So, uh, gradual information weekend, huh? Sigh. Simply kidding.
Attendee killed: Whereas the photographs missed or grazed Trump (who, after a fast hospital check-up is claimed to be “wonderful,” and who was {golfing} Sunday), a rally attendee wasn’t so fortunate. A bullet struck and killed firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50. Witnesses mentioned Comperatore, a diehard Trump fan, dove on his household to guard them from the photographs.
A perplexing potpourri of political ideology: The shooter has been recognized as 20-year-old Pennsylvanian Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks was a registered Republican. He additionally made a one-time donation of $15 to Progressive Turnout Undertaking, a Democratic political motion committee, on Joe Biden’s inauguration day. Classmates described Crooks as a loner and having “an nearly retro nerd vibe.” Authorities are nonetheless investigating motive. Crooks doesn’t seem to have any social media or to have any writings or manifestos.
“Let me be unequivocal about one thing: It is a safety failure of epic, historic proportions,” @MacFarlaneNews says on the Pennsylvania rally the place Donald Trump was rushed off the stage after attainable photographs fired, noting that the occasion was secured by U.S. Secret Service and… pic.twitter.com/zivgpHyTBQ
— CBS Information (@CBSNews) July 13, 2024
Trump says he’ll change his RNC speech: The Republican Nationwide Conference is that this week. Forward of his speech slated for Thursday, Trump says he is redrafting it within the wake of the try on his life. He mentioned his earlier draft was going to be “an actual humdinger” doubtless geared toward attacking Biden. Now, Trump says he’ll discuss unity and bringing the nation collectively. Look, I do not know the way an assassination try can scramble brains or values, however I am going to imagine the change of tune once I hear it. Additionally, he is supposed to call his decide for vice chairman in the present day.
Biden speaks: In an handle from the Oval Workplace on Sunday, Biden strongly condemned political violence, referred to as for nationwide unity, and warned that rhetoric was too heated. He mentioned we wanted to “cool it down.” He mentioned that we “cannot go down this street.” Joe, child, we have been on this street. The place had been these bipartisan requires peace when insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, when attackers broke into Home speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dwelling and attacked her husband with a hammer, or when a bunch plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?
Determined occasions name for determined measures: I double-dog dare Biden to simply do these items now.
BREAKING: In a shocking announcement, President Biden has introduced that if he’s reelected, he’ll cancel medical debt for tens of millions of People. Let’s go.
— Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) July 13, 2024
In different information: Train legend Richard Simmons is lifeless at 76. Thanks for the abs, Richard.
Additionally: “90210” actress Shannen Doherty, 53, died after battling breast most cancers for years.
If I solely had a robotic mind: A Jeff Bezos-funded firm referred to as Skild AI launched. They boasted $300 million in funding. Their aim? Constructing a “general-purpose mind” for a wide range of robots. I’ve seen sufficient films to know that I want my robots brainless.
The climate: The warmth continues. Seattle will keep within the 80s for the remainder of the week.
🌞 Heat situations will persist for the following week throughout western Washington, with the warmest day on observe for Tuesday. #WAwx pic.twitter.com/0xxSZn3Ord
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) July 14, 2024
Fireplace engulfs Columbia Metropolis constructing: On Saturday morning, a blaze wiped out an under-construction condominium constructing on the block of 3300 block of Claremont Ave. S. The hearth unfold to close by parked automobiles and a house subsequent to the positioning. Nobody was injured.
King County pays Black ladies much less: A brand new report by King County’s Black/African Girls’s Affinity Group discovered that Black ladies working for the county expertise “widespread disparities in pay and promotions… and commonly expertise microaggressions and discrimination,” in accordance with the Seattle Instances. One lady advised the Seattle Instances this report gave her a way of aid since “the information correlates to my expertise.”
A artful grift: Police say thieves stole a person’s black BMW from the place it was parked on the SeaTac Airport. They drove his automobile to his Bellevue home and used his storage opener to interrupt in. They then stole $100,000 and different valuables, together with jewellery and a Yeti cooler. That is another excuse why you must all the time take the sunshine rail to the airport.
Neglect hearth season: Wildfire season continues to be getting began, however in California fires have already burned “5 occasions the common quantity of land for this time of yr.” Crews have documented greater than 3,500 wildfires to date, which have devoured up nearly 220,000 acres of land. The director of the division of forestry and hearth safety mentioned, “We aren’t simply in a fireplace season, we’re in a fireplace yr.”
ICYMI: A brand new “Play Date” column is out! This time, I received to know the Seattleites who’re obsessive about finding out medieval historical past. Meet the candy geeks within the Society of Inventive Anachronism.
Trump’s massive week continues: As of Monday morning, a Florida choose has dismissed the labeled paperwork case in opposition to Trump. Her reasoning was that the “appointment and funding of particular counsel Jack Smith was unlawful.” Trump had tried to dismiss this case—which many believed to be the strongest of the 4 circumstances in opposition to him—by citing violations of the appointments clause, which many noticed as a fringe concept. But, Federal district choose Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump in 2020, dominated that the particular counsel appointment was unconstitutional. Whether or not or not this opinion holds, it’s going to doubtless delay the case even additional, if not indefinitely. That is man is dodging all types of bullets this yr.
This ruling (which is fallacious six methods from Sunday) can (and can) be instantly appealed to the Eleventh Circuit.
To me, the one query is whether or not the Particular Counsel additionally asks for the case to be reassigned on remand… https://t.co/GMoZahpiiA
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) July 15, 2024
COPA America anarchy: Final night time, Argentina confronted Colombia within the last match of the COPA America match. Pandemonium broke out at Miami’s Exhausting Rock Stadium as crowds mobbed the gates. Folks climbed partitions. Others allegedly broke in by way of air vents. At one level, the gang turned so massive, dense, and harmful, the stadium merely opened all of the doorways and let folks in with out checking tickets or luggage. Yikes! This delayed the sport by an hour. Argentina in the end gained 1-0.
Absolute insanity. A tragedy and a humiliation pic.twitter.com/j2Lsdoc1LU
— Luis Miguel Echegaray (@lmechegaray) July 15, 2024
Extra folks moving into the sport by way of… what??? The vent??
What is going on within the Copa America Ultimate? pic.twitter.com/QKgkwEmnCW
— Tactical Supervisor (@ManagerTactical) July 15, 2024
In uncommon whale information: A spade-toothed whale washed up on a New Zealand seaside. That is believed to be the rarest whale on this planet. Nobody’s ever seen it alive, nobody is aware of what number of of them exist, what they eat, or the place they stay. The intact beaked whale’s physique is a big win. How enjoyable to find one thing new. See? The world is generally terrible after which typically there are breakthroughs in whale science.
One thing in your Monday: This week is already too lengthy. Not that you must self-medicate with any substances, however in case you wish to… why not attempt a kalimoxto? It is a Spanish invention combining equal components purple wine and Coca-Cola over ice. Name me loopy, uncultured, no matter—it is saccharinely scrumptious.
