The Republican National Convention Starts Monday. Here's What You Need To Know

August 22, 202010:00 AM ET

Developing schedule: Who's speaking and when?

The main theme of the Republican convention is "Honoring the Great American Story." Each night will feature remarks from political leaders as well as "everyday Americans whose stories are filled with hope and patriotism," per the Trump campaign.

Monday, "Land of Promise": During the day, a maximum of 336 delegates will convene in Charlotte, conduct the roll call vote and formally renominate Trump and Vice President Pence for the Republican Party's presidential ticket. It remains unclear who will speak that evening.

Tuesday, "Land of Opportunity": First lady Melania Trump is slated to speak, likely from the White House.

Wednesday, "Land of Heroes": Pence will speak from Baltimore at Fort McHenry.

Thursday, "Land of Greatness": Trump will deliver his acceptance speech from the White House.

Additional speakers (dates and times yet to be announced):

The convention is expected to also feature several prominent conservative leaders, including: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

Republicans will also hear from the parents of humanitarian aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was killed by ISIS in 2015; as well as Alice Johnson, a woman who was serving life in prison until Trump commuted her sentence, in part pushed by Kim Kardashian West.

Nick Sandmann, a former student of Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, is also expected to speak. In January 2019, a video of Sandmann face to face with a Native American protester on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial went viral. Sandmann later sued several media organizations for their coverage of the events, which he said falsely represented what happened. (He recently settled with CNN and The Washington Post.)

Mark and Patricia McCloskey are set to participate in the convention, too — the McCloskeys garnered national attention in June for brandishing their guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home in St. Louis. The couple face felony charges.

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/22/904886750/the-republican-national-convention-starts-monday-heres-what-you-need-to-know?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&t=1598138943400

What is this "News Whip" data and why are there "exclusives?

Axios @axios

No speaker at the DNC came close to generating as much online enthusiasm as Michelle Obama, according to NewsWhip data shared exclusively with Axios.

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1297258488519962624

Who is behind "News Whip"?

https://www.newswhip.com

Locations in Dublin and NYC.

>>10386818

Don't believe any of this.

>>10386840

NASA: Asteroid headed toward Earth before November election

By Kaelan Deese - 08/22/20 05:34 PM EDT

NASA reported Saturday that an asteroid is headed towards Earth one day before the U.S. election day this year, though the chances of an impact are less than one percent.

Scientists labeled the asteroid 2018VP1, and data reveals it is 0.002 km or about 6.5 feet, CNN reported.

The celestial object was first discovered at the Palomar Observatory in California in 2018.

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NASA data revealed there are three potential impacts, though based on 21 observations over the course of 12.968 days, determined the chance of impact is 0.41 percent.

The space rock will pass Earth on Nov. 2, on the the eve of Election Day in the United States.

The Hill reached out to NASA for more information regarding the asteroid but did not immediately hear back.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/513246-nasa-asteriod-headed-toward-earth-before-election?

>>10386890

kek, you crack me up.

>>10386895

I'm praying for it! Too bad they never hit when you want them to.

>>10386899

>>10386809

>>10386957

yea, and I'm leaving in 5… oh well…

>>10387009

Yes, the EMP alert has to be on high. For some reason, it really doesn't seem like we'll be voting as usual this year. Grab more popcorn.

>>10387009

this wasn't that long ago

China Is Plotting an EMP Attack on the U.S., Expert Peter Pry Claims in Op-Ed

Updated Jun 22, 2020 at 8:11am

Peter Pry, an expert in electromagnetic pulse weapons, known as EMPs, published an op-ed on June 18 in The Hill stating that China might be planning an EMP attack on the U.S. He says in the opinion piece that the country is vulnerable to such an attack.

A powerful EMP can affect the Earth’s magnetic field and damage electronic and electrical equipment, including computers, cell phones and transmission lines. Worse, it can impact critical communications infrastructure, and due to the way the U.S. electric grid is designed, small-scale attacks can lead to cascading failures across the whole country, affecting everything from food, water and public health to dams and nuclear reactors.

https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/peter-pry-china-emp-attack/

>>10387040

Pry points out that Trump signed an executive order on March 26, 2019, the “Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses.” Despite that order, Pry says the federal government, specifically the Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security, has taken no steps to “protect the national grid or other critical infrastructures.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-coordinating-national-resilience-electromagnetic-pulses/

>>10387035

I guess Joe didn't get one?

>>10387090

What a miserable looking bunch of public servants that we pay to work for us.

>>10387102

>>10387102

I think in 2016 when we elected President Trump my vote made a difference. I remember how happy I was waking up the next morning knowing that he had won. Since then, I have seen a lot of difference in my life personally in terms of opportunity (bought a house in 2018, for example) and all was going really well up until muh covid hit.