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Bloomberg: Politics Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee jointly raised $65.6 million in March and ended the month with $93.1 million in cash on hand, representing a massive boost to the party’s fundraising totals as the former president became the presumptive GOP nominee. “President Donald J. Trump has again created a fundraising juggernaut among Republicans. While he has been the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party for less than a month, the RNC and Trump campaign are one unified operation and focused on victory,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement Wednesday.

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WARNING: IDAHO’S CLIMATE APOCALYPSE FIZZLES OUT JBill Colley J uly 22 2024 Bill ColleyPublished: July 22, 2024 The Democrats staffing America’s newsrooms would have us believe man-made activities cause our summer heatwave. I would post the latest scaremongering from the New York Times, but it’s behind a paywall. Also, you already know the routine. Blame farming, cattle, and efficient automobiles. None of This is New Many old-timers will tell you that what we’re seeing this year is called summer. They can recount many very hot months of July and August (and even September). A quick search on the Internet doesn’t yield much when looking for comparisons, however. I did come across a link from the National Weather Service. It’s a large bureaucratic office promising lifetime employment. You can see the link by clicking here. It appears we can find hot summers going back over the last 150 years. Before any of you tree-huggers claim that measurements weren’t always accurate in the past, let me say “Exactly”. We simply don’t know, because we don’t know the provenance of the measuring instruments. Climate Crazies Represent a Cult Even if measurements were accurate in 1865, we weren’t taking measurements here in 1865. We do know from soil, fossil, and plant records that long droughts are common in this part of the world. Some lasting for decades and some even for a couple of centuries. The Green Gang is a modern version of the Millerites. They’ve been exposed as charlatans. The Greta’s, AOC’s, and granola-chomping liberals in Ada and Blaine Counties took their best shot, and they missed by a country mile. Here’s some advice. Get a life!

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What became of the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon? News By Leonard David published 22 hours ago Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface. Comments (5) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong is captured in an image taken by fellow moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, following flag planting on the Moon in July 1969. (Image credit: NASA) 55 years ago today, Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969. But that seminal event in vexillological history was not without a lot of debate, discussion and early worries that were run up the policy flagpole about "who owns the moon?" (Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags.) Matthew Ward is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He notes that the American flag is distinctively powerful and seems to be present in the imagery of almost every key event in American history, from Apollo moon landings to firefighters raising the flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on 9/11 in 2001. "It is difficult to think of any other flag that's so heavily invested in meaning. The Stars and Stripes expresses the spirit, history and identity of an entire nation," Ward points out. Symbolic activity In the early 1990s, Anne Platoff, then working with Hernandez Engineering Inc. in Houston, Texas put together a NASA contractor report titled, "Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon." Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. Given that the United States was a signatory to the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space, inking that treaty precluded any territorial claim to the moon. "Nevertheless, there were domestic and international debates over the appropriateness of the event," Platoff explains. Congress amended NASA's appropriations bill to prevent the space agency from unfurling flags of other nations, or those of international associations on the moon during missions funded solely by the United States. Platoff notes in her report that the legal status of the moon clearly would not be affected by the presence of a U.S. flag on the lunar surface, "but NASA was aware of the international controversy that might occur as a result." During Apollo 12's November 1969 mission, moonwalker Pete Conrad erects the American flag. (Image credit: NASA) Flagpole design In Platoff's report, she points out that the Apollo flag-raising also gave NASA engineers technical challenges. "They designed a flagpole with a horizontal bar allowing the flag to 'fly' without the benefit of wind to overcome the effects of the moon's lack of an atmosphere. Other factors considered in the design were weight, heat resistance, and ease of assembly by astronauts whose space suits restricted their range of movement and ability to grasp items," Platoff explains. Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin later recounted in an article written for Life magazine that as he looked at the flag, the moonwalker sensed an "almost mystical unification of all people in the world at that moment." Aldrin also described what it was like when he and Armstrong were able to put up the flag, a pennant that was purchased locally in Houston for $5.50. "Just beneath the powdery surface, the subsoil was very dense," Aldrin recalled. "We succeeded in pushing the flagpole in only a couple of inches. It didn't look very sturdy." Astronaut David Scott salutes Old Glory during 1971 Apollo mission. (Image credit: NASA) Sun rot In carrying out her research, Platoff found that the six flags placed on the moon by Apollo moonwalkers were not all the same size. Furthermore, the Apollo 17 flag planted in December 1972, the program's last moon mission, was uniquely noteworthy; that flag had been displayed in the Mission Operations Control Room during the other Apollo missions, and then emplaced on the moon by the last moonwalking crew, Eugene Cernan and Jack Schmitt. What's not known is the condition of those flags today. Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface. "Most likely the nylon of the flag has degraded as the result of prolonged exposure to sunlight," Platoff senses, a destructive outcome that's tagged "sun rot." The lunar flags are likely to have become brittle and may have disintegrated over time. Yet another damaging threat to the lunar flags is bombardment by moon-mean meteoroid impacts, Platoff concludes. Platoff is now a librarian, historian and vexillologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "One thing that I keep seeing in articles is that the flags would be bleached white from exposure to sunlight. While this does happen to some flags on Earth, I am not sure about the chemical process involved and if that would occur in a lunar environment," Platoff tells Space.com. Striking a salute in 1972 is Apollo 16’s Charles Duke, Jr. (Image credit: NASA) Wanted: critical thinking As Platoff writes in her 2011 research paper, "Six Flags over Luna: The Role of Flags in Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories," whether the flags have remained standing or have endured decades of exposure to the harsh lunar environment, "their legacy as a symbol of the human exploration of space remains intact." Clearly, the significance of these images, said Platoff, "will endure long after the deaths of those who participated in this historic undertaking." As for those backing the conspiratorial faking of Apollo moon landings, Platoff is adamant about the matter. "Refuting the moon landing hoax conspiracies is not difficult to do," Platoff explained to Space.com. "There is plenty of evidence out there to prove that the Apollo landings were real and that human beings have walked on the lunar surface." The real problem, Platoff adds, is that there's a need to teach people to be critical thinkers. On the Apollo program’s last moonwalk in December 1972, Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan with the American flag. (Image credit: NASA) RELATED STORIES:  — On the Moon, Flags & Footprints of Apollo Astronauts Won't Last Forever "Do you really think it would be possible to maintain the level of cooperation from everyone involved in the Apollo Program to maintain the hoax for fifty-five years? Or is it more plausible that people working together were able to harness the power of science and technology to achieve the goal of landing astronauts on the moon and bringing them home safely?" People who deny that the Apollo moon landings occurred, Platoff concludes, "are free to believe what they want, but that doesn't make them right." Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.

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WASHINGTON — Sick with COVID and abandoned by allies, President Joe Biden has been fuming at his Delaware beach house, increasingly resentful about what he sees as an orchestrated campaign to drive him out of the race and bitter toward some of those he once considered close, including his onetime running mate Barack Obama. Biden has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside, according to people close to him. He considers Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, the main instigator but is irritated at Obama as well, seeing him as a puppet master behind the scenes. The friction between the sitting president and leaders of his own party so close to an election is unlike anything seen in Washington in generations — especially because the Democrats now working to ease him out were some of the allies most critical to his success over the last dozen years. It was Obama who elevated Biden from a presidential also-ran to the vice presidency, setting him up to win the White House in 2020, and it was Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, who pushed through Biden’s landmark legislative achievements. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times But several people close to Biden, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters, described an under-the-weather president coughing and hacking more than 100 miles from the corridors of power as his presidency meets its most perilous moment. He has watched with rising exasperation as a succession of news stories appeared, one after the other, reporting that Schumer, Pelosi, Obama and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House Democratic leader, all had warned of a devastating defeat for the party in November. And he certainly noticed that Obama has not done anything to help him in recent days even as his own former aides publicly have led the way in calling on Biden to withdraw in what was interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as a message from the former president’s camp. The unseen but clearly felt presence of Obama, in particular, has brought a Shakespearean quality to the drama now playing out, given their eight-year partnership. While Biden and his team publicly insist that he is staying in the race, privately, people close to him have said that he is increasingly accepting that he may not be able to, and some have begun discussing dates and venues for a possible announcement that he is stepping aside. One factor that may stretch out a decision: Advisers believe that Biden would not want to do it before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visits Washington on Wednesday at the initiative of Republicans to address Congress, unwilling to give the premier the satisfaction, given their strained relations lately over the war in the Gaza Strip. Yet Biden bristles at pressure, and those pushing him risk his getting back up and prompting him to remain after all. Two people familiar with his thinking said he had not changed his mind as of Friday afternoon. In privately railing about Obama and even aides to former President Bill Clinton, Biden has made clear that he finds it particularly rich that the architects of historic Democratic losses in the 1994 and 2010 midterm elections would be lecturing him about how to save the party after he presided over a better-than-expected midterm in 2022. While one person said Biden is not irked at Clinton himself — in fact, he is grateful the former president has been pressing donors to keep giving — others said that Obama is another story. “We have to cauterize this wound right now, and the sooner we can do it, the better,” said Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., who