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Brutal karma for Dem congress candidate blasting music on packed tropical beach
https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/hawaiian-democrat-kirill-basin-arrested-for-threatening-man-with-knife/

A long-shot Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate received a dose of brutal karma last week after he harassed beachgoers at the beach.

Kirill Basin, 40, was caught on camera in his underwear, shouting and threatening people relaxing at Keawakapu Beach in South Kihei after a 61-year-old man told him to turn his music down.

At one point, he’s seen walking to a group of people to argue before retreating and saying: “I told him if he wants to go to the hospital, come here.”

But his loud confidence would be silenced soon enough.

He got into an altercation with a large tattooed man, and tried to swing a beach chair at him. But before he could finish his swing, the man threw a powerful right-hand punch and made contact with Basin’s face.

The shot knocked the Hawaii Democrat out cold. The larger fighter rubbed Basin’s sternum until he awoke and made a declaration.


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https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/

>The likeliest reason for the Kentucky senator's ruse is also the most pathetic

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> 8/4/2026

Shall we T.A.C.O., /news/?!?
> https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-us-canceled-strikes-670f077d2cf5de7614cfce4ad40e4aaa
On-again;off-again-geddon…
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-again-off-again-war-163619298.html
Trump doesn’t need smarts to improve the economy - he gets it with Bragger’s Luck.
> https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-500-nasdaq-oil-signs-deescalation-us-iran-war-pmi-palantir
Ingenious!: How to lower gas prices?! Yell at the producers to get it lower!
> https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/3/trump-slams-chevron-ceo-demands-immediate-reduction-in-us-fuel-prices
Iran thinks they have upper hand - wait until Trump returns with bombing passive aggressively again…
> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/world/middleeast/iran-trump-escalation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.w0Hm.8YiVmueY5JRZ&smid=url-share
Inside Failure…
> https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hkpkilcrzl
Tiny militias threaten a forever war…

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> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/mamdani-grocery-store-plan-new-york

Carlos Collado, a Dominican immigrant who owns five independent grocery stores in the Bronx and Manhattan, has succeeded over the last three decades despite obstacles that he blames on local and state governance.

His stores have faced an increase in shoplifting, he said. The city has provided tax benefits to big corporations that opened grocery stores and took business away from his.

Now, he says, New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, will make it even harder for him and other grocery store and bodega owners to succeed because of his plan to open five city-owned grocers. The mayor announced additional details about the stores this week, which he said will offer produce, meat and seafood for 30% less than typical retail prices.

Existing businesses will not be able to compete, Collado and some others say. But there is also support for Mamdani’s venture, saying that the stores will bring much-need food options into areas of New York city sorely lacking in grocery shops and help with a crisis in soaring food prices that hits some of the city’s most vulnerable families the hardest.

Food costs in the United States have soared in recent years. In June, the average price of ground chuck beef was almost $7 a pound, an 83% increase over June 2016, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the New York-New Jersey area, the consumer price index for food increased 33% from 2015 to 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.

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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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Haitian immigrants report to Ohio ICE office, exit with ankle monitors -
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/08/02/100percentofchomosarelgbtq/91140896007/

BLUE ASH, OH – Several Haitian residents reported to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in suburban Cincinnati on Sunday, Aug. 2, and at least two people were given ankle monitors.

Many Haitians who reside in Ohio have received "call-in letters" from the Department of Homeland Security in the last two weeks after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed the Trump administration to end their legal immigration status.

Between 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, The Enquirer saw four people go into the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office in Blue Ash for appointments and three people exit.

Samantha Searles, who works with Ignite Peace, a Cincinnati-based organization that advocates for peace and justice, said five or six Haitian residents entered the office as of 10 a.m. Searles said residents had received call-in letters for appointments until 2 p.m.

A choice between an ankle monitor or self-deporting
Philbert Viaud, a Haitian resident of Columbus, left the office with an ankle monitor. Viaud said ICE officials transferred his information to a field office near Columbus and told him to go there for an appointment on Aug. 12. He said he has been applying for asylum for the past four years.

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.

>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

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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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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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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

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