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  • Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts

    07/17/2026 12:31:04 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 24 replies
    NBC News ^ | 07/16/2026
    President Donald Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High-speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors. Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks and trading firms “the fastest” access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts, such as President Donald Trump’s, whose posts often move global markets.The product, called ‘Truth API’, will deliver posts from the 10 most influential accounts to customers at a significantly faster pace than a regular push notification on the Truth Social platform, a spokesperson said.
  • Democrats Say They Are Perfectly Capable Of Rigging Elections Without Any Help From China

    07/17/2026 12:28:00 PM PDT · by DFG · 11 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 07/17/2026 | Babylon Bee
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats disputed claims that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. election, declaring that they are perfectly capable of rigging elections without China's help. In a passionate primetime address, President Donald Trump rebuked China for what he called the "largest compromise of election data in history" and called on lawmakers to pass legislation to secure future elections. This only served to offend Democrats, however, who insisted they are perfectly capable of rigging elections without any foreign assistance whatsoever. "Trump wants you to believe Democrats are working with China to undermine election integrity," Senator Chuck Schumer said, responding to...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Dust Trail of Comet Tempel 2

    07/17/2026 12:27:49 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    NASA ^ | 17 Jul, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett
    Explanation: Comet 10P/Tempel 2 orbits the Sun once every 5.4 years. Currently visible in binoculars or small telescopes toward the constellation Capricornus, the periodic comet is captured in this sharp telescopic image from July 11 sporting a bright nuclear region and pretty greenish coma. Remarkably, a thin dust trail, not a typical dust tail, is also seen extending both east and west of the Tempel 2 nucleus. Unlike a comet dust tail, which tends to temporarily fan out in a direction away from the Sun, this dust trail is due to the residual dust shed during many past orbits along...
  • United Airlines Will Let Passengers Avoid Trump Airport And Switch To Miami Or Fort Lauderdale For Free

    07/17/2026 12:25:11 PM PDT · by logi_cal869 · 62 replies
    Live and Let Fly (blog) ^ | 7/16/2026 | Matthew Klint
    United Airlines is preparing for customers who may object to flying into an airport named for President Donald Trump, and reservation agents have been authorized to move those passengers to Fort Lauderdale or Miami without charging more. United Will Let Customers Avoid “DJT” Airport And Fly To Miami Or Fort Lauderdale Instead United Airlines is giving reservation agents unusual flexibility to accommodate customers who no longer want to fly to West Palm Beach after the airport was renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport. According to an internal memo shared with Live And Let’s Fly, United is the process of...
  • DHS issues scathing update on future of ‘maple leaf menace’ accused of slapping patriotic teen

    07/17/2026 12:16:21 PM PDT · by Libloather · 23 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/17/26 | Chris Nesi
    The Department of Homeland Security has revealed what is in store for the Canadian woman accused of pummeling a patriotic teenager at the Jersey Shore on Fourth of July weekend. Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, a Canadian national, is currently in custody at Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after the alleged July 3 beatdown at Point Pleasant Beach. She arrived in the US in 2024 using her passport but overstayed her visa, officials said. “This illegal alien who assaulted a teenager has no business being in our country,” DHS wrote in a statement on X, dubbing her a...
  • ICE arrests have surged in July, reaching a high under Trump

    07/17/2026 12:07:45 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 26 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 07/17/2026
    ICE has arrested on average more than 1,400 people every day in July, the highest point during this administration Through the first 12 days of July, ICE is on pace to arrest the most people in a single month during the second Trump administration, according to agency detainment data shared to Congress and reviewed by The Post. Arrests have surged in the last few weeks, with the daily average rising to more than 1,400 people amid a renewed push from the White House to increase arrests across the country. President Donald Trump is seeking to deport 1 million undocumented immigrants...
  • Rick Scott Endorses Ralph Norman for Lindsey Graham's Senate Seat

