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Club for Growth Action, the super PAC associated with Club for Growth, reported spending $851,070 on three federal races in Alabama this week, the majority of which will go towards running ads on television.

Most notably, in the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate, the group reported spending $196,409 in support of former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville.

Members of the Republican Party are often divided over Club for Growth. Many cite it as a bastion of fiscal conservatism and limited government principles; others say that the groups opposition to President Donald Trump during the 2016 primaries and continuous objections to the Farm Bill prove that it is out of touch with key conservative constituencies.

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The Club was an ardent supporter of Jeff Sessions while he was in the Senate, but earlier in 2020 decided to support Tuberville a few days after the former Auburn coach was endorsed by Trump. In contrast to the other primaries in the state, the PAC so far is refraining from attacking Sessions and instead solely focusing their resources on supporting Tuberville.

In addition to Tuberville, the group is backing former State Representative Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) and former State Senator Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) in the states two open congressional primaries.

The group often intervenes in primaries where they believe they can help elect a potential ally.

Notable Club for Growth-backed politicians are U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY).

In the Republican primary runoff for Alabamas Second Congressional District, the super PAC reported spending a total of $484,375 in the past week, with $383,842 of it going towards airing ads on television.

Barry Moores opponent in the AL-02 primary runoff is Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman, who has been endorsed by the Alabama Farmers Federations political arm.

In terms of Club for Growth money, $316,579 was spent opposing Coleman, and $167,796 was spent supporting Barry Moore.

In an email to supporters, Colemans campaign manager Dalton Dismukes criticized Moore for welcoming the groups support, and described the Club For Growth as a special interest group made up of a small group of disgruntled Never-Trumpers who are anti-farmer, pro-China, and weak on many other issues critical to our district.

The original never-Trump, anti-farmer Super PAC Club for Growth is up to their old swamp tactics again. Its disturbing that Barry Moore would welcome this group into our state after they ran millions of dollars in attack ads against Donald Trump in 2016, Dismukes stated. [N]ot only has Club targeted our President, but they have also targeted the livelihood of our farmers and producers by routinely opposing the Farm Billand other critical needs that support farmers and agribusiness across our district.

Jonathan Barbee, a consultant for Moore, said that it was sad that Mr. Dismukes has already resorted to mudslinging, and added, Barrys always supported farmers and agribusiness across District 2; he even grew up on a farm and has a degree in agriculture.

The Clubs favorite candidate in Alabama, at least by money spent, appears to be Hightower in AL-01. The group has spent more than $1 million since the start of the 2020 cycle with the goal of getting Hightower elected, including $170,286 in the last week.

Hightowers opponent on July 14 is Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl, who has also been endorsed by the Alabama Farmers Federations political arm. The entirety of Clubs spending in AL-01 during the past week has gone to opposing Carls campaign.

Additionally, Stephen Moore, a past president of Club for Growth and former economic adviser to President Donald Trump, endorsed Hightower this past week.

Carl called on Hightower to renounce the endorsement due to Moores alleged adulterous behavior and his heinous comments about women and minorities. Hightower did not respond to Carl, and called Moore a Major Endorsement in a Facebook post.

A representative in the communications department of Club for Growth did not immediately respond to Yellowhammer News request for comment.

The groups ad supporting Tuberville focuses on Trumps endorsement.

Club for Growths ads supporting Hightower focuses on the candidates record while an Alabama state senator, as well as his support for term limits.

Their ad opposing Carl zeroes in on a 2019 clip where Carl indicates favorability to raising the gas tax in Alabama.

Clubs ad supporting Moore focuses on the candidates early endorsement of then-candidate Trump.

Club For Growth Actions ad(s) opposing Coleman have not yet been made publicly available.

Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email:henry@yellowhammernews.comor on Twitter@HenryThornton95

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On Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla, V.A. Secretary Robert Wilkie explained why President Trump has done more for America's veterans than any other elected official, and gave an example of why the V.A. is during better now than under President Obama.

