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https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16023511/twin-falls-idaho-n-shooter-identified-drive-thru.html

An off-duty state trooper and an armed civilian have been praised for their 'heroic' actions after saving lives during the terrifying In-N-Out shooting in Idaho.

The courageous men, who have not been named, both fired shots at the suspect, Chad Williams, after he opened fire at the restaurant on Saturday around 2.30pm in Twin Falls, Police Chief Matthew Hicks said.

'We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and the citizen and their heroic action to stop this incident,' Hicks said during a press conference on Sunday.

'We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties.'

The civilian was seen pointing his gun at Williams while he aimed a camouflaged AR-style rifle at innocent customers and employees in the drive-thru and parking lot, footage showed.

Williams, 24, killed three people, including a beloved employee, the franchise owner revealed.

Seven others were left injured in the rampage. Two of them were taken to the hospital and later released, the agency said.

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>President has claimed the US needs to acquire Greenland for national security purposes — a move that European allies see as a threat to the Arctic island’s sovereignty

>Only Greenland and Denmark can decide its future, says Greenland PM
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greenland-threats-europe-b3025688.html

https://apnews.com/article/pirro-trump-reflecting-pool-damage-vandalism-fecb6e13f1475dfe8a38898360c0446f

>WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals, as he claims.

>Pirro’s office, in a court filing on Friday, moved to drop criminal charges against a former Olympian, David Hearn, who had been accused of deliberately damaging the pool after it underwent a renovation ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration last month.

>Trump, in a posting on social media, acknowledged that there “may have been some contractor difficulty” in the installation of a new pool liner. But he continues to insist “the major damage was caused by VANDALS!”

>“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,” Trump added in his post.

>The dismissal was an embarrassing setback for a Justice Department that had previously echoed Trump’s claims and billed the prosecution as accountability for damage at a Washington landmark, a pet project of Trump. Pirro’s decision to drop the case is also a rare moment during Trump’s second term of an aide or political appointee openly defying him.

>The president, without providing any clear new evidence, continued to allege on Saturday that the majority of the damage to the pool was caused by vandals.

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https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/faucis-biden-autopen-pardon-wont-spare-him-from-prosecution-for-5th-amendment-spectacle-gop-senators/
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pardon from Joe Biden won’t save him from prosecution for obstructing Congress, Sen. Rand Paul warned on Wednesday.

Fauci, in a shocking move, invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times before the Senate

Paul set a committee vote of Aug. 5 to pass a resolution holding Fauci in contempt of Congress for dodging the questions.

“It’s against the law to obstruct an investigation of Congress. There will be repercussions to your refusal to testify,” Paul said.

Fauci was subpoenaed to appear Wednesday by Paul, who has long sparred with the former White House chief medical adviser over the origins of COVID-19 and the practice of government-funded gain-of-function research, in which pathogens are made more virulent for the purpose of preventing global pandemics.

The COVID outbreak, which began in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China, is confirmed to have killed more than 7 million people worldwide while shutting down the global economy and forcing millions of American kids out of schools for a full academic year — stunting learning and social development.

“Let’s just get one thing straight,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) warned Fauci when his turn came to grill the 85-year-old doctor. “You don’t have any rights under the Fifth Amendment because you’ve been pardoned, as you very well know, as the Supreme Court has been clear for a century and more. Brown vs. Walker, 1896, ‘When he has been pardoned, he may not stand upon his privilege.'”


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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/30/argentinas-milei-seeks-to-deport-foreigners-that-spread-hate-of-country

I'm not a huge footballer fan, but many people, Argentinians, seemed confused by some kind of huge drop in popularity. I don't remember when exactly I saw it, but I think it was pictures of their star messy guy making chokehold gestures, and I don't remember seeing any choking or raping of his wife during half time or anything, but possibly that changed the story from left foot goals or something.

>Argentinian President Javier Milei has signed an emergency decree empowering the government to eject foreigners who spread “hate” about the South American nation.

>The legality of the measure, signed on Thursday, has already been questioned by experts. The decree allows the government to bar, deport or revoke the visas of those who express “hate” or tarnish national symbols.

>In announcing the measure, Milei’s office addressed the global animus Argentina faced after its appearance in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

>The country reached the final match of the tournament, but its second-place finish was tarnished by accusations of racism among its players and fans. Milei framed that backlash as a campaign to discredit the country.

>“In light of recent displays of hostility toward the Argentine Republic and Argentines, the national government reaffirms that the defence of the nation, its citizens and its symbols is non-negotiable,” the president’s office said.