    07/17/2026 11:47:55 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 15 replies
    What an improvement he will be! Conservative Review Liberty Score: Ralph Norman 92% Lindsey Graham 43%
  • The Number of Federal Jobs in Washington DC Just Hit a 30-Year Low

    07/17/2026 11:43:16 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 24 replies
    The number of federal jobs in the DMV area has fallen by just over 60,000, from nearly 376,000 at the start of President Trump’s second term to 312,500 in May.
  • New poll as Burnham takes power

    07/17/2026 11:43:11 AM PDT · by RandFan · 6 replies
    X ^ | July 17 | ElectionMaps UK
    @ElectionMapsUK Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 24% (-3) LAB: 24% (+5) CON: 21% (+1) LDM: 11% (-1) GRN: 11% (=) SNP: 3% (=) RES: 2% (=) Via @Survation, 10-14 Jul. Changes w/ 11-15 Jun.
  • Erling Haaland goes full America as he listens to Ella Langley while crushing golf balls off boat

    07/17/2026 11:41:19 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 17, 2026 | Spencer Brod Published July 17, 2026
    Erling Haaland is turning into a proud American. While Haaland stole headlines for guiding Norway through an improbable World Cup run to the quarterfinals, he also said he loved his time in the States and embraced American culture, whether it was wearing cowboy hats or going to hockey games. And even though he’s not in America anymore, it’s clear his time in the country rubbed off on him. Haaland was seen shirtless and hitting golf balls off a boat and into the water in a viral X video, while also appearing near a putting green, tee and basket of golf...
  • Baltimore daughter who inherited dad’s home takes on $228K water bill that she says belongs to entire neighborhood

    07/17/2026 11:33:36 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 33 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 17, 2026 | Chris Bradford
    A Baltimore daughter who inherited her late dad’s home claims she has been threatened with having her water cut off as she took on a $228,000 water bill she says belongs to her entire neighborhood, reports say. Kristina Moore was left mystified when she spotted a note plastered on the front door of her childhood home in April warning her that her water could be switched off if the hefty debt wasn’t paid within 45 days, WBFF reported. Moore has been footed with the bill as the 37-home neighborhood, which is part of the Springwood Estates Homeowners Association, has just...
  • Marines and Sailors Versus Pirates: The Quallah Battoo Expedition [16:11]

    07/17/2026 11:16:28 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    YouTube ^ | October 25, 2024 | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
    In 1832 president Andrew Jackson deemed it of very high importance that the people of Quallah Battoo knew who America was. The result was one of the US Navy’s least known military escapades, when sailors and marines fought Sumatran pirates. Because, don’t all good stories involve pirates? Marines and Sailors Versus Pirates: The Quallah Battoo Expedition | 16:11 The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered 151,217 views | October 25, 2024
  • Former head of Impact Charter School indicted; state education leaders react

    07/17/2026 11:14:24 AM PDT · by CFW · 8 replies
    WBRZ ^ | 7/16/26
    BATON ROUGE - The former head of Impact Charter School, her family members and an independent contractor were indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday in connection with the embezzlement of school funds. The school's previous CEO Chakesha Scott, her husband Eric Scott, their daughter Courtney Scott and contractor Sam Green were named in a criminal indictment filed in the Middle District of Louisiana. The four are accused of conspiring with one another to use school funds for personal use and creating false documents to make the payments appear as business expenses, a scheme that allegedly spanned from 2018...
  • Sen. Darline Graham Considers Running for a Full-Term, Source Confirms

    07/17/2026 10:37:34 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 79 replies
    Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) is considering running for a full-term in the United States Senate, as she was sworn in this week to finish the term of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, until January.
  • Florida Sam’s Club receipt checker allegedly helped man steal $58K in TVs, other high-end merch

