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The first rule of understanding Donald Trump is to never write him off. It’s no exaggeration to say he’s the most remarkable comeback kid of my lifetime: every time his political fate seems to be sealed, he always pulls back from disaster in the 11th hour. I say this to add some context to what looks to be a genuinely dangerous situation for the Republican Party and the Maga project more generally. The Trump-Epstein scandal, now rolling on to week three, has proven itself seriously sticky for the administration. Figures across the Right-wing spectrum – from Karl Rove to Steve...

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A brutal beating in downtown Cincinnati that left two white individuals injured is now under investigation by police authorities. As WLWT reported, footage of the attack shows the moment a group of individuals start smacking around a bald white guy at the intersection of West Fourth Street and Elm Street. This is near the Cincinnati Music Festival. Videos captured by citizens show what appears to be a young black man suckerpunching the older white gentleman from behind. Others then join in to pound on him and send him straight to the ground while hooting and hollering. The thugs then start...

For today's column, we have something a little bit different. Because while there is certainly plenty happening that is worthy of comment, I'm not sure it would be possible to put it all in better context than how Luke Gromen just did in the interview I recorded with him yesterday. This is the one I mentioned on Tuesday, that is perhaps the episode of the Arcadia Economics YouTube channel that I've been most looking forward to in the entire time I've been doing the show. So I've posted the gold and silver charts below, but rather than writing any more...

The unexplained removal of the first female head of the U.S. Naval Academy last week is the latest in a string of top military women who have either been fired or moved to largely invisible roles under the Trump administration. The ousting of Vice Adm. Yvette Davids from her post as the first female superintendent of the academy in Annapolis, Md., makes her one of at least five senior female service members who have been moved out of their roles since January. That trend, coupled with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s well-documented antipathy toward women in combat roles prior to becoming...

Shocking footage has emerged online showing a deranged Islamist threatening to blow up a plane and threatening President Trump before passengers manage to save the day. On Sunday, an EasyJet flight to Glasgow, Scotland, from Luton, England, was diverted after a passenger threatened to blow up the plane. As TGP readers know, Trump is currently in Scotland for trade meetings and to play golf. In the footage, a man of apparent Middle Eastern descent is seen standing in the aisle calling for Trump’s death and announcing to the world he had a bomb. “I’m going to bomb the plane!” the...

The incident, captured in a disturbing video that has since gone viral, has drawn strong condemnation from law enforcement officials. Cincinnati police are investigating a violent assault in the city’s downtown area early Saturday morning, where a man and a woman were attacked by a group, leaving the woman unconscious. The incident, captured in a disturbing video that has since gone viral, has drawn strong condemnation from law enforcement officials. The footage shows a man being repeatedly punched and kicked by multiple individuals in the middle of the street. He is knocked to the ground, attempts to stand, but collapses...

Explanation: Have you ever watched a lightning storm in awe? You're not alone. Details of what causes lightning are still being researched, but it is known that inside some clouds, internal updrafts cause collisions between ice and snow that slowly separate charges between cloud tops and bottoms. The rapid electrical discharges that are lightning soon result. Lightning usually takes a jagged course, rapidly heating a thin column of air to about three times the surface temperature of the Sun. The resulting shock wave starts supersonically and decays into the loud sound known as thunder. On average, around the world, about...

Steve Bannon PBS Frontline interview | Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

Okay, this is a very big win. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlines some more details of the U.S-EU trade agreement. The parameters fall similar to the Japanese deal, without the banking aspect. The EU will face (and accept) a 15% tariff rate for most exports to the USA including autos, that’s huge, even with some zero-for-zero tariff sectors outlined. The primary motivating factor was to avoid the 35% tariff rate scheduled for August 1st and provide the EU corporations with certainty in their tariff rate as applied by the USA (15%). WATCH:This is almost full acquiescence to...

The Steele Dossier continues to be gashed, as new documents reveal it was weaponized for a sinister plot reportedly hatched by Barack Obama. We knew the dossier was unverifiable when it was published in its entirety by Buzzfeed eons ago. It was later revealed to be a Clinton campaign-funded opposition research project. We know it was included in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, the report ordered by Obama, where it was forcibly included despite stringent objections from senior analysts, because it was of questionable value. Barack ordered the new ICA because the initial assessment was that Moscow’s reported election interference...

