Just 37% of Democrats think Secret Service is doing a bad job

‘Serious loophole’: GOP widens probe into ActBlue, Dem fundraising platform helping Harris raise millions
Whistleblowers accused ActBlue of deliberately not using CVV numbers for donations to reduce the bar for verification. Whistleblowers have also reported the receipt of a significant number of donations from retirees living on a fixed income and hundreds of donations of $2.50 from the same individual.

Former Secret Service director tried to deep-six investigation into cocaine found at White House: Report
At least one Uniformed Division officer was initially assigned to investigate the cocaine incident. But after he told his supervisors, including Cheatle and Ronald Rowe, that he wanted to follow a certain crime-scene investigative protocol, he was taken off the case.

Poll: Majority Rate Secret Service’s Performance ‘Fair’ or ‘Poor,’ Democrats Disagree
Across the board, 73% of Republicans, 51% of independents, and just 37% of Democrats rate the job of the Secret Service as either “fair” or “poor.”

More Than Half of Americans Think the First Amendment Provides Too Many Rights
"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties," said one researcher. "This is a dictator's fantasy."

Michigan Launches Snitch Line to Stop ‘Election Misinformation’
“Just as election officials have a duty to detect election misinformation and quickly provide correct information based on the law, voters have a responsibility to proactively seek out reliable sources of information and encourage productive and honest dialogue.”

Gorsuch slams government agencies acting as ‘prosecutor and judge’ in new book
Gorsuch underscored the inherent conflict of interest in agency adjudications, conducted by agency-appointed administrative law judges. “Often [an ALJ] is just another agency employee. Tomorrow, he could be transferred to another post — perhaps writing rules or enforcing them,” Gorsuch wrote.

Michael Anton: You are the enemy
USA Today recently published a piece excoriating Project 2025 and all who worked on it as (you guessed it) “racist.” I had very little to do with Project 2025, but my name ended up on the thing, so I suppose, according to the sketchy rules of “journalistic ethics,” that makes me “fair game.”

Ashli Babbitt $30 million wrongful death suit gets first hearing
Judicial Watch announced the hearing will happen on Tuesday. The premotion conference will be held via video with Biden appointed Judge Ana Reyes.

‘QAnon Shaman’ may retrieve ‘spear and helmet’ from Jan. 6 riot: Judge
“The government has failed to establish that it still needs Mr. Chansley’s property as evidence,” the judge wrote. He pointed out that extensive video and photographic documentation of Chansley’s actions on Jan. 6 existed, diminishing the necessity of retaining his physical items.

Hurricane Debby blows $1 million worth of cocaine onto Florida beach
Debby carried more than two dozen 70-pound packages of cocaine ashore as winds topped 80 miles per hour, U.S. Border Patrol said.

Harris vice presidential battle gets nasty
Progressives have increasingly targeted Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, over his stances on Israel and handling of pro-Hamas protests. The left wing of the party (is there a non-left wing of the party?) is increasingly pushing for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the pick.

Babylon Bee: Democrats Worried Choosing Jewish Vice President May Cost Them The All-Important 'Death To America' Vote
"I think Josh is very qualified to be Harris's VP pick," Chuck Schumer told the press over the weekend. "I do worry he might discourage those wishing to obliterate the U.S. and wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. We really need those votes."

Kamala Harris’ Official Website Lists No Policy Positions Or Platform
With only 15 days remaining before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, political analysts, pundits, and social media users are noting that Harris’ official campaign website lacks any mention of policies she plans to advance should she win this fall’s presidential election.

Kamala Harris Wants a Reparations Commission Like California's, Which Called to Decriminalize Public Urination
The reparations bill supported by Harris would set up an independent commission similar to the one in California that called for sweeping changes to the criminal code in addition to monetary payouts to black Americans.

Kamala Harris is a descendant of an Irish slave owner in Jamaica
Hamilton Brown, from County Antrim, was paid the equivalent of millions in compensation by the British government after the ban forced him to free slaves.

Meet the Al-Qaeda Lawyers Advising Team Harris
Does Harris share the views of her most influential advisers? Does she support a plea deal for KSM or his transfer from Gitmo to a civilian court? Does she support the death penalty? How would anyone even know?

The exodus from Kamala Harris’ California continues
In just the last four years, Chevron, SpaceX, Charles Schwab, and Oracle have all left California. And major corporations aren’t the only ones leaving. California has led the United States in outstate migration for a generation now.

Bedford: What is going on in the Trump campaign?
Alarming tales of cattiness, jealousy, and negligence.

Raskin Describes Scenario Where Congress Could Disqualify Trump in January
Video surfaced Monday of a panel discussion in February 2024 in which Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) speculated that Congress would have to invalidate an election victory by former President Donald Trump — at the risk of “civil war.”

Graphic pic shows RFK Jr. posing with dead bear cub before dumping it in Central Park
Referring to the photo op, Kennedy simply said, “Maybe that’s where I got my brain worm,” referring to the parasite that ate part of his brain before dying inside his head decades ago.

Japan stocks rebound more than 10% after historic losses; other Asia markets also recover
Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose 0.9%, while Nasdaq 100 futures rallied 1.3%.