>“Anyone who attacks the Argentine Republic is not welcome in our country.”

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OOGA BOOGA BOOMERS, BROWNS ARE COMING

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6002107-trump-miller-ceuta-spain-migrant-crisis

President Trump and White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller are warning that Spain’s Ceuta migrant crisis could be a reality for Americans if Democrats win in future elections.

Some 60,000 migrants have entered Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast, Ceutan President Juan Jesús Vivas said, according to The Associated Press. They have come from Morocco over the past 24 hours, and more than 40 have died.

“It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump told Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich on Friday. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.”

Miller, in a social media post reposting a video of the migrants breaching Spain’s border, said, “Democrats did this to America every single day for 4 years under Biden.”

He said, they “will do it again instantaneously, but orders of magnitude greater, if they are given any form of national power.”

“Democrats will see your home trampled and stolen by invaders and they will rejoice,” Miller wrote.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/doj-admits-reflecting-pool-renovation-flawed-drops-case-david-hearn

The Justice Department is admitting that a President Donald Trump-prompted $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing from DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

“It was not until after the return of the indictment [of Hearn], that the [Department of Interior] provided additional documents to the [US Attorney’s Office in DC] indicating that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026,” Pirro’s office wrote.

Hearn’s attorneys said in a statement reacting to the decision, “The Trump administration’s case against David Hearn should never have been brought. Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government’s approach was ready, fire, aim. The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology.”

When CNN called the contracting company Friday evening, an employee with Atlantic Industrial Coatings said they hadn’t heard anything about the new filing, adding, “No comment.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-destroyer-fires-tomahawk-missile-for-first-time-2026-7
>A Japanese destroyer has launched a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time, marking a major milestone in Tokyo's push to build out its long-range strike capability.
>Tomahawk missiles give Japan a new ability to strike targets beyond the reach of some other weapons in its arsenal, equipping it with a proven combat capability that could prove valuable to its naval forces in a potential conflict.
>The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced the successful test-fire of a Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missile from the JS Chokai, a Kongo-class destroyer, earlier this week.
>"This live-fire test demonstrates steady progress in the Tomahawk project, and the Ministry of Defense will continue to work towards the early establishment of stand-off defense capabilities," the ministry said in a press release. The test-fire occurred in the Pacific Ocean with support from the US Navy.
>Chokai is Japan's first destroyer equipped to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles. The ship sailed to the US last fall to receive modifications for the weapon and training for its crew.
>Prior to departing, Chokai's crew conducted a mock loading drill with US Navy personnel using dummy Tomahawks. Now, the ship has fired the real thing.
>Japan has begun receiving initial deliveries of the Tomahawk missiles it ordered. The total sale of 400 Tomahawks — 200 Block IVs and 200 Block Vs — is expected to be completed next year. Despite reports that diminished US stockpiles following heavy Tomahawk use in the Iran war could impact deliveries, Japan's defense minister said in May that the ministry did not expect delays or changes to the delivery schedule.
>Future Aegis-equipped Japanese destroyers will also be armed with Tomahawk missiles, building off of Tokyo's larger national defense strategy that emphasizes buying more standoff weapons for striking enemy forces at greater distances.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/maga-trump-scandal-2026-elections-01013859

Americans are largely tolerant of scandals among politicians. But nobody is more willing to stick by an embattled candidate than a MAGA voter.

The POLITICO Poll finds President Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are the most loyal of any group of voters — with majorities saying they would stick by GOP candidates confronted with an array of scandals, from a DUI conviction or accepting lobbyist gifts to more serious accusations including domestic violence, sexual assault and antisemitic social media posts.

Two-thirds of self-identified MAGA Trump voters say they would continue supporting a GOP candidate accused of sexual assault — 13 percentage points higher than the share of Trump 2024 voters writ large, which include those who do not identify as MAGA. By comparison, 40 percent of voters who backed former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 would continue backing a Democratic candidate accused of sexual assault.

U.S. strikes Iran after Trump reportedly issues menacing new threat

da U.S. military attacked Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to “beat the f---ing s--- out of” the country, according to Fox News, following new attacks on American forces in the Middle East.
“They’re going to get a beating,” Trump said, according to Fox’s chief foreign correspondent, Trey Yingst.
U.S. Central Command said a “heavy wave of strikes” had been completed at 10 p.m. ET, two hours after they began.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-thwarts-iranian-missile-attack-launches-strikes-saudi-arabia-rcna589773

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDC-GqyaOUw&t=5511s 3

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5998948-carville-dr-fauci-diary-rand-paul/

Democratic political strategist James Carville said this week that the public “didn’t f—ing learn anything” from the publicly released diary entries of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The main thing we learned from the release of his personal texts or emails or whatever it was, is we didn’t f—ing learn anything,” Carville said on his “Politics War Room” podcast alongside Al Hunt.

