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THE MESSAGE AT DAY 2 OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS ONE OF UNITY – AS SEVERAL ONE-TIME RIVALS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE STAGE IN MILWAUKEE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE GOP NOMINEE – INCLUDING TRUMP’S FORMER UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY. 

THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR AND TRUMP’S LAST COMPETITOR IN THE PRIMARY RACE WAS GREETED BY CHEERS AND A TRICKLE OF BOOS FROM THE CONVENTION CROWD AS SHE STEPPED TO THE MICROPHONE TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH TRUMP IN ATTENDANCE – HALEY REMOVED ANY DOUBT OVER WHO HER CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT IS. 

NIKKI HALEY | FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR 

“I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear — Donald Trump has my strong endorsement. Period.” 

HALEY TURNED HER ATTENTION TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO BACKED HER DURING THE PRIMARIES. 

NIKKI HALEY | FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR 

“We should acknowledge there are some Americans who don’t agree with Donald Trump 100% of the time. I happen to know some of them. And I want to speak to them tonight…” 

“My message to them is simple. You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.” 

HALEY SAYING SHE AGREES WITH TRUMP MORE OFTEN THAN THEY DISAGREE. 

OTHER FORMER CRITICS OF DONALD TRUMP – BUSINESSMAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY, TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ AND FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO — A RUNNER-UP IN TRUMP’S VICE PRESIDENT SEARCH – ALSO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE GOP’S NOMINEE.    

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS — WHO ENDORSED TRUMP AFTER DROPPING OUT OF THE 2024 RACE EARLIER THIS YEAR – WAS ONE OF SEVERAL SPEAKERS TO REFERENCE THIS PAST WEEKEND’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. 

GOV. RON DESANTIS | R-FL 

“Donald Trump has been demonized. He’s been sued, he’s been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life. We cannot let him down, and we cannot let America down.” 

DAY 3 WILL BE HEADLINED BY TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE – OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE – WHO WILL ADDRESS THE CONVENTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WE’RE LEARNING SECRET SERVICE SECURITY WAS ALREADY RAMPED UP AROUND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WEEKS BEFORE SATURDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT — AFTER U-S INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN IRANIAN PLOT TO KILL HIM. 

ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS — THE AGENCY INCREASED RESOURCES AND ASSETS FOR TRUMP’S PROTECTION IN JUNE. 

SO FAR, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS HAVE FOUND *NO* TIES BETWEEN LAST WEEKEND’S SHOOTING AND THE IRANIAN PLOT. 

IRAN DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS — CALLING THEM “UNSUBSTANTIATED AND MALICIOUS.” 

SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAY IRAN HAS BEEN MAKING THESE TYPES OF THREATS SINCE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ORDERED THE AIRSTRIKE THAT KILLED IRANIAN MILITARY GENERAL — QASEM (kuh-SEEM) SOLEIMANI (soul-eh-MAH-nee) — IN JANUARY 20-20.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS REPORTEDLY PLANNING TO ENDORSE MAJOR REFORMS AT THE SUPREME COURT — INCLUDING TERM LIMITS AND AN UPDATED CODE OF ETHICS THAT WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE. 

THIS COMES AFTER RECENT ETHICS SCANDALS INVOLVING JUSTICES AND CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS ON ABORTION AND PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. 

REPORTS SAY BIDEN TOLD LAWMAKERS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS DURING A VIRTUAL MEETING SATURDAY — THAT HE HAD BEEN CONSULTING CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS ON THE MATTER FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. 

THE PROPOSALS — WHICH COULD BE UNVEILED IN THE COMING WEEKS — WOULD NEED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL… WHICH IS NOT LIKELY GIVEN REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SLIM DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE SENATE.

BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK SAYS HE’S MOVING THE HEADQUARTERS FOR SPACEX AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X — OUT OF CALIFORNIA. 

CALLING IT THE “FINAL STRAW”… MUSK ANNOUNCED ON X THEY’LL BE MOVED TO TEXAS — IN RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA’S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNING A NEW LAW THAT BARS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM REQUIRING TEACHERS TO NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEIR CHILDREN ASK TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER IDENTIFICATION.  

SUPPORTERS OF THE LAW SAY IT PROTECTS CHILDREN FROM BEING FORCED INTO BEING OUTED AND CREATES A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM IN SCHOOL… WHILE CRITICS SAY IT INFRINGES ON PARENTS’ RIGHT TO BE INFORMED.

LAWYERS FOR THE ARMORER OF THE FILM “RUST”  — CONVICTED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE 20-21 DEADLY ON-SET SHOOTING OF A CINEMATOGRAPHER — ARE ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL — OR TO HAVE HER CASE THROWN OUT ENTIRELY — IN THE WAKE OF ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN’S CASE BEING DISMISSED. 

THEY ALSO WANT HER RELEASED FROM PRISON — WHERE SHE’S SERVING AN 18-MONTH SENTENCE FOLLOWING HER CONVICTION IN MARCH. 

ATTORNEYS FILED A MOTION ON BEHALF OF HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED OVER QUOTE “SEVERE AND ONGOING DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS BY THE STATE.” 

IT WAS REVEALED DURING BALDWIN’S TRIAL LAST WEEK THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE HAD SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE — WHICH IS WHY HIS CASE WAS DROPPED.

THE BEST IN BASEBALL BATTLED IT OUT IN THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT — WITH ONE ROOKIE PITCHER THROWING HIS NAME INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. 

OAKLAND A’S CLOSER MASON MILLER – NOT ONLY STRUCK OUT LOS ANGELES DODGERS STAR PLAYER SHOHEI OHTANI  IN HIS ALL-STAR GAME DEBUT – BUT THE 25-YEAR-OLD FOLLOWED THAT UP BY THROWING THE FASTEST PITCH EVER RECORDED AT AN ALL-STAR GAME – A 103 POINT 6 MILE PER HOUR FASTBALL – TO PHILLIES SHORTSTOP TREA TURNER – AND STRIKING HIM OUT TOO. 

MILLER ENDING UP THROWING EIGHT PITCHES THAT REACHED THE TRIPLE DIGITS DURING HIS 12-PITCH INNING. 

MILLER AND HIS AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMMATES DEFEATED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE MIDSUMMER CLASSIC 5 TO 3.