Laura made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border overnight (Cameron, LA) as a Cat-4 hurricane with a maximum sustained wind speed of 150 mph. At least 670,000+ residents in Louisiana and Texas are without power as of Thursday afternoon as officials worked to recover in the wake of coastal storm surges and destructive flash flooding. Louisiana has the bulk of the outages with 554,000, while Texas reports around 138,000.

Anyone who needs help, feel free to reach out in the comments section or send us an email and we will do everything we can to assist. CTH also has an admin in zone; prayers continue.  The full Louisiana National Guard has been activated to respond.

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REMINDER: Due to the speed of the storm there are already convoys coming to construct a pre-planned electricity grid recovery process.  Convoys from every city, town and state from the east-coast to the mid-west.  A glorious melding of dirty fingernails all arriving for the meet-up.   Depending on your proximity to the bigger picture objectives at hand, you will cherish their arrival.

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Capping off an incredible night of presentations during the Republican National Convention for campaign 2020, Vice-President Mike Pence accepts the party re-nomination.  At the conclusion of his remarks the President and First Lady make a special appearance to celebrate with Mike and Karen Pence.

Vice-President Pence’s speech concludes a spectacular evening showcasing the optimistic perspective of the republican message for 2020, which is a stark contrast from the despair and weak message evidenced within the democrat convention.  WATCH:

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Everything about this speech by former U.S. Ambassador and former Acting ODNI, Richard Grenell, is exceptional.  Grenell outlines how the ‘America First’ priorities of Donald Trump are antithetical to the DC crowd yet intensely pro-American.

This is so good, it might have been the best speech of the evening.  Ric Grenell outlines the Trump doctrine in all its perfectly American nuance.  Grenell outlines the resistance approach taken by former officials, and then outlines how with President Trump in the White House it’s the people in charge, not politicians.  MUST WATCH:

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An American icon, coach and incredible leader, Lou Holtz discusses his support for President Trump based around the principles of trust, commitment and love. “Show up in November for President Trump”

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is the leading candidate to take over the MAGA movement in 2024.  During her RNC Convention Speech she exhibits why… FREEDOM:

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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany delivered a powerful and personal speech during the third night of the Republican National Convention.  WATCH:

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Hurricane Laura has increased in strength to 150 MPH sustained winds as it closes in on the coastline communities near the Texas-Louisiana border.  Southwestern Louisiana will see the most significant storm surge.  This is a very dangerous storm. All hurricanes are unnerving, but the nighttime storms arriving in darkness are some of the most unsettling.

[National Hurricane Center] – At 700 PM CDT (0000 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Laura was located near latitude 28.4 North, longitude 92.9 West. Laura is moving toward the north-northwest near 15 mph (24 km/h). A turn toward the north is expected overnight, and a northward motion should continue on Thursday.

A northeastward to east-northeastward motion is expected Thursday night and Friday. On the forecast track, Laura will approach the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts this evening and move inland within that area tonight. The center of Laura is forecast to move over northwestern Louisiana tomorrow, across Arkansas Thursday night, and over the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday.

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The Republican National Committee kicks-off the third night of the 2020 convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.  [RNC Convention Website Here]  For evening #3 the theme is “Land of Heroes.” Speakers include: Vice-President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence. You can follow the convention via a series of links to multiple media resources.

RNC Convention Facebook Link – RNC Convention Twitter Link

RNC Convention YouTube Link – RNC Multimedia Link

RNC Livestream – Trump Campaign Livestream – CSPAN Livestream – RSBN Livestream

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