"This is not the scandal plagued V.A. of the Obama Administration and I certainly don't mind saying that. I will shout that from the rooftops. And this President, as I said yesterday in the White House, you can't find another president in American history who first as a candidate, and then as a president, put veterans at front and center. And the proof is there."

"In a normal month, we have 40,000 mental health tele-encounters. In the month of April, we had over 900,000. This allows veterans to talk to us without the pressure of going into a large clinical setting, without the pressure on their families to get them hundreds of miles to a V.A. center. So it is an all encompassing thing and it's about time."

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Three and a half years after UN Security Council Resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlement activity passed thanks to an US abstention, as opposed to their usual veto, new details published this week raised new questions.When the resolution passed in December 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governments representatives in the US were furious.Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer said he has evidence that the Obama administration not only abstained from the vote, but pushed and supported the resolution forward. US Ambassador to Israel at the time Dan Shapiro denied the claims and maintained on Wednesday that Resolution 2334 was not a US initiative, which it technically was not Venezuela, Senegal, New Zealand and Malaysia were the sponsors.But in 2019, a New York Times Magazine article featured a quote from an anonymous member of the Obama White House somewhat confirming Dermers account, saying that they ensured the vote would only take place after the November 2016 election in order not to scare donors away from Hilary Clintons presidential campaign. An Israeli source said this week that Obama aides worked on the text, as well.Comments by Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon at the time summed up the feeling in Jerusalem.To be in a room and see all the other member states voting against Israel, and the US allowing it to happen, was a moment I will never forget, Danon said. I think the resolution was the lowest place in decades regarding Israel and the US at the UN. We did work with the US mission very closely and we achieved a lot of things together, but that shameful vote will be what people remember of president Obamas presidencyThey will remember that moment when the US abandoned Israel and allowed a one-sided resolution to pass.But it turns out the acrimony in Danons words and those of others, were hiding what was, in Israels eyes, even more egregious behavior by then US president Barack Obama and his administration.An Israeli source confirmed most of the details of an account in Israel Hayom this week, that Obama pushed a second UN Security Council resolution that would be damaging to Israel, and Netanyahu ended up convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin to threaten a veto. The resolution was never actually submitted to the UNSC, because it had no chance to pass.Netanyahu hinted at the story in an election rally in Maaleh Adumim in February, but a clearer picture came out of the Israel Hayom article, which says the prime minister told the full story in a closed meeting this week.Months before Resolution 2334 passed, journalist David Zeev Jablinowitz, who was a correspondent for Israel Radio in 2016, spoke to Obama in October of that year and confirmed that part of the story. The then-president told Jablinowitz he had a resolution in the works that would set the parameters for an Israeli-Palestinian final-status agreement that would include a Palestinian state and would include a time frame by which such talks should be completed, the journalist recounted.The impression I got from him was that he wanted to show he was a friend of Israel but [the resolution] was all about Netanyahu and the right-wing, he added.In December, Israel tried to block [Resolution 2334] and Obamas people worked behind the scenes to push it. He wouldnt take Netanyahus calls at the time, the source said. [Then president-elect Donald] Trump was also involved in trying to stop it. Egypt were sponsors of the resolution, but they pulled their sponsorship because of Trumps pressure.In his talks with various UN delegation, Danon found out that there was a second resolution that the Obama administration was quietly supporting, and informed Jerusalem.There was the resolution people know about and a second one, which was the parameters for a peace agreement, which included a Palestinian state based on pre-1967 lines with land swaps, the source said. The parameters would have paved the way for a General Assembly decision, and forced an outline of how peace agreement would look, which was more like what the Palestinians want and very far from the Trump plan.Danon appealed to his Russian counterpart Vitaly Churkin, and the matter went up to the Netanyahu-Putin level. The Russians did not agree to veto Resolution 2334 condemning settlements, but they were opposed to the second one, and generally did not approve of the Obama administration making these last-minute moves right before Trump took office.The Israeli source posited that the Obama administration did not want to be seen as less pro-Israel than Russia, so they backed down from the second initiative.Jablinowitz may have played his own part in the second resolution not going to a vote. During his October phone call, he suggested to Obama that he tell the US Embassy to Israels staff to reach out to the Zionist parties in the Knesset, suggesting that while the Israeli Left may want a two-state solution, they might not like it being imposed by a UNSC resolution. An Obama aide later contacted Jablinowitz to tell him he was right, and Labor and Meretz, in addition to everyone to their Right, did not support the idea.Shapiro denied the story: I dont know anything about promises Putin might have made, and I certainly wouldnt trust himThe idea that Israel had to be rescued by a Russian veto is false.There was no second resolution planned, and the first wasnt our initiative. Shapiro added that The Israeli administration knew that at the time.As for the claim that Obama would not take Netanyahus calls, Shapiro said it doesnt sound right, and he doesnt recall Netanyahu trying to call Obama at the time.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denied the report that Putin stopped the resolution, calling it "disinformation." Zakharova pointed out that Russia already recognized a Palestinian state in pre-1967 borders in 1988, and reaffirmed Russia's position in support of direct negotiations for a two-state solution.What is indisputable is that two days after Resolution 2334 passed, then secretary of state John Kerry gave a long speech on how the Obama administration envisions a two-state solution. The plan described in the speech is consistent with the Israeli sources description of the second resolution that never came to pass. There is still the question of why this story is coming out now, three-and-a-half years after Trump came into office.The answer is likely that it is politically beneficial to both Netanyahu and Trump, and the fact that the story came out in Israel Hayom, owned by Sheldon Adelson who supports them both, supports that theory.The Trump reelection campaign can use the story as a cudgel to attack Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who was vice president under Obama, by associating him with yet another anti-Israel move.Netanyahu can send a similar message to Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz or to opponents on his Right that if Trump is voted out of office, they can expect a return to Obama-era relations with the US.In fact, the timing could not be more convenient for Netanyahu, who is currently trying to push for Israel to extend sovereignty to parts of the West Bank in July, in accordance with Trumps peace plan.He can make the argument that not annexing doesnt mean staying with the status quo and saving Israel from international censure, it means missing an opportunity and still opening Israel up to punitive measures from the world.

