01:00 WP: Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/23/trump-rallies-secret-service-change/
15:00 Female vs male gossip: Evolutionary theories of female gossip, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/evolutionary-theories-of-female-gossip
35:30 WP: Harris’s campaign will have to contend with DEI, culture war attacks, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/23/trump-rallies-secret-service-change/
41:20 Truth About Willie Brown and Kamala Harris, and How She Got Her Political Start, w/ Charlie Spiering, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfR7Lzs_ja8
42:30 Kamala Harris launched political career with $120K ‘patronage’ job from boyfriend Willie Brown, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1014836/kamala-harris-launched-political-career-with-120k-patronage-job-from-boyfriend-willie-brown/
1:05:00 Investigating Donald Trump’s Would-Be Assassin’s Motive, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UezJXmWJYqc
1:15:20 Elliott Blatt joins to discuss incompetence vs maliciousness
1:24:00 How do you pronounce Kamala?
1:26:00 Elliott Blatt analyzes Mark Halperin, DEI
1:37:00 Elliott Blatt joins Curious Gazelle’s live space, https://x.com/CuriousGazelle
1:40:30 The Harris-Biden Dance | Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/live/NTAtaIoVngw
WSJ: How the Bet on an 81-Year-Old Joe Biden Turned Into an Epic Miscalculation, https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/joe-biden-age-condition-before-election-drop-out-c9fc46ef
What Should You Expect From The News?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146911
WP: Trump’s age and health under renewed scrutiny after Biden’s exit, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/22/trump-age-health/
LARRY JOHNSON and SCOTT RITTER; IS DHS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TRUMP?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ayh3RyYUWw
WP: Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/20/trump-secret-service-security-attempted-assassination/
I Didn’t See One Good Faith MSM Article Describing Failures By Trump’s Female Agents Last Saturday, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=156555
Is Honor A Virtue In Liberalism?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=156547
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=156522
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