    07/17/2026 10:30:03 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 56 replies
    nypost.com ^ | July 17, 2026 | Priscilla DeGregory
    A receipt checker at a Florida Sam’s Club has been accused of letting a man walk out with stolen televisions and other high-end merchandise nearly 50 times — in a con pilfering $58,000 in goods. Brenda Jacqueline Gayle Archer, 57, manned the door of the wholesale store in Sunrise, Fla., and would rubber-stamp the receipts of Troy Sidney Lawrence, 36, after he bought low-priced items and used the receipt to walk out with high-ticket items, NBC Miami reported, citing arrest records. Archer, of Lauderhill, and Lawrence, of Sunrise, were arrested Tuesday for the “recurring scheme in which the same male...
  • US appeals court declares New Jersey's ban on assault rifles unconstitutional

    07/17/2026 10:27:26 AM PDT · by CFW · 51 replies
    Reuters ^ | 7/17/26
    July 17 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on ​Friday ruled that New ‌Jersey's assault-weapons law barring the possession of ​AR-15 semi-automatic ​rifles and large capacity magazines ⁠containing more ​than 10 rounds of ​ammunition is unconstitutional. The ruling by the Philadelphia-based 3rd ​U.S. Circuit Court ​of Appeals marked the first ‌time ⁠a federal appeals court had ruled that a state's ​assault ​weapons ⁠ban violated the U.S. Constitution's ​Second Amendment by ​burdening ⁠the right to keep and bear ⁠arms ​for self-defense.
  • America’s Enterprising Spirit Is Booming After Decades-Long Slump

    07/17/2026 9:58:19 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 17, 2026Updated 11:23 a.m. ET | Sydney Ember
    Cassidy Winkler was working as a flight attendant on private jets when inspiration struck.It was the offseason for the professional hockey players she helped ferry around, and things at her job were slow. Eager for a diversion and missing the Pilates she had come to love as a college student, she went searching for studios near her home in Madison, Wis., but couldn’t find any.“That’s when I came up with the idea,” she said.She started researching how to start her own boutique Pilates business, including what kind of training instructors would need. By early 2025 — and with assistance from...
  • Dem trans activist vying to replace candidate Graham Platner for Senate goes viral over absurd debate answer

    07/17/2026 9:57:54 AM PDT · by DFG · 81 replies
    NY Post ^ | Kate Sheehy
    A trans and intersex activist vying to replace disgraced Maine Senate wannabe Graham Platner as the Democratic candidate has gone viral for their absurd answer about their qualifications in a debate Thursday. Asked by a moderator what qualifies them for the top office, longshot hopeful Ashley Webb responded with a bizarre rambling string of loopy reasons. “I ran for office several times. Didn’t win, but I did run,” Webb chuckled. “And then I’m a songwriter, and then I write my own books, and then I suppose my transparency,” Webb said. “I wouldn’t lie to the people, and I wouldn’t deceive...
  • New poll shows Whatley within striking distance of Cooper as GOP support coalesces

    07/17/2026 9:37:21 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 17 replies
    NC Newsline ^ | July 14, 2026 | Brandon Kingdollar
    Gov. Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by four percentage points in a new poll from Public Policy Polling, which shows a race that remains competitive as voters begin to tune into the campaign. While national attention has increasingly turned to high-profile Senate races in Maine and Texas, the newly released poll suggests that Whatley, the former RNC and NC GOP chairman, still has an opportunity to contest a race that forecasters say favors Cooper. The PPP poll, released on Monday, surveyed 759 North Carolina voters earlier this month and found Cooper leading the race by 48% to 44%, with a...
  • Democrats Are Panicking and Scrambling to Hide Something Big

    07/17/2026 9:25:07 AM PDT · by libstripper · 47 replies
    PJ Media ^ | July 16, 2026 | Matt Margolis
    Things just keep getting worse for the Democratic Party, and at this rate, they may need a new metaphor because "keeps getting worse" barely covers it anymore. We already told you the polls are tightening heading into the midterms in November, which was bad enough on its own. Now it turns out the party's situation is so much worse than we already know, and the people running the show apparently don’t want you to know just how bad it really is n a bizarre move, the Democratic National Committee required its senior leadership to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private...