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biden is the unhappy chemist whose concoction did the bad smell....

Joe Biden has accused Elon Musk “and his rich buddies” of trying to “buy” the US presidential election, following claims that the billionaire is planning to make major contributions to a group that supports Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.

“I am sick,” a post on Biden’s personal social media account said on Wednesday, in an apparent reference to his positive Covid-19 test announced the same day. In a reply, the US president continued the sentence: “of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying to buy this election.”

The post called on Americans to pitch in to Biden’s campaign through ActBlue, the Democratic donation platform. The fundraising platform has been in the spotlight because Thomas Crooks, the man who tried to assassinate Trump at a rally on Saturday, made a small donation to it when he was 17.

Reacting to Biden’s pitch, Musk said: “I’m living rent-free in his head.”

Biden has faced allegations that he secured his Democratic nomination in 2020 thanks to an “elite conspiracy.” Critics have claimed that powerful party operators, wealthy donors, and the media coalesced around his candidacy to undercut progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, who was leading in the primary race.

As broad sections of the Democratic establishment pressure Biden to drop out of this year’s race, citing his mental state and concerns that he will be unable to beat Trump again, the president is posing as an anti-elite crusader.

“I’m getting so frustrated by the elites – now I’m not talking about you guys – the elites in the party, ‘Oh, they know so much more.’ Any of these guys that don’t think I should run, run against me. Announce for president, challenge me at the convention,” Biden told MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ program last week in an audio-only phone call.

Biden came under increased scrutiny after a disastrous debate against Trump last month, in which he often appeared absent-minded and sounded incoherent, adding fuel to the perception that he is mentally incapable to hold office for four more years.

READ MORE: Musk makes multimillion-dollar Trump pledge – WSJ

Musk is openly supportive of some conservative policies, such as increased border security and opposition to “wokism.” This week he declared that he would move his businesses from California to Texas, after a law prohibited teachers in the Golden State to inform parents if their children identify as transgender at schools.

Media have reported that Musk plans to donate around $45 million a month to a new super political action committee (PAC) backing Trump. He reacted to the claim by posting a “fake gnus”meme on social media.

https://www.rt.com/news/601243-biden-musk-donations-pitch/

meanwhile....

Former US President Barack Obama is privately telling Democrats that President Joe Biden’s path to reelection has “greatly diminished,” and that the 81-year-old should “seriously consider” ending his campaign, the Washington Post has reported.

Amid a party-wide effort to convince Biden to drop out of the race, Obama had largely stayed on the sidelines. Other than posting a message of support when the president flubbed his debate with Donald Trump last month, Obama has not weighed in on Biden’s apparent cognitive decline, even though he reportedly chose not to stop his friend, actor George Clooney, from penning an op-ed calling on Biden to quit earlier this month.

In private, however, Obama “has been deeply engaged in conversations about the future of Biden’s campaign,” the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing “multiple people briefed on his thinking.”

These conversations have reportedly included former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told Biden this weekend that he cannot hope to beat Trump in November, according to CNN and ABC News.

In some conversations, Obama… has told people he is concerned that the polls are moving away from Biden, that former president Donald Trump’s electoral path is expanding and that donors are abandoning the president,” the Washington Post claimed. 

Obama spoke to Biden in the days after last month’s debate, as Biden insisted he was “not going anywhere.” However, Biden continued to fumble during subsequent appearances – at one point calling Vice President Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump”– and “Obama’s concerns about Biden’s candidacy have only grown deeper,” the Post claimed. 

While a spokesperson for Obama declined to comment on the report, the article is being treated by pundits as a de-facto public statement by the former president. “This does not show up by accident,” Fox News commentator and former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Thursday. “He has green-lighted, in my opinion as someone who has worked in press, his aides to share this with the Washington Post.”

READ MORE: How the Biden campaign crumbled piece by piece

Biden is currently in quarantine in his Delaware home, after testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. With public events off the table for the coming days, Biden’s friends and allies believe that he will withdraw his candidacy as early as this weekend, Axios reported on Thursday.

https://www.rt.com/news/601289-obama-biden-drop-out/

 

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clerical error....

A Texas-based investment company has denied trying to short twelve million shares of Trump Media & Technology Group just before the failed assassination attempt on the US presidential candidate, claiming it was a clerical error.

Short selling involves borrowing a security whose price the borrower thinks is going to fall and then selling it on the open market. One then buys the same stock back later, hopefully for a lower price than it was initially sold for, returns the borrowed stock to the broker, and pockets the difference.

Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday when an assassin fired several shots at his head, nicking his ear, killing one audience member and injuring two more.

The day before, a company called Austin Private Wealth LLC made a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a put option on 12 million shares of $DJT. To outside observers, this looked like a bet that the company’s value would go down drastically – as it would if Trump had been killed.

One sleuth on X (formerly Twitter) even got screenshots from a Bloomberg terminal showing the company’s put option, which then disappeared later in the day.

Others pointed out that Austin had major holdings in Vanguard and BlackRock funds, claiming that they had links with George Soros and the Rothschild family as well.

The apparent BlackRock connection fueled suspicions further, as the alleged shooter had once appeared in a commercial for the investment behemoth. BlackRock yanked the ad after the attempted assassination, which they denounced as “abhorrent” and “awful.”

On Wednesday, APW posted a statement on the front page of their website, seeking to dismiss the rumors.

“The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error,” the company said.

APW holds 12 contracts, or 1,200 shares, not twelve million “as was filed in error,” the statement said, blaming a “third party vendor” for multiplying all options contracts by 10,000. The report was filed on July 12 to reflect the company’s June 28 position, but was amended on July 16, when APW became aware of the problem.

“We deeply regret this error and the concern it has caused, especially at such a fraught moment for our nation,” the company said, adding that it is “reviewing our internal procedures” to understand how it happened.

Anyone who shorted the DJT stock came to regret it. On the first day of trading after the Butler shooting, its price jumped from $31.25 to $46.17 a share, before stabilizing at just above $37. 

https://www.rt.com/business/601286-blackrock-trump-shooting-stock/

 

 

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SEE ALSO: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/18/us/trump-rally-shooting-news

Victim in Trump Shooting Is Mourned as Lawmakers Assail Secret Service

A public visitation was held in western Pennsylvania for the family of Corey Comperatore, who was killed at the Trump rally. Speaker Mike Johnson joined calls for the Secret Service director to be fired.

 

 

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let go, joe?....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Jjn8UGl9w

BREAKING: Biden agrees to step down as Democratic nominee: Sources tell Mark Halperin

President Joe Biden has reportedly agreed to step down as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States as early as this weekend, sources tell political analyst Mark Halperin. Biden will also reportedly endorse an open convention, and not Vice President Kamala Harris.

 

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