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Honeywell International announced Thursday that it has created the worlds most powerful quantum computer. And some of the things quantum computers can do are truly strange.

With a quantum volume of 64 the Honeywell quantum computer is twice as powerful as the next alternative in the industry, reads a blog post on the companys website.

A 64-volume quantum computer sounds amazing. But what is it? It means software-industrial conglomerate Honeywell (ticker: HON) has tethered together six high-functioning q-bits, or quantum bits.

OK, amazing. But who should care? The short answer is everyone.

Its tough to find an area of human activity where [quantum computing] wont help, Christopher Savoie, CEO of Zapata Computing, tells Barrons.

Quantum computing is still in its infancy, and the science is daunting, to say the least, but Savoie has a useful analogy. The Wright brothers took their flight in 1903, and by 1918 we had global air forces, he says. Honeywell is months past the Wright brothers in terms of quantum computing development, according to Savoie.

Quantum computers are, essentially, way more powerful computers. Problems which would might take days, weeks, or years to solve on a traditional computer can take minutes on a quantum computer.

Climate change, drug discovery, logistics, notes Savoie, right now you are limited by the number of variable your computer can handle. Quantum-computing speed grows exponentially. There is a hockey-stick graphic look in computing power as new q-bits get added to the system.

Honeywell stock doesnt trade on quantum fundamentals yet. Shares are down about 16% year to date, worse than the comparable drops of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Honeywell is a large aerospace supplier, and the commercial aviation business has been hammered by Covid-19. Boeing (BA) stock, for instance, is off more than 40% year to date.

Honeywell stock is flat in early Friday trading. The S&P is up about 0.8%.

The quantum-computing industry hasnt yet arrived, despite todays announcement. But quantum computers are already better than regular computers in certain instances. Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) demonstrated the ability of its rudimentary quantum computer to beat traditional systems.

