Biden nears crunch point as Obama and allies express concerns, pressure grows to drop out
An attendee wearing a US President Joe Biden mask holds a sign during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 18, 2024. — AFP pic
Friday, 19 Jul 2024 8:54 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, July 19 — US President Joe Biden was reportedly coming closer to dropping out of the White House race today as allies including Barack Obama were said to have expressed concerns that he can no longer win the 2024 election.
The 81-year-old Democrat was holed up at his beach house with Covid as multiple US media reports said he was considering the future of his reelection bid amid mounting opposition within his party.
The New York Times cited several people close to Biden as saying they believe he has begun to accept that he may lose in November to Republican rival Donald Trump and may have to drop out, with one quoted as saying: “Reality is setting in.”
It quoted the person as saying it would not be a surprise if Biden soon endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic candidate.
Friday, 19 Jul 2024 8:54 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, July 19 — US President Joe Biden was reportedly coming closer to dropping out of the White House race today as allies including Barack Obama were said to have expressed concerns that he can no longer win the 2024 election.
The 81-year-old Democrat was holed up at his beach house with Covid as multiple US media reports said he was considering the future of his reelection bid amid mounting opposition within his party.
The New York Times cited several people close to Biden as saying they believe he has begun to accept that he may lose in November to Republican rival Donald Trump and may have to drop out, with one quoted as saying: “Reality is setting in.”
It quoted the person as saying it would not be a surprise if Biden soon endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic candidate.
Former US President Barack Obama speaks during a rally in support of Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 5, 2022. Obama has told allies that Joe Biden needs to reconsider his reelection bid, the Washington Post reported on July 18, 2024. — AFP pic
Former president Obama meanwhile had reportedly told allies that Biden should “seriously consider the viability of his candidacy,” the Washington Post reported. His office did not comment.
The Axios news outlet separately quoted party figures as saying that Biden could drop out as soon as this weekend, while broadcaster NBC quoted a person close to Biden as saying: “We’re close to the end.”
Biden’s candidacy has been in peril for three weeks since a disastrous television debate against Trump.
His campaign however denied the reports and insisted he was staying in.
“He’s running for reelection. Baseless conjecture from anonymous sources isn’t a scoop,” campaign official T.J. Ducklo said on X.
Harris made no comment on the crisis in a speech in the battleground state of North Carolina but praised the president, saying the “contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump it’s like night and day.”
She also lashed out Trump’s new running mate JD Vance and said it was the “most existential, consequential and important election of our lifetime.”
Covid symptoms
While rival Trump prepares for his star turn at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee later yesterday, Biden finds himself in both personal and political isolation.
His personal doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said yesterday that Biden was still experiencing mild Covid symptoms and was taking the drug Paxlovid, but that his vital signs remain normal.
“He will continue to conduct the business of the American people,” O’Connor said in a letter released by the White House.
His Covid diagnosis came at the worst possible time for his campaign, forcing him to cut short a trip to Las Vegas and isolate at his holiday home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he was “doing well” but was later seen looking frail as he slowly descended the steps of Air Force One.
The drumbeat of Democrats coming out against Biden is growing, with 20 members of the House of Representatives having openly called on him to quit.
The top Democrats in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both reportedly met with Biden in recent days to warn that his candidacy threatens his party’s prospects in November’s election.
Influential former House speaker Nancy Pelosi added to his woes by privately telling Biden he cannot win and could harm Democrats’ chances of recapturing the lower chamber, CNN and the New York Times reported.
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby meanwhile said Biden was being “kept up to speed” by his team despite the political turmoil and his illness.
However, the split-screen with Donald Trump could not be more stark, with Trump set to formally accept the Republican nomination in Milwaukee as Biden hunkers down.
Republicans find themselves newly unified after former president Trump, who at 78 is just three years younger than Biden, survived an assassination attempt on Saturday that left him with a bandaged ear. — AFP
Former president Obama meanwhile had reportedly told allies that Biden should “seriously consider the viability of his candidacy,” the Washington Post reported. His office did not comment.
The Axios news outlet separately quoted party figures as saying that Biden could drop out as soon as this weekend, while broadcaster NBC quoted a person close to Biden as saying: “We’re close to the end.”
Biden’s candidacy has been in peril for three weeks since a disastrous television debate against Trump.
His campaign however denied the reports and insisted he was staying in.
“He’s running for reelection. Baseless conjecture from anonymous sources isn’t a scoop,” campaign official T.J. Ducklo said on X.
Harris made no comment on the crisis in a speech in the battleground state of North Carolina but praised the president, saying the “contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump it’s like night and day.”
She also lashed out Trump’s new running mate JD Vance and said it was the “most existential, consequential and important election of our lifetime.”
Covid symptoms
While rival Trump prepares for his star turn at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee later yesterday, Biden finds himself in both personal and political isolation.
