SHERO on Sunday

Welcome to a lightning-fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for July 22nd - 28th, 2024.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at a campaign stop on May 15, 2019 in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Photo by Spencer Platt/via Getty Images)

Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with a minimal time commitment, and make sure you did not miss anything. There are also several links within each snippet to give you more detail from credible and free sources if you want to dive deeper on any issue.

Although Donald Trump continues to try and distance himself publicly from his own custom-made Project 2025 Agenda, he has continued for months at his rallies to make dog whistle promises that include the main tenants of this conservative manifesto. The basis of Project 2025 policy, which seeks to overhaul the government workforce with Trump loyalists and deliver major wins for the conservative agenda by gutting federal agencies entirely and rolling back Civil Rights protections, is extremely dangerous, so please be sure to send out this article to everyone you know: Trump Can't Disavow Project 2025.

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Gun Violence This Week

There were eight separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where eight people were killed and 51 were injured. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, July 21, 2024: Jackson, Mississippi

2. Sunday, July 21, 2024: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3. Sunday, July 21, 2024: Indianola, Mississippi

4. Sunday, July 21, 2024: Anderson, Indiana

5. Monday, July 22, 2024: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

6. Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Burton, South Carolina

7. Thursday, July 25, 2024: Jeanerette, Louisiana

8. Saturday, July 27, 2024: Dallas, Texas

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• Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation and one of the lead authors of Project 2025, the disturbing blueprint for a potential second Trump presidency, has close ties to Opus Dei, which has been described as one of the most controversial forces within the Catholic Church.

• The US economy grew 2.8% in the second quarter, which was faster than expected amid solid gains in consumer spending and business investments, thanks to increased government spending and a sizable inventory build. Inflation pressures also subsided, leaving intact expectations of an interest rate cut.

• Almost 40,000 people registered to vote in the 48 hours after Biden announced he was suspending his reelection campaign and endorsing Kamala Harris, Vote.org said. Of the new voter registrations, 83% were from people aged 18-34. You can check your voter registration now here.