has not publicly called for the president to step aside. He said the barrage of criticism must be difficult for Biden. “I mean, to me, this is very painful. I think it just shows the cold calculus of politics.” More congressional Democrats publicly called on the president Friday to pass the torch to another candidate to take on former President Donald Trump in the fall. Among them were Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and at least nine House Democrats, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a close ally of Pelosi, her fellow Californian. The fact that Pelosi’s allies have been coming out is seen as no coincidence at the president’s vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. When another of her allies, Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, spoke out earlier this week, a Biden administration official noted that it might be Schiff’s lips moving, but it was Pelosi doing the speaking. It has not just been her allies. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass. and a Pelosi rival, said Friday that Biden, “a mentor and friend” who had helped him get elected to the House in 2014, “didn’t seem to recognize me” when they met at the D-Day anniversary commemoration in France last month. “Of course, that can happen as anyone ages, but as I watched the disastrous debate a few weeks ago, I have to admit that what I saw in Normandy was part of a deeper problem,” Moulton wrote in The Boston Globe, repeating his call for Biden to drop out. Biden pushed back Friday with a statement vowing to continue the race. “I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America: one where we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone,” he said. The White House and the Biden campaign have denied that he is about to drop out. “Absolutely, the president is in this race,” Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, the campaign chair, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday, one of the president’s favorite shows and a regular venue for Democrats speaking to other Democrats. “You’ve heard him say that time and time again.” She acknowledged, though, that the campaign has seen erosion. “I’m not here to say that this hasn’t been a tough several weeks for the campaign,” she said. “There’s no doubt that it has been. And we’ve definitely seen some slippage in support, but it has been a small movement.” She argued that polls show the race was “hardened already” before the debate and not that many voters have shifted since. “The American people know that the president is older,” she said. “They see that. They knew that before the debate. Yes, of course, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that we are reassuring the American people that, yes, he’s old, but he can do the job, and he can win.” All of the political machinations were occurring as the president was fighting off symptoms from COVID in isolation in Rehoboth. He was still coughing and hoarse Friday, but he was improving, according to his doctor. Jill Biden was with him, although staying in a separate room. Among those with him in Rehoboth this weekend will be his aides Steve Ricchetti and Annie Tomasini. Anthony Bernal, the first lady’s chief of staff, accompanied her. It was unclear if Biden would still return to Washington on Sunday as planned, but he was tentatively scheduled to travel Wednesday to Austin, Texas, for a postponed celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Biden’s pique at his former partner, Obama, represents the latest chapter in a complicated relationship. While not close when they teamed up to run in 2008, they became friends over their two terms in the White House together, bonding especially when Biden’s son Beau died in 2015. But Biden has nursed a grudge ever since Obama gently discouraged him from running for president in 2016, steering the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump. So Obama’s advice may not be particularly welcome in Rehoboth at this point, which is perhaps one reason the former president is not offering it directly, according to people close to him. Obama last saw Biden at a lavish, record-setting Hollywood fundraiser before the debate in June, when the two appeared onstage together. At the end, Obama appeared to be leading Biden offstage. One former Obama aide who was present that night said that it was clear that the former president was startled and shaken by how much Biden had aged and seemed disoriented. That fundraiser was the last big haul for the campaign, which had hoped to raise about $50 million this month from large donors for the Biden Victory Fund, just as it did in June. But after the debate, it may collect less than $25 million in July, an excruciatingly modest sum for a summer month in a presidential race, according to four people briefed on the campaign’s finances. The campaign is not required to disclose its July fundraising numbers until mid-August, and a spokesperson dismissed the reports as “speculation.” As they try to influence Biden, many associates are holding back from harsh public statements because they feel empathy for him and worry such statements might backfire. Going public, some said, might cause the president to dig in even more. And some were reluctant to have their names attached to statements because they worry about his reaction to a pile-on from his friends. While the roughly 40 members of Congress who have publicly called on the president to leave the race represent a minority, privately, dozens more are said to agree. Two House Democrats estimated that on a secret ballot, 70% to 80% of their caucus would prefer Biden to withdraw. “They’re not going to be able to contain this. I think the dam has broken,” Connolly said. Even before Friday’s announcements, he said, “my sense was that a majority of my colleagues were so uneasy, they would welcome a decision to change horses.” But Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., one of the president’s closest allies, made an impassioned defense of Biden’s ability to serve a second term. Speaking from the stage of the Aspen Security Conference in Colorado, Coons cited the president’s work hosting a NATO summit as well as his recent news conference and campaign events. “There are folks still saying he is not strong enough or capable enough to be our next president,” Coons said. “I disagree.” c.2024 The New York Times Company