His personal doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said yesterday that Biden was still experiencing mild Covid symptoms and was taking the drug Paxlovid, but that his vital signs remain normal.
“He will continue to conduct the business of the American people,” O’Connor said in a letter released by the White House.
His Covid diagnosis came at the worst possible time for his campaign, forcing him to cut short a trip to Las Vegas and isolate at his holiday home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he was “doing well” but was later seen looking frail as he slowly descended the steps of Air Force One.
The drumbeat of Democrats coming out against Biden is growing, with 20 members of the House of Representatives having openly called on him to quit.
The top Democrats in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both reportedly met with Biden in recent days to warn that his candidacy threatens his party’s prospects in November’s election.
Influential former House speaker Nancy Pelosi added to his woes by privately telling Biden he cannot win and could harm Democrats’ chances of recapturing the lower chamber, CNN and the New York Times reported.
White House National Security spokesman John Kirby meanwhile said Biden was being “kept up to speed” by his team despite the political turmoil and his illness.
However, the split-screen with Donald Trump could not be more stark, with Trump set to formally accept the Republican nomination in Milwaukee as Biden hunkers down.
Republicans find themselves newly unified after former president Trump, who at 78 is just three years younger than Biden, survived an assassination attempt on Saturday that left him with a bandaged ear. — AFP
A man wearing a mask depicting U.S. President Joe Biden stands outside the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 18, 2024. — AFP pic
Coincidence? No one can sleep tonigh? Samson option?
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https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1814195569361129889?t=TTuFEZE3PYC-hdEzVQSKGQ&s=19
GLOBAL OUTAGES
- Major banks, media and airlines affected by major IT outage
- Significant disruption to some Microsoft services
- 911 services disrupted in several US states
- Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted
- Sky News is off air
- Reports the issue relates to problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike
https://x.com/Heart_attack143/status/1814195624671359006?t=ND4VPlEl7gLUjsehJqyhvw&s=19
If Microsoft and Crowdstrike can’t stop cyber attacks. No one on earth can. That’s why it’s essential to have data backup and recovery guys !!!
Share as is...not to say it is, not to say it is not. Someone did say the shadow about to come out into the open. And very hard to terima that the Don is still in charge despite the oldman being the resident of the white house...but seems like he may had given some kind of go command in the midst of his acceptance speech...no the first time stuff like this had happened since being aware of the Q op.
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https://t.me/WeTheMedia/104007
Drop 1440. The infamous “upside down gun” drop.
We have a major global IT outage affecting a multitude of systems, including air travel.
This happened mere hours after President Trump said “Boom, Boom, Boom” in his speech tonight.
- Upside down gun (think assassination attempt being turned upside down)
- Boom x3
- “Blackout necessary”
Make of it what you will - but I don’t believe in coincidence.
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The Biden candidacy will collapse the moment Obama publicly "advices" him to withdraw.
ReplyDeleteAnother way to look at it...anyone trying a fight or flight mode, is decapicitated, even the super rich n powerful...airport down, money transfer down...
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https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1814204659390992402?t=MEyVm7dU--Uw25qgvdbAdw&s=19
GLOBAL OUTAGES
- Major banks, media, airports and airlines affected by major IT outage
- Payment systems impacted in different parts of the world, including Australia and the UK.
- Australia's government calls for emergency meeting
- Significant disruption to some Microsoft services
- 911 services disrupted in several US states including Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Ohio.
- Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted
- Sky News is off air
- Reports the issue relates to problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike
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ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/Kanthan2030/status/1814265683019985032?t=FTDB_1plwez0daG1WxFSrA&s=19
Interesting facts about CrowdStrike, that may be behind the world's biggest IT outage:
🔹CrowdStrike was the ONLY one which looked at the DNC servers in 2016 & blamed Russia for Wikileaks emails.
🔹CrowdStrike is deeply linked to Dept. of Homeland Security & NATO!
Alperovitch -- co-founder of CrodStrike -- is a member of the Atlantic Council, a warmongering, anti-Russia "think" tank that's funded by NATO and military industrial complex.
He's also a key member of a group under the DHS.
Notable. The released of the ip addresses tied to the military was in the anonymous board chatter. Have the impression that it was around the time of acting Defence Secretary Chris Miller thanking VP Mike Pence, and remarking of some truly complex special operation being executed. It was attached as a comment here.
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https://t.me/reBurningBright/1297
Some quick-hit thoughts on the global Crowdstrike outage, which is managing to converge narratives from the mystery of the DoD IP addresses & Elon Musk to Bitcoin:
1) The company is infamous in the Truth Community for the role it did or did not play in the 2020 election.
2) The major topic of conversation worldwide is whether or not said outage was the result of a cyber attack (MSM reports deny this.)
