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What about somebody had a gun in their car? Well okay, that probably happened too. But really, are those your counter to a 99% peaceful protest? All right. The 11th Circuit Court has upheld a ruling that said the venture capital firm can't be racist. Well that's good. Something called the Fearless Fund. They were trying to have some kind of grants that were race-based and they got sued. And appar…

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don't think there's really any chance of that happening. So you know what the interesting thing is? If their plan was to assassinate him before he got into office, before the election, he'd be too protected because he would be in the safest place that a president could ever be. As long as he's away from the other prisoners, which I imagine he would be, it's the safest place he could be. So they might find the one way to guarantee he becomes president. And I'm not sure I would have a civil war over that. Right? Trump gets some rest, wins the election. It would reveal the other side for exactly what they are. And then when he gets out, he's going to be really mad. And I like that.

So I have to say I'm feeling a weird bit of optimism for all the wrong reasons.

Rasmussen has their first poll since the felony conviction and it shows that Trump's support went down a little bit. I don't think it went down enough. That's outside the margin of error but it's a little bit down. Surprised me. But he's still handily wins in a three-way matchup, which is what it looks like it will be, 45 to 40. But he had a bigger lead according to them.

Now was it I think it was in The Hill also reporting that there are now polls that show Biden is even or ahead. Do you believe the polls that say that Biden pulled even or is ahead? I don't. I do not believe those polls.

All right. Let's see. Here's the biggest story of the day and it's one, two, three, four, five, six words. Here's the most important six words to tell you everything you need to know about the next four months. You ready? Six words that tell you everything you need to know for the next four months. It's safe to back Trump now. It's safe to back Trump now.

Examples please. Colin Rugg had a good list of examples on X. Doug Leone, Sequoia Capital, big billionaire guy. He said yep, I've become increasingly concerned about the general direction of the country, blah blah blah, therefore I'm supporting President Trump. That's a big, big deal if somebody's ahead of Sequoia Capital or a big member of a big VC firm. It's a big deal because they're very visible. Shaun Maguire, Sequoia Capital also announced on X he was donating $300,000. And prior to that he dona

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ted to Hillary Clinton. These are some big flips. David Sacks, as you know, Craft Ventures, he's got a fundraiser going on for Trump. Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital, he's also hosting a fundraiser. Both of those guys were not at least prominent Republicans before. Bill Ackman, always voted Democrat, Pershing Square. He says he's likely to back Trump after supporting Democrats forever. And th…

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