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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s favorability rating has plummeted amid his renewed feud with President Donald Trump over government spending and his decision to launch a new political party. From The Hill: In the last week, Musk’s net favorability in the aggregate kept by Decision Desk HQ dropped 3.4 points, falling just over 20 points in the negative. The percentage that view the onetime Trump ally unfavorably reached its highest point of the president’s second term at 55.8 percent, while the percentage that view him favorably reached its lowest point yet, at 35.4 percent, as of Monday. The decline comes as...

LAURA INGRAHAM, HOST: Back to Brennan, you know, the thought about him was that he, you know, reportedly he forced the inclusion of the Steele dossier into this entire investigation, yet it was kind of like, oh, look me, who, what, you know, when it was brought up. So that's what I think they're focused on regarding Brennan. Your reaction tonight? NED RYUN, AMERICAN GREATNESS CEO: They are. Well, first of all, I want to say something very clearly, Laura. There's going to be people on the left and the corporate propagandists who are going to start screaming, this...

President Trump is again amping up his trade threats, unveiling a new batch of letters to country leaders outlining tariffs on goods imported from their countries beginning in August. The highlight of his letter barrage late Wednesday was his announcement of a coming 50% tariff on goods from Brazil in a letter sent to its president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Trump cited the country's treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial in Brazil’s Supreme Court on charges that he plotted a coup in 2022. "This Trial should not be taking place," Trump said. "It is a...

How long will officials allow antisemitic protesters to take over streets, schools, and businesses before enough is enough? Today's example is a protest at New York's JFK Airport, where officials issued the following travel warning: Due to the possibility of protest activity today that could disrupt airport operations and the obligation to maintain good order for airport users, access to critical areas of the airport, including AirTrain JFK at Jamaica Station, will be restricted to ticketed passengers, employees with valid ID, and persons with valid business at the airport, such as picking up passengers. They apparently want the U.S. government...

I’m going to today play Paul Revere. “Big problems are coming. Big problems are coming.” President Trump has a problem, and he needs to hear about it and deal with it, before it gets out of control. I’m referring to the announcement that there is no Epstein list. I’m sorry, but no one is buying it. It looks silly. It looks arrogant. It looks like a cover-up. It looks like President Trump is protecting evil leaders in DC- who are being blackmailed by the Deep State. This is serious. Many of President Trump’s biggest supporters are angry, shocked and disillusioned...

President Trump said he has bigger worries than investigating who in his administration last week ordered the halt of arms to Ukraine. The president on Monday announced the resumption of weapons sent to help Ukraine’s war with Russia, signaling that he and the Pentagon were not on the same page about arming Kyiv. “Well, I haven’t thought about it because we’re looking at Ukraine right now and munitions, but no, I have not gone into it,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday while meeting with African leaders. Pressed about the disconnect between the White House and the Pentagon, Mr. Trump said he...

With Putin and Xi absent, Brazil’s president focused on platitudes and deriding the U.S.At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to see. And the lure of American power still proves irresistible.The numbers are impressive. Beyond its ten full members and thirteen associate states, the BRICS bloc is reportedly fielding membership applications from over 30 other nations. In their current configuration, BRICS full members represent 3.9 billion people — 48 percent of the global population—and nearly half of the global...

No details were provided on the breakdown of the arrested individuals, including how many had been deported, held or released. WASHINGTON — Arrests continue to mount in the aggressive federal operation that began more than a month ago to track down and detain undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, according to Homeland Security figures released Tuesday.“DHS and its components’ immigration enforcement operations are ongoing in Los Angeles,” a Homeland Security official said in a statement provided to The Times. “Since operations began in June, ICE and CBP have arrested 2,792 illegal aliens in the L.A. area.”Federal authorities said earlier that 1,618...

Avraham Azoulai, a resident of the Shaked Farm in the Yitzhar hills, was killed while working with engineering machinery in the Gaza Strip, three months after his wedding, the Samaria Regional Council announced on Wednesday. Azoulai is the third Yitzhar resident to fall in the war. He was among dozens of Yitzhar residents who went to assist the IDF in the Gaza Strip by operating heavy engineering machinery. An initial inquiry suggests that during IDF operational activity in Khan Yunis, terrorists came out of an underground tunnel and attacked IDF troops. During the attack, the terrorists attempted to abduct the...

