Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican from North Carolina, suffered second degree burns while attending a truck exhibition in Mount Airy, and as a result, he was admitted to the hospital on Friday.

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Biden and Harris have been very blasé about the roughly $100 billion in damages in the South due to Hurricane Helene, and the media doesn’t care. If this occurred under a Republican leader, all we would hear is how incompetent they were. In fact, psycho-liar Kamala Harris is blaming Trump for the Hurricane. At the […] The post Biden-Harris Can’t Give Money Away Fast Enough, $16B Overseas in a Week appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Former President Donald Trump alleged on Monday that Democrats are “interfering” in his 2024 White House bid by rejecting his campaign’s requests for more security. Trump wrote on Truth Social that his campaign has been forced to “turn away thousands of people from arenas and venues” because his requests for more Secret Service agents have not been met. The Republican nominee was the target of two assassination attempts within 64 days. “The Democrats are interfering with my Campaign by not giving us the proper number of people within Secret Service that are necessary for Security. They’re using them for themselves, even though they don’t need them – they draw ‘flies’ – because they have no crowds, and for people like the President of Iran, who is doing everything possible to kill me,” Trump wrote. “We need more Secret Service, and we need them NOW. It is ELECTION INTERFERENCE that we have to turn away thousands of people from arenas and venues because it is not being provided to us.” “Congress just authorized Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in money and help, and with the weak crowd participation that the Democrats get, there should be plenty ‘left over’ for the Republican Party,” he added. “Hopefully the people of Wisconsin, and other areas where thousands are turned away, will realize that this is just another Democrat ploy!” The Secret Service, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, allegedly denied Trump’s security detail additional resources for two years before the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Secret Service leadership denied those accusations, writing in a statement, “The assertion that a member of the former president’s security team requested additional security resources that the U.S. Secret Service or the Department of Homeland Security rebuffed is absolutely false.” The agency has been slammed for its handling of Trump’s July 13 rally after a shooter gained access to a rooftop just 130 yards from Trump and fired eight shots, one of which struck the former president’s right ear. According to a report released by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week, the Secret Service was warned of a “credible threat” four days before the first assassination attempt on Trump. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! The Secret Service admitted to making numerous mistakes at the Butler rally, and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned shortly after getting grilled by Congress on the security breakdown. Two months after Trump survived the assassination attempt in Butler, another gunman allegedly hid near Trump’s golf course in South Florida for 12 hours before he was spotted by the Secret Service and arrested. Trump plans to return to the site of the first assassination attempt for a rally on Saturday. The Trump campaign said that the former president will honor the life of Corey Comperetore, who was killed by the shooter targeting Trump, and the two other victims who were wounded on July 13.

Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project, “Megalopolis,” was a major box office disappointment over the weekend. The Adam Driver-led apocalyptic sci-fi drama cost $120 million to make and earned just $4 million over its first three days. This put the project far behind an animated sci-fi film from DreamWorks called “The Wild Robot.” That family-friendly offering brought in $35 million and the top spot for the weekend box office, per Variety. “Megalopolis” was funded by Coppola himself after he had initially conceived of the movie in the late 1970s. The 85-year-old director is a Hollywood legend with major cinematic achievements under his belt, including “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now.”  Coppola sold a large portion of his California vineyard holdings to help finance the film. “I couldn’t care less about the financial impact whatsoever. It means nothing to me,” the director told GQ in 2022 of his decision to self-finance the project. “It’s not as if $120 million is the extent of what I have.”  “Megalopolis” mainly received negative reviews. It currently has a 49% critics score (Tomatometer) and a 34% audience score (Popcornmeter) on Rotten Tomatoes. “With so little to show for its staggering ambition to synthesize modern New York with the fall of the Roman Empire, Francis Ford Coppola’s all-star, self-financed passion project is a mess, but the lion who made it is still roaring, even in winter,” ABC News reviewer Peter Travers wrote. “A daring saga that boasts far more moments that stumble than soar. It’s a mess that can be admired—but a mess, nonetheless,” the Daily Beast reviewer agreed.  Not every review was negative. Even those with criticisms agreed the project was unique and ambitious, which is more than can be said about an industry full of remakes and sequels. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “Though the film is a jumble that oftentimes leaves its top-notch cast unmoored and renders its science-fiction elements somewhat anemic… Megalopolis is truly one from the heart, an outpouring from one cinephile to his tribe,” one reviewer wrote. The New York Times reviewer said something similar, noting, “In the end, what matters is the movie, a brash, often beautiful, sometimes clotted, nakedly personal testament. It’s a little nuts, but our movies could use more craziness, more passion, feeling and nerve.” “Megalopolis” stars Adam Driver as architect Cesar Catilina, who has dreams of building a utopian city after a catastrophic incident destroys a large city resembling New York. His plans receive pushback from various characters and support from others. Other big-name stars in the production include Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D. B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.