Police on Sunday identified the 42-year-old man accused of wounding 11 people in a random stabbing spree at a Walmart in Michigan. Authorities identified the suspect as Bradford James Gille, of Afton, Michigan, on Sunday afternoon. Police are seeking to file terrorism charges and 11 charges of assault with intent to murder against Gille. Munson Healthcare, northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, said seven victims were in fair condition and four were in serious condition. Their ages were not immediately provided.

When co-host Eugene Daniels asked Conway whether President Trump would grant Jeffrey Epstein's helper Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon or clemency in return for the information she provided to Deputy AG Todd Blanche, Conway had an alliteration ready that's hard to imagine he coined on the spur of the moment. "He's thoroughly capable of doing it. He's a moral maggot who has absolutely no capacity for shame or empathy or remorse."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Once a hub of migrant passage, the El Paso–Juárez corridor has fallen eerily quiet.Trump’s tariff threats have stunned industry on the Mexican side of the border, with factories laying off thousands of workers. EL PASO, TEXAS — Juan Ortíz trudged through 100-degree heat along the U.S.-Mexico border, weighed down by a backpack full of water bottles that he planned to leave for migrants trying to cross this rugged terrain. Only there hadn’t been many migrants of late. When Ortíz started water drops in this especially dangerous stretch of desert near El Paso nearly two years ago, he sometimes encountered dozens...

King Charles FLIPS OUT as Starmer ARRESTS Farmers for ‘Non-Compliance’ Britain ERUPTS! Farmers protesting inheritance tax and property reassessments, protests spreading, mass arrests for "non-compliance," King Charlie outraged and calls Starmer and bawls him out. Two-tier doubles down and makes arrests higgledy piggledy. Grass roots resistance grows and is now called "The Freedom Front". Nigel Farage gaining points, galvanizing the resistance. Protests now in cities, including London... Transcript linked below video

The data centers required for Big Tech are driving up electricity demand — and prices.This summer, across a vast stretch of the eastern United States, monthly home electric bills jumped. In Trenton, New Jersey, the bill for a typical home rose $26. In Philadelphia, it increased about $17. In Pittsburgh, it went up $10. And in Columbus, Ohio, it spiked $27.Few customers were happy, of course, but even fewer knew exactly why the rates had climbed so quickly.“I never know why it goes up,” said Vicki Miller, a retired secretary in Columbus. “But I can adjust the thermostat to save...

In Austin, Texas, where the titans of technology have moved their companies and built mansions, some of their children are also subjects of a new innovation: schooling through artificial intelligence. And with ambitious expansion plans in the works, a pricey private A.I. school in Austin, called Alpha School, will be replicating itself across the country this fall. Supporters of Alpha School believe an A.I.-forward approach helps tailor an education to a student’s skills and interests. MacKenzie Price, a podcaster and influencer who co-founded Alpha, has called classrooms “the next global battlefield.” “I’ve seen the future,” she wrote on social media,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Hildenbrand has noticed prices continue to rise this year, even with President Donald Trump in the White House. He doesn’t blame Trump, his choice for president in 2024, but says Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats who control his home state, California, are at fault.“You can’t compare California with the rest of the country,” said Hildenbrand, who is 76 and lives in San Diego. “I don’t know what’s going on in the rest of the country. It seems like prices are dropping. Things are getting better, but I don’t necessarily see it here.”Voters like Hildenbrand, whose...

Sir Keir Starmer risks clashing with Donald Trump over ending the war in Gaza when they meet on Monday during the US President's visit to Scotland. Trump has already said Hamas does not want peace, but Sir Keir will want to press the president on whether more can be done to stop the conflict in the Middle East. It comes as Trump continues his short visit to Scotland to open a second 18-hole course at his estate in Aberdeenshire. Sir Keir will travel to Scotland on Monday for one-on-one talks with Trump, which will revolve around how Britons and Americans...

The Office of Management and Budget had completed its review of the programs and will begin sending the money to states next week,The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending weeks of uncertainty for educators around the country who rely on the money for English language instruction, adult literacy, and other programs.President Donald Trump's administration had suspended more than $6 billion in funding on July 1, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as...