Notices by Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host), page 9

Turmoil inside the NABJ after the Black journalists’ organization invited Trump to speak but snubbed Harris. https://www.thedailybeast.com/nabj-co-chair-karen-attiah-steps-down-after-trump-accepts-convention-invite

"The momentum in this race is shifting and there are signs Donald Trump is feeling it," says VP Harris at a packed rally in Atlanta. "Well, Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes 'if you got something to say, say it to my face!'"
(Crowd goes wild)

The script flips from 2016 -- As VP Harris details former President Trump's convictions, Atlanta rally crowd chants: "Lock him up! Lock him up!"

Kamala Harris has wiped out Donald Trump’s lead across seven battleground states, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll. https://archive.is/xWD8k

The ‘White Dudes for Harris’ call has been joined by 150,000 people and raised $3.3 million so far.

Update: 'White Dudes for Harris' group says 193,000+ people attended the kickoff call, which raised raised $4.2 million for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, former White House photographer Pete Souza has deleted his Twitter/X account. Here’s why: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4798519-former-white-house-photographer-deletes-x-account/

Elon Musk, posting a video of what was claimed to be people stealing ballot boxes in Venezuela as their presidential election was underway, commented “This is messed up.” Ballot boxes were not being stolen but rather air conditioners. https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-corrected-on-x-after-sharing-fake-election-interference-video/

The Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, is endorsing Kamala Harris. https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2024/07/29/mesa-mayor-republican-vote-kamala-harris/74583703007/

For those still active on Twitter/X the platform, without notifying users, has begun by default to use posts to train its Grok AI/LLM. To opt out go to Settings/Privacy & Safety/Data Security & Personalization/Grok https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/07/27/x-uses-posts-to-train-ai-based-grok-but-users-get-little-in-exchange/

(AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. https://apnews.com/article/harris-campaign-fundraising-200-million-5db5d7c5001c87377e4ba11250fff597

California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes. https://apnews.com/article/4ff0e51837119a32cc805efc46967c94

“Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,” Donald Trump on Friday evening told the Turning Point Action group in a speech. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4795823-trump-encourages-christians-vote/

How James Donald Bowman became JD Vance. https://www.voanews.com/a/what-s-in-a-name-republican-vice-presidential-nominee-jd-vance-has-had-many-of-them-/7714294.html

“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle.” - FBI

Reuters reports Ismael Zambada, known as 'El Mayo,' who is the co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, is in US custody.

“El Mayo and Guzman Lopez join a growing list of Sinaloa Cartel leaders and associates who the Justice Department is holding accountable in the United States.” - US Attorney General Merrick Garland

DoJ now confirms both of these wanted prominent cartel suspects from Mexico are now in US custody.

Reuters also reports Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of the incarcerated kingpin known as "El Chapo," is in US custody.

"Yesterday, the Department of Justice arrested Ismael Zambada Garcia (AKA “El Mayo”) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, two of the most notorious leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the deadliest enterprises in the world. They are being charged for leading the Cartel’s deadly drug manufacturing and trafficking networks. I commend the work of our law enforcement officials, who made this arrest, for their ongoing work to bring Sinaloa Cartel leaders to justice." - President Biden in a statement