The Detroit Tigers, who won seven of their last ten games to make the American League playoffs for the first time in a decade, pulled off an extremely classy move on Friday when they took a team picture to celebrate making the postseason and invited a superfan to join them for the photo. Superfan Josh Tebeau gained the team’s attention by holding a sign that read, “Don’t let the Tigers get hot,” and as Detroit capped off its remarkable end-of-season run, Tebeau made a slight adjustment to the sign, writing, “Don’t let the Tigers stay hot.” After the club’s playoff-clinching win on Friday, Tebeau was summoned by security guards to come onto the field. “I was at the game, the game ended, the greatest comeback in the history of modern-day sports, as far as I’m concerned — I will argue with you about it — the game ended, and a couple of security guards were like —” Tebeau said as he gestured with his hands to indicate them telling him to come over,  “ — and I thought they wanted me to point my sign at the camera. The next thing I knew, I was out there. … And then, they’re like, ‘We’re gonna take the team photo.’ They’re like, “Get him in there! Get him in there!’ So then I know my role, so I figured I’d stay to the back, but they’re like, ‘Shove him into the front! Get him in the front!’” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “It’s the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me,” Tebeau, who brought 40 jerseys to the game, enthused. “I’m the luckiest, most grateful person in the world. Hey, you know what, though? It’s not about me; it’s about the team. And we ain’t done. There’s more work to do.” pic.twitter.com/DudLnWLzTy — Foul Territory (@bsbls885) September 28, 2024 “I’m here in April, (pitcher Tarik) Skubal tosses me this” — Tebeau held up a pumpkin seed — “Why would he toss me a pumpkin seed when he could toss me a sunflower seed? Pumpkins are October. Pumpkins are playoffs! Skubal knows.” Skubal won the pitching Triple Crown by leading the American League in wins, ERA, and strikeouts, the first pitcher in 13 years to achieve the feat in a full season. Of the Tigers’ late-season run, Sports Illustrated noted, “According to Fangraphs, they entered August with a 0.2% chance of making the postseason. Since then, the team has gone on a 31-17 run and found itself in the playoffs.”

The first debate between Vice presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz will stream live on DailyWire+ on Tuesday, and Daily Wire hosts will give pre-debate analysis and post-debate reactions on “Backstage,” beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. Following the September 10 debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the showdown between Vance and Walz on October 1 will provide voters with a second opportunity to hear from the candidates on the 2024 presidential ballot. DailyWire+ viewers can get exclusive pre-show analysis from Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Andrew Klavan, and Jeremy Boreing, followed by a post-debate breakdown with insights not heard from the mainstream media. As Election Day nears, the stakes continue to grow for the Vance-Walz showdown, and with Trump and Harris not meeting on stage again, the VP debate will likely be the final big 2024 debate before November 5. Polling in battleground states couldn’t get any closer between Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz as the campaigns hit the final five weeks of the road to the White House. The debate will be hosted by CBS News and take place in New York City. “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan will moderate the debate. Viewers don’t have to change the channel from “Backstage” once the debate begins and can watch a simulcast of the entire debate on DailyWire+.