3) Well, I'll just let WAPO do the talking:
"While the world was distracted with President Donald Trump leaving office on Jan. 20, an obscure Florida company discreetly announced to the world’s computer networks a startling development: It now was managing a huge unused swath of the Internet that, for several decades, had been owned by the U.S. military."
4) The topic of cyber security is now a mainstream talking point, with Elon Musk's StarLink in the spotlight (again ... think DoD.)
5) Re: Decentralization, the Bitcoin network was completely unaffected, unlike banking networks.
Here is segment of Trump speaking about bitcoin in his acceptance speech earlier this morning (MY time) and oppose cbdc. MY via BNM was rumoured to develop and implement cbdc, a contentious source amongst many as a globalist tool of control on the population. So, this global outage, has it open people eyes on danger of relying on digital currency alone in transaction?
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https://x.com/DiscoverCrypto_/status/1814100360153448500?t=7d3sSx8I5T5LpBtOa3a9rA&s=19
Crypto WILL thrive in #America! 🇺🇸 #Bitcoin #TRUMP #RNC
Shadow war language between White Hats and the Establisment, in this case British Establisment?
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https://truthsocial.com/@Kash/112813316892040988
This from the guy that wrote the biggest piece of hot garbage at the behest of the dems to take out trump… we are planning accordingly, without you and your Steele dossier
https://x.com/Chris_D_Steele/status/1813864908712472823?t=pad1BS7xsYoNS5wZLZK8Ig&s=19
The British media and political class have started normalising Trump and his isolationist running mate J.D. Vance, thinking they might win in November. In reality this ticket poses a profound threat to our security, economy and Rule of Law. I hope we are planning accordingly.
For info.
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https://x.com/_whitneywebb/status/1814312357587214467?t=ap-QqmFiK1GlIiuxaYqBzg&s=19
For those interested in the recent news regarding Crowdstrike, consider that Crowdstrike is part of the Global Cyber Alliance, part of the WEF-led effort to force you to adopt digital ID for internet access in order to stop "cybercrime". See here:
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/07/investigative-reports/ending-anonymity-why-the-wefs-partnership-against-cybercrime-threatens-the-future-of-privacy/
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS
Ending Anonymity: Why The WEF’s Partnership Against Cybercrime Threatens The Future Of Privacy
With many focusing on tomorrow’s Cyber Polygon exercise, less attention has been paid to the World Economic Forum’s real ambitions in cybersecurity – to create a global organization aimed at gutting even the possibility of anonymity online. With the governments of the US, UK and Israel on board, along with some of the world’s most powerful corporations, it is important to pay attention to their endgame, not just the simulations.
BY
WHITNEY WEBB
JULY 12, 2021
34 MINUTE READ
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Reminder, Crowdstrike was the cybersecurity company that the DNC hired to frame Russia for the hacked DNC emails released by Julian Assange via Wikileaks.
Flashback to October 2016, when MSM/Hollywood were trying to establish the Russia narrative. Crowdstrike was one of the main entities that created the Russia hoax, and thus guilty of treason against Donald J Trump.
I don’t know what’s going on with Crowdstrike today, all we know is that they are at the epicenter of the ongoing shadow war. Something is going on behind the scenes.
What’s Assange up to right now? 👀
Crowdstrike previous boss Dmitri Alperovitch was/(is?) vehemently anti-Russia (though he is ethnic Russian)
DeleteWas it because my company was using HP Palo Alto security services, that we didn't experienced these problem? Was staring... at work laptop when reports of outages coming forth on the phone. The other mass security risk is Android and Iphone...
ReplyDeleteLinux is good to consider but people are now fully Microstified to even able to start again
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https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/crowdstrike-chaos-could-prompt-rethink-among-investors-customers-2024-07-19/
CrowdStrike chaos could prompt rethink among investors, customers
By Martin Coulter
July 20, 20246:52 AM GMT+8Updated an hour ago
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"While most companies don't really have an alternative to Microsoft, they do have alternatives for security," he added.
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Omg. Crowdstrike CEO starts panicking and choking on his words when the media asks him why a single content update could shut down the entire system.
Look at how nervous this man is.
What is he hiding?
Something about a perfect phonecall between P. Trump and P. Zelensky from 2019, and reference to Crowdstrike...
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https://t.me/WeTheMedia/104039
Crowdstrike is so untouchable for the DNC that Trump once got impeached for asking about the CrowdStrike server located in Ukraine in his phone call with Zelensky circa 2019.
Now the Crowdstrike CEO simulates a mass blackout one day after Trump secures the Republican nomination after the assassination attempt failed.
People need to be digging into this immediately. There is clearly panic in the DNC/Blackrock.
Listen to what Trump asked Zelensky.
This got him impeached!
"The President: I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/25/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-transcript-call/index.html
https://x.com/Ultrafrog17/status/1814344092161323483