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Counter-sniper’s text sent 90 minutes before shooting: Crooks ‘sitting to the direct right on a picnic table’

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Trump counter-snipers’ chilling text messages before assassination attempt reveal shocking truth: ‘He knows you guys are up there’ –Text from counter-sniper: Crooks was “sitting to the direct right on a picnic table about 50 yards from the exit” | 28 July 2024 | A series of bombshell text messages from counter-snipers who were supposed to protect Donald Trump at the Pennsylvania rally where an assassin’s bullet nearly killed the president showed them a step behind the gunman. An inquiry has started in the wake of the attempt, which Trump miraculously survived. It appears a group chat of those meant to protect Trump were aware that gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was in their midst over 90 minutes before Trump was shot at, rather than an hour as the FBI had previously claimed. When one of the three counter-snipers was about to call off at the end of their shift at around 4:26pm, they noticed a man who they later confirmed to be Crooks sitting on a picnic table. “Guys I am out. Be safe,” he wrote. “Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know. I’m just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there,” he wrote. He added that Crooks was “sitting to the direct right on a picnic table about 50 yards from the exit” in a message sent at 4:27pm, a little over 90 minutes before the gunman fired.
 
Newly surfaced texts show Trump rally gunman was on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before shooting – report | 29 July 2024 | Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks landed on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before he opened fire at the former president’s Pennsylvania campaign rally — roughly a half hour more than what officials previously claimed — according to newly released text messages. Text messages between members of the Beaver County Emergency Service Unit obtained by the New York Times revealed a more concrete — and earlier — timeline leading up to the shooting that grazed the former president’s ear, injured two rally-goers and killed one. The messages also revealed that Crooks, 20, was aware of the law enforcement presence as he prepared his assassination attempt on the GOP nominee. “Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know,” a counter-sniper texted a colleague as he headed out around 4:26 p.m.
 
Second man injured during Trump rally shooting released from hospital | 28 July 2024 | The second man injured during the attempted assassination against former President Trump has been discharged from a hospital in Pittsburgh, a spokesperson for the hospital group confirmed to The Hill. James Copenhaver, 74, was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital last Friday, a spokesperson for Highmark Health told The Hill. He was one of two spectators injured during the shooting at Trump’s campaign rally on July 13 in Butler, Pa. The other injured attendee, David “Jake” Dutch, 57, was released from Allegheny General Hospital last week, ABC News reported.  
 
Man shot, injured at Pennsylvania Trump rally released from hospital –One spectator was killed and two were hurt in the shooting on July 13. | 25 July 2024 | One of the two men shot and injured in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has been released from the hospital, officials said. David Dutch, 57, was discharged on Wednesday, Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh said. Dutch was shot in the chest and liver and was initially in a medically induced coma after the shooting, according to the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania. Dutch is a former Marine who serves as commandant of his Marine Corps League detachment, the organization said.  
 
Google omits Trump assassination attempt from a key feature as Don Jr. claims ‘Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election’ | 28 July 2024 | A key Google feature is failing to show results for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump — drawing claims from the former president’s son that Big Tech companies are trying to influence the election. It has also sparked a Senate investigation. Google users were surprised to discover that the search engine’s “autocomplete” was omitting suggested results related to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. The anomaly quickly caught the attention of social media users, including a Texas congressman and Donald Trump Jr., who began sharing screenshots of their own examples showing Google search suggestions coming up empty for queries about the deadly Pennsylvania rally shooting. There’s no mention of Trump even when the entire search term “the assassination attempt of” is typed into the Google homepage search bar.
 
NATO states tell citizens to leave Lebanon –Israel and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah are on the brink of a full-blown war | 29 July 2024 | Several NATO members, including the U.S., have issued travel warnings for Lebanon, urging their citizens to immediately leave the country in the face of a potential full-blown war between Israel and the pro-Palestinian armed group Hezbollah. Tensions rapidly escalated on Saturday when a rocket strike killed 12 children in the Druze city of Majdan Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the projectile was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon. The militants, however, denied their involvement in the strike. The US Embassy released a travel notice on Saturday, urging Americans to “strongly reconsider travel to Lebanon.”
 
