Notices by Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host), page 7

Harris/Walz campaign announces it raised $36 million in the first 24 hours since the Minnesota governor joined the vice president on the Democratic Party ticket.

US EPA issues an emergency order -- the first of its kind in decades -- suspending all uses of a widely-used pesticide linked to serious health risks for unborn babies. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-emergency-order-stop-use-pesticide-dacthal-address-serious-health-risk-4

“The promise of America is what makes it possible for two middle-class kids -- onene, a daughter of Oakland, California, who was raised by a working mother. The other, a son of the Nebraska plains who grew up working on a farm ...only in America is its possible for them together to make it all the way to the White House," says VP Harris in Philadelphia.

"In 91 days, America will know Coach Walz by another name -- vice president of the United States," says the current VP, Kamala Harris."

"Our campaign will reach out to everyone from Red states to Blue states, from the heartland to the coasts and rural, urban, suburban and tribal communities. We are running a campaign on behalf of all Americans and when elected we will run a government on behalf of all Americans," says VP Harris.

I had a serendipitous breakfast chat recently with Governor Walz. Even though he was with two staffers he spent time asking me questions (I was not interviewing him, by the way), as we had both lived in Asia. Found him to be personable, down-to-earth and genuinely curious. See the conclusion of my Apr. 27th Substack: https://www.steveherman.press/p/south-dakotas-governor-shoots-herself

CNN - VP Harris choose Minnesota Gov. Walz as running mate.

Trump’s campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case. https://www.azfamily.com/2024/08/05/jenna-ellis-agrees-cooperate-arizona-fake-electors-case-charges-dropped/

UN spokesman says an investigation has concluded nine UNRWA staff members may have been involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and their employment will be terminated.

Users of a number of the top online trading problems, including Charles Schwab, Vanguard and Fidelity, are reporting trouble logging in to execute trades during this very volatile morning on Wall Street.

DJIA -1,000. https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks

Australian anti-nuclear campaigners suspended from X, sparking fears about the former Twitter limiting free speech by environmental campaigners. https://au.news.yahoo.com/free-speech-fears-after-aussie-group-suspended-by-elon-musks-x-062348290.html

Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. says he's the one who dumped the carcass of a bear cub in Central Park a decade ago. https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1820132549798347109

Nearly 30 GOP members cited as part of the new “Republicans for Harris” initiative launched today. They include Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary under Trump, and national security official Olivia Troye — who worked as VP Mike Pence’s national security advisor. Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood, Republican cabinet members under President Obama, also listed. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/trump-white-house-kamala-harris-election.html

Canada issues an alert, telling its nationals to "avoid all travel" to Israel. https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/israel-the-west-bank-and-the-gaza-strip

“I’ll see her on September 4th or, I won’t see her at all,” responds Donald Trump in the debate over a debate with Kamala Harris.

Judge Chutkin denies Trump’s motion to dismiss the DC case in which he faces four charges of criminal conduct in the waning days of his presidency. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2023cr0257-198

“Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out. He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept 10. The Vice President will be there one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience. …” Michael Tyler, spokesman for the Harris campaign

Al Jazeera calls for an independent international investigation of the deaths in Gaza City of its correspondent and photographer.

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