike doesn’t do staged rollouts?” Elon Musk responded: “We just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all.”

“Absolutely” In The Race: Biden Campaign Calls Malarkey On MSM Reports
On Thursday evening, the New York Times reported that ‘people close to Biden’ say the president has “begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race.” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon insisted on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ that the president is staying in the campaign against all odds.

IDF: Shocking overnight drone attack originated from Yemen; Israel probing if US consulate was targeted
The Israel Defense Forces estimate that the Yemeni Houthi rebels launched the overnight drone attack that struck Tel Aviv early on Friday morning, Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari said in a press briefing. According to Hagari, the drone was an Iranian-made “Samad-3” model that was modified in Yemen to maximize its range.

‘The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land’ – Israel blasts ICJ ruling that declares Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria illegal
No absurd opinion in The Hague can deny this historical truth or the legal right of Israelis to live in their own communities in our ancestral home,’ says Netanyahu

Accepting GOP nomination, Trump threatens Iran & Hamas, demands all hostages be released before he takes office, vows to build ‘Iron Dome’ to protect America
First, in a clear threat to Hamas and its Iranian ally, Trump demanded that every hostage in Gaza be released before January 20th when he plans to take the Oath of Office and become America’s Commander-in-Chief once again. “I tell you this, we want our hostages back,” he said, “And they better be back before I assume office, or you will be paying a very big price.”

Strong M6.0 earthquake hits Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Fox Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at 03:13 UTC on July 19, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 41.5 km (26 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.

Very strong M7.4 earthquake hits Chile – Argentina border region
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.4 hit the Chile – Argentina border region at 01:50 UTC on July 19, 2024 (21:50 LT, July 18). The agency is reporting a depth of 126 km (78 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.

Severe storms hit Belarus, causing multiple fatalities and extensive damage 
A powerful storm swept through Belarus on July 14, 2024, causing significant damage, destroying major power lines, and claiming 6 lives. The storms continued through the rest of the week, affecting primarily the capital of Minsk and surrounding regions on July 18.

Extremely heavy rains hit Seoul, South Korea 
Seoul and its surrounding metropolitan area were severely impacted by heavy rainfall on July 19, 2024, with up to 634 mm (25 inches) recorded over the past two days. The torrential downpour was the heaviest of this rainy season, with more heavy rain expected starting July 20.

How the Bible is growing the faith of Iranian refugees
At a church in the south-west of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can’t believe it. ‘If they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,’ he says, ‘they kill you.’

California parents stop ‘wellbeing center’ linked to Planned Parenthood on high school campus 
Norwalk and La Mirada are adjoining suburbs of Los Angeles. The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District (NLMUSD) serves largely minority families.

Whistleblowers Warn Biden Regime Is Trafficking Children to Fake ‘Sponsors’; 85,000 Missing.
Approximately 85,000 children who crossed the U.S. border as unaccompanied minors are missing after being placed with sponsors. Government whistleblowers shared this information with a Senate panel on Tuesday. They said that children are often placed with individuals who are not their relatives and provided evidence of abuse and trafficking.

Canadian author with cerebral palsy says nurse called her ‘selfish’ for refusing euthanasia
In 2019, an Alberta nurse reportedly told Christian author Heather Hancock that she was “selfish” for not ending her life through the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) euthanasia program.

Just Like Joe Biden, The U.S. Economy Is Sick Once Again
When you look at Joe Biden, you are also getting a visual picture of what is happening to our economy as a whole.  Both have been getting artificially propped up for a long time, both are now sick once again, and both are starting to decline very rapidly at this point.  There is lots of speculation that Joe Biden is not going to be able to make it much longer, and of course the exact same thing could be said about the U.S. economy.  Sadly, the truth is that the clock won’t stop ticking and time is not on the side of either one of them.

In California, “Unprecedented Land Movement” Of About A Foot Per Week Is Breaking Gas Lines, Cracking Roads and Causing Homes To Sink
…What is taking place has been described as an ongoing “landslide”, but that term simply does not do it justice.  Others are calling what we are witnessing “land movement” on a massive scale, and I think that is much more accurate.  According to FOX 11 in southern California, this “land movement” is breaking gas lines, cracking roads and causing homes to sink…

Left’s War on Democracy: Crushing Viktor Orbán’s Nationalist Revolution and Betraying the People’s Will 
In a shocking display of political manipulation, the left-wing establishment, terrified of the rising right, has trampled on democratic principles by enforcing a cordon sanitaire to block Orban’s Patriots for Europe from their rightful positions, betraying the will of millions of voters.

Putin wants widespread use of CBDCs; there is no doubt that Russia is following the UN’s global plan
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the “efficiency and functionality” of the Bank of Russia’s central bank digital currency (“CBDC”) and instructed his government to prepare for the widespread introduction of the digital ruble.

The civil war simulation that’s playing out and the real civil war that’s coming
The in following CJ Hopkins describes the real civil war that’s coming and the simulation of a civil war that’s playing out.  It’s not restricted to any one country, it’s global. “I’ve been calling it ‘The Rise of the New Normal Reich’,” he says. “Others have been describing it with other names. No one can say exactly what it is, but at this point, everyone can feel it coming.  Something resembling a new form of totalitarianism … or something resembling civil war.”

Fake meat is being introduced into the UK as pet food; they hope to expand the market to humans
The UK has become the first European country to approve the sale of artificial meat for pet food. The regulatory clearance was granted to Meatly, a company developing cultivated meat from animal cells. The initial product will be chicken-based and intended for use in dog food.  However, they hope to expand the market and sell their artificial meat to humans.