Our quantum computing starts with having a MEMS layer that acts to trap individual ytterbium atoms. We take atoms and hit them with a laser, which strips an electron and traps an ion in an electric field, Tony Uttley, president of Honeywell Quantum Solutions, told Barrons a few months ago, when the company embarked on its quest to make the most powerful computer. The ion is the q-bit. The cool thing about quantum mechanics is a q-bit can be a one or a zero at the same time.

The explanation of the quantum-computing hardware is nearly incomprehensible to most people. And the analogy between the quantum world and the regular world breaks down eventually. Its totally different tech. Quantum computers arent faster just because of the dual nature of a q-bit. They are also faster because of quantum entanglement and constructive interference.

Readers might have to Google both terms, but Uttley tried to help Barrons understand. With constructive interference, only the correct answer survives, he says. The system filters out the wrong answers.

Ask a question and receive only the correct answer. Quantum computers are always right? That situation feels almost religious, like querying God.

What constructive interference really means is the quantum computer solves a maze like a human does, says Savoie. Looking from overhead and tossing out obvious wrong paths before it even starts. That helps a little, but all the explanations help to drive home the idea that quantum-computing technology is a game-changer.

For Honeywell, its a business opportunity. It can create the hardware and join with business such as Zapata to build quantum software and data-analytic platforms.

Zapata is, essentially, an enterprise software company. Businesses arent likely to hire their own quantum programmers, but now they have someone to call to help with the toughest analytical problems.

It would be hard for each company to build their own quantum-computing department, though some banks are doing that already. Quantum programmers? reflects Uttley. The people who know how to program are called theorists, they are a combination of physicists and mathematician, and there are hundreds in the world, not thousands.

Thats one reason why between Honeywell and its partners, which include Microsoft (MSFT), are building a QaaS, or Quantum as a Service, business model.

Write to Al Root at allen.root@dowjones.com

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A quantum computing startup called Quantum Machines has released a new programming language called QUA. The language runs on the startups proprietary Quantum Orchestration Platform.

Quantum Machines says its goal is to complete the stack that includes quantum computing at the very bottom-most level. Yes, those physical interactions between quantum bits (qubits) are what set quantum computers apart from traditional hardwarebut you still need the rest of the hardware that will turn physical interactions into something that will run software.

And, of course, you need the software, too. Thats where QUA comes in.

The transition from having just specific circuitsphysical circuits for specific algorithmsto the stage at which the system is programmable is the dramatic point, CEO Itavar Siman told Tech Crunch. Basically, you have a software abstraction layer and then, you get to the era of software and everything accelerated.

The language Quantum Machine describes in its materials isnt what you think of when you imagine programming, unless youre a machine language coder. Whats machine language? Thats the lowest possible level of code, where the instructions arent in natural or human language and are instead in tiny bits of direct instruction for the hardware itself.

Coder Ben Eater made a great video that walks you through a sample program written in C, which is a higher and more abstract language, and how that information translates all the way down into machine code. (Essentially, everything gets much messier and much less readable to the human eye.)

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Machine code acts as a reminder that, on a fundamental level, everything inside your computer is passing nano-Morse code back and forth to do everything you see on the screen as well as all the behind the scenes routines and coordination. Since quantum computers have a brand new paradigm for the idea of hardware itself, theres an opening for a new machine code.

Quantum Machines seems to want to build the entire quantum system, from hardware to all the software to control and highlight it. And if that sounds overly proprietary or like some unfair version of how to develop new technology, we have some bad news for you about the home PC wars of the 1980s or the market share Microsoft Windows still holds among operating systems.

By offering a package deal with something for everyone when quantum computing isnt even a twinkle in the eye of the average consumer, Quantum Machines could be making inroads that will keep it ahead for decades. A universal language, indeed.

QUA is what we believe the first candidate to become what we define as the quantum computing software abstraction layer, Sivan told TechCrunch. In 20 years, we might look back on QUA the way todays users view DOS.

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