Jets, drones struck over 35 targets across Gaza in past 24 hours as troops advance in Khan Younis, Rafah – IDF | 29 July 2024 | Israeli fighter jets and drones struck more than 35 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military says. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says the targets include cells of gunmen, buildings used by terror groups, booby-trapped buildings, and other infrastructure. The strikes come as troops continue to advance in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and Rafah. The IDF says troops with the 162nd Division killed several gunmen in close-quarters combat and by directing airstrikes in Rafah in the previous 24 hours. Many more “terror operatives” were killed in clashes and airstrikes amid operations by the 98th Division in Khan Younis, the IDF adds.
 
Ministers authorize Netanyahu, Gallant to order retaliation for deadly Golan strike –Hezbollah members said to abandon posts as Lebanon and wider region gird for expected response following rocket strike on Majdal Shams soccer field that killed 12 youths | 29 July 2024 | Israeli ministers authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense chief Sunday to decide on the “manner and timing” of a response to a rocket strike in the Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teens, and which Israel and the United States blamed on Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. Israel has vowed retaliation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Israeli jets hit targets in southern Lebanon during the day on Sunday and reportedly shelled sites there just after midnight Monday, as Lebanon braced for Israel’s expected reprisal and diplomats scrambled to keep the conflict from snowballing.
 
Israel slams UN official over Netanyahu-Hitler comparison –Special rapporteur has previously called for sanctions on Israel’s prime minister | 27 July 2024 | Israel has slammed Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, for “anti-Semitism” after she endorsed a social media post comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. On Thursday, Albanese responded to a post on X showing Hitler surrounded by a cheering crowd, above a photo of Netanyahu being greeted in the US Congress this week. “History is always watching,” Craig Mokhiber, a former UN human rights official, wrote in the post. Mokhiber resigned late last October, accusing the world body of failing to prevent the “genocide” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. “This is precisely what I was thinking today,” Albanese said in response on Thursday.
 
Colorado now home to the largest outbreak of human bird flu infections in U.S. history | 26 July 2024 | There are now 10 confirmed human cases of avian flu in Colorado, making it the largest outbreak of the virus in U.S. history, according to state health officials. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is reporting three new confirmed bird flu cases at a second farm in Weld County. This latest update brings Colorado’s total number of confirmed avian flu cases in humans to ten, with six cases coming from another poultry farm and one case found in a dairy farm worker, also in Colorado. Yesterday, CDPHE launched a data table to track cases of human bird flu in the state.
 
United Airlines flight diverted over ‘biohazard’ as passengers ask for masks: ‘The crew is vomiting’ | 28 July 2024 | A United Airlines flight was diverted after an onboard “biohazard” left crew members vomiting and passengers asking for masks. Flight 2477 was bound for Boston from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday morning, but was forced to touchdown early in Washington, D.C., so the plane could undergo “a deep clean” after a passenger became ill, United told The Post. The situation was so severe that crew members and others onboard started becoming ill themselves, prompting the pilots to request a diversion, according radio traffic from the pilot. “I talked to the crew and it sounds like it’s quite bad back there. The crew is vomiting, and passengers all around are asking for masks,” a crew member was heard saying in audio from the flight.
 
Biden to push for constitutional amendment next week to reverse Trump immunity decision – report | 27 July 2024 | Joe Biden is set to propose several changes to the U.S. Constitution on Monday to make good on his promise to reform the Supreme Court, according to a report. …Biden is expected to propose setting term limits for justices on the Supreme Court, which would require a constitutional amendment, and establishing an enforceable code of ethics, which could be enacted by Congress, Politico reported. Biden is also likely to voice support for a constitutional amendment that would limit immunity for presidents and certain other officeholders after the court ruled in July that presidents cannot be prosecuted for “official acts” during their time in office. The court’s ruling stemmed from a case concerning former President Trump.
 
Senator on Harris’s short list for VP started spy balloon company funded, in part, by China –Kelly is a former astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who has represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate since 2020 | 28 July 2024 | Before becoming a senator, Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was not only an astronaut, but he also co-founded a company that specializes in spy balloons, which was funded, in part, by a venture capitalist in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Kelly, 60, who is reportedly on a short list of running mate contenders under consideration by Vice President [sic] Kamala Harris, co-founded Tucson, Arizona-based World View in 2012 with a vision to provide space tourism using stratospheric balloons. While Kelly’s company started out with a focus on space tourism via balloons, the vision evolved with the maturing of the company’s technology.
 
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