While You Were Watching the War, The Satanic Scandal in Israel That the Media Buried From Epstein to Israel: Ritual abuse is not a conspiracy, it’s how the elites keep control, and we’ve seen this playbook beforeWhile the world’s eyes were glued to the skies over Israel and Iran—watching bombs drop, maps flash red, and pundits scream “World War 3”, another story was quietly buried beneath the rubble. One that didn’t get banner headlines. One that didn’t make the front page.Several brave women stood before the Israeli Knesset and testified to years of satanic ritual abuse. Not in back alleys....

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Some federal workers cried. Some shook their heads and began updating their resumes. Others — including union leaders — vowed to fight, determined to hang on to the government jobs that many took because they wanted to serve the American public.After the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump on Tuesday to resume firing government workers, federal employees rushed to Signal group chats and anxious phone calls, trying to figure out what it meant for them. The court lifted a lower-court order that had temporarily blocked the administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers, including at the State Department...

Tells would-be affiliates they don't need to worry because cyberattacks don't violate a cease fireAn Iranian ransomware-as-a-service operation with ties to a government-backed cyber crew has reemerged after a nearly five-year hiatus, and is offering would-be cybercriminals cash to infect organizations in the US and Israel. The malware, an updated version of 2020's Pay2Key, previously linked to Tehran's Pioneer Kitten, now uses several of the Mimic ransomware's capabilities, according to the threat research team at Morphisec, a purveyor of defensive security products. In a June 23 post screenshotted by the security firm and shared in a Tuesday report [PDF], the...

The United States Mission to Yemen reported on Wednesday that the Houthi terrorists have kidnapped many surviving crew members of the Greek-owned Eternity C cargo ship after they attacked it earlier in the week. "We call for their immediate and unconditional safe release. The Houthis continue to show the world why the United States was right to label them a terrorist organization," the mission wrote in a statement. On Monday, the Houthi rebels in Yemen launched an attack on the merchant vessel in the Red Sea near the city of Hodeidah. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that the...

It is unclear whether the moves will lead to charges, but they suggest that President Trump’s appointees intend to follow through on his campaign to exact retribution against his perceived enemies.The Trump administration appears to be targeting officials who oversaw the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections to Russia, examining the actions of the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan, according to people familiar with the situation. John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director and a harsh critic of his Democratic-appointed predecessors, has made a criminal referral of Mr. Brennan to the F.B.I.,...

Creedence Clearwater Revival's eight-times-platinum anti-war song "Fortunate Son" was their fifth and final Top 40 smash of 1969. John Fogerty still isn't happy with it. The band had rushed right back in the studio following the August 1969 release of Green River, and Fogerty was pushing himself to the limit. By October, Creedence Clearwater Revival had issued Willy and the Poor Boys, also home to the hit single "Down on the Corner." "The basic tracks for 'Down on the Corner' and 'Fortunate Son' were both recorded, and one afternoon I went over to Wally Heider's studio to finish the songs,"...

Those in the capital city with an observant eye may have noticed this past "Juneteenth" that the "temporary" Black Lives Matter mural around Montgomery's historic Court Square Fountain still remains for the fifth year in a row. In June 2020, then-newly-elected Mayor Steven Reed announced that a local artist would decorate the historic landmark with a painted mural encircling the fountain. The Court Square Fountain was once the location of a slave market in the antebellum period, and the mural was touted as a way to celebrate Juneteenth that year.

On July 9, NBA 2K (the world's most popular professional basketball video game) revealed the cover for the WNBA edition of NBA 2K26, which will release on September 5. The cover shows Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese driving to the basket. Reese has burst onto the professional basketball scene during her first two WNBA seasons. She is already considered the league's most formidable rebounder on both offense and defense, and has shown major growth in her game when it comes to being a versatile scorer and playmaker for her teammates. Not to mention that she's undoubtedly one of the biggest...

Senator Murkowski (AK) is now seeking to delay the DOGE cuts package as time runs out to pass the measure into law. The House of Representatives last month passed the measure which seeks to codify $9.4 billion in spending cuts. The Senate has until July 18 to pass the DOGE cuts and said it to President Trump’s desk for a signature. Only 51 votes are needed in the Senate but the RINOs are once again stalling the passage of the measure. ..... Snip..... On Wednesday, it was reported that Murkowski is going to set up another ‘vote-a-rama’ as times runs...

While Russia's overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have hit record levels, on the ground its military is claiming territorial gains. Last month Russian forces seized 556 sq km (215 sq miles), its biggest land grab this year, according to the open-source DeepState monitoring website in Ukraine. That is an area four times the size of Liverpool and nearly the same size as the city of Chicago. Russia's goal is to cut off supply routes used by Ukrainian troops in the east, and create a buffer zone inside Ukraine's northern borders. But its advance remains relatively slow. At this...