“This was basically an honest guy trying to deal with a once-in-a-millennium public health issue,” he added.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released thousands of entries from Fauci’s diary over the weekend ahead of a Senate hearing appearance, revealing the longtime health official’s notes during the pandemic.

The entries show Fauci and other U.S. and international health officials grappling with the origin of COVID in early 2020.

During a Feb. 1, 2020, phone call with leading scientists, some officials felt certain the virus “could occur naturally,” while others “felt that deliberate insertion” was possible. The two leading scientific theories are that the virus officially known as SARS-CoV-2 jumped from animals to humans at a wet market in Wuhan, China, or it leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where researchers study coronaviruses.

The diaries also show Fauci maintained close tabs on media coverage of him during the pandemic. In May 2020, the then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases wrote that he may be the “most famous and talked about person in the country.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/abc-accuses-fcc-of-attempted-censorship-01016992

ABC accused Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr of “attempted censorship” in a regulatory filing posted Thursday, saying the agency is creating a potential chilling effect across the media by helping President Donald Trump attack his perceived adversaries.

“The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price,” the Disney-owned television network wrote, in its sharpest response yet to the potential loss of its eight TV broadcasting licenses.

“Across the government, regulatory and contracting carrots and sticks have been trained on other disfavored speakers,” ABC’s lawyers added in the 119-page filing. “The tools vary; the objective does not: a media industry too fearful of official reprisal to report the news freely.”

Carr has repeatedly rejected accusations of censorship while defending his efforts to rein in what he calls abusive, politically motivated behavior by licensed TV broadcasters. “I don’t view the FCC as the speech police,” he told POLITICO this week for an upcoming episode of the podcast “The Conversation.”

In its filing, ABC pointed to an outpouring of support it has received in more than 152,000 comments in the agency’s license review, as well as recent warnings from conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and various pro-free-market organizations about the dangers of a politically motivated FCC. Those include letters from a bipartisan group of former FCC leaders, community and advocacy groups and lawmakers of both parties.

Apparently renaming military bases after dead faggots is cool when MIGA does it.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/07/28/south-carolina-military-base-to-be-renamed-after-lindsey-graham

WASHINGTON — Efforts to rename a major U.S. military installation in honor of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have drawn resistance from some veterans groups, local officials and military traditionalists, who argue the change would disrupt longstanding institutional practices and risk politicizing the Army’s naming conventions.
Critics of the proposal say the base in question has developed its own identity and operational legacy over decades of service by American troops. They contend that the facility’s current name has become intertwined with the training, deployments and victories associated with generations of soldiers who passed through it, transcending any single individual. Changing the designation, they argue, would disregard that accumulated history in favor of a contemporary political figure.
Proponents of retaining the existing name have invoked what they describe as a “spirit of continuity rather than division.” In their view, military installations should not be renamed to reflect shifting political winds or to elevate sitting or recent elected officials. The names, they say, were originally selected with local connections and institutional stability in mind, not as endorsements of particular ideologies or partisan careers.
Some opponents warn that the move would amount to rewriting or “washing away” established military heritage. They contend that frequent or politically driven renamings undermine the sense of permanence that bases provide for service members and their families, and open the door to further changes whenever political majorities shift.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/thousands-enter-spanish-enclave-ceuta-morocco-africa

The Spanish government is deploying extra troops and police officers to its north African enclave of Ceuta after thousands of people swam and waded into the tiny territory from neighbouring Morocco in a matter of hours.

Videos shot at Tarajal beach on Thursday showed crowds of people walking around the breakwaters and running on the beach and roads.

Most appeared to be young men, but there were also families with women and children. “Viva España!” some shouted to a freelance photographer working for the Associated Press, who was filming the scene.
Hundreds of migrants run and cheer as they enter Spain’s enclave of Ceuta

A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil force, which polices Spain’s borders, said the migrants were “massively entering from the sea” through the Tarajal breakwater but could not provide an estimate of the numbers.

Spain’s national broadcaster, TVE, reported that between 2,000 and 3,000 people had crossed into Ceuta, while the state news agency, Efe, said some had entered the territory by scaling the high border fence.

“The situation is absolute chaos,” said Rachid Sbihi, the head of the association that represents Guardia Civil officers in Ceuta. “It’s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing.” He added that the border had “totally collapsed”.


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