Economy may be in recession: Former Dallas Fed adviser
The U.S. may already be in a “plain vanilla recession,” according to Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and chief strategist for Quill Intelligence and a former advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Investors are unwinding the biggest ‘carry trade’ the world has ever seen, SocGen strategist says
Carry trades refer to operations wherein an investor borrows in a currency with low interest rates and reinvests the proceeds in higher-yielding assets elsewhere.

San Francisco Fed President Daly sees interest-rate cuts coming as labor market weakens
At their meeting last week, Fed officials provided some hints that lower rates are coming but were short on specifics.

99 terrorism watchlist illegal aliens released under Biden-Harris
They were caught by the Border Patrol along the southern border from 2021 to 2023 and were subsequently released as part of the Biden administration’s more relaxed approach to immigration, the House Judiciary Committee said.

Kamala Harris Spent Her Entire Senate Career Opposing Border Security
NumbersUSA is an organization that advocates for tougher border security policies and gives out scorecards for politicians. “Because of senators like Harris, we had to go to an F- to really measure how terrible they are on immigration."

UNRWA Spent Months Denying It Works with Hamas. Then It Fired 9 Staffers for Participating in the Oct. 7 Massacre.
It marks an abrupt about-face for the contested humanitarian group, which has long faced accusations that its employees double as Hamas agents and divert aid to the terror group.

Tehran Times: No question, no doubt — Iran foreign ministry says punishment of Israel incoming
Kanaani mentioned that the ministerial council of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is set to convene in Jeddah on Wednesday at Iran's behest to discuss the implications of Haniyeh's martyrdom.

Flashback: 'Even the cockroaches won't survive' — expert discusses Hezbollah's new EMP weapon
Rotem Mey-Tal, CEO of Asgard Systems, a company developing military technology for the defense industry, discusses Hezbollah's new tactic and supply of electromagnetic ordnance.

Biden-Harris admin tells Israel to limit response to Iran
“Don’t push it,” the unnamed officials have reportedly told Jerusalem. “Think carefully before you attack in return. The goal at the end of the day is not to lead to an all-out war.”

US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
The attack resembled previous ones carried out by Iraqi armed groups, backed by Iran, which have targeted the base repeatedly over the past nine months.

Trump says Canadian PM Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s son
"They say he’s the son of Fidel Castro and could be. Anything is possible in this world," he said. The Canadian government has denied this story in the past. Trudeau’s parents claimed to have never visited Cuba until after Trudeau was born. The comment could insult a critical national ally.

UK's Starmer announces ‘standing army’ to combat riots as he insists ‘there is no two-tier policing’
A near-week of threats hasn’t had the hoped-for impact for Sir Keir Starmer, who on Monday announced a change of tack with the establishment of a “standing army” to crush riots where they appear.

Politico: UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there’s "no justification" for tech billionaire’s comments about a "civil war."

Venezuela launches criminal investigation into opposition figures
González and Machado will be investigated for “the alleged commission of the crimes of usurpation of functions, dissemination of false information to cause unrest, incitement to disobey the law, incitement to insurrection, association to commit crimes and conspiracy."

Return: How Venezuela's communist government is using tech surveillance to cling to power
Maduro's thugs are copying Western surveillance techniques to stifle dissent.

Biden-Harris Administration Abandons $110 Million Military Base As African Regime Takes Over
Opened in 2019, Air Base 201 cost the Pentagon $110 million to build and $30 million annually to maintain. The base played a pivotal role for U.S. forces working in coordination with Niger’s army in fighting against terror networks including al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Bangladesh prime minister reportedly flees nation as anti-government protesters storm her residence
At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday in clashes between police and protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas for government jobs and the resignation of the prime minister.

Sheikh Hasina: The pro-democracy icon who became an autocrat
Politically motivated arrests, disappearances, and other abuses have all risen under her rule.

Rosie O’Donnell Vows to Not Remove Kamala T-Shirts Until She Is Elected
“I know that the day that President Biden stepped down, the most glorious act of generosity and patriotism, I went out and bought a hundred Kamala t-shirts,” O’Donnell said. “I will not take them off until she’s in that White House."

Bennifer reboot crashes and burns
“He’s humiliated her because she made a big deal that he’s the love of her life,” says the source. “They just had two weddings two years ago.”

Some Red-State Republicans Say They’ll Defend Biden-Era Green Jobs
GOP politicians in places that have reaped clean energy investment from the Inflation Reduction Act say they’d warn against changes that could jeopardize it.

Townhall: We Investigated a 'Trans Kids' Camp. Look Who's Funding It.
Tens of thousands of tax dollars, earmarked for ending gun violence in the nation's crime-infested capital, were instead squandered on socially programming children as young as 6 years old to identify as "transgender" — and even take steps toward "transitioning."

Chinese-made humanoid robots raise alarms in Congress: ‘Stealth army on our land’
Advanced Chinese-made robots with eerily lifelike capabilities are poised to enter the global market — and some U.S. lawmakers are already demanding that they be banned in the U.S.

Dell Cuts Workers in Sales Team Reorganization with New AI-Focused Unit
The Texas-based hardware technology company has enjoyed a renaissance of investor interest over the past year due to its high-powered servers that can run AI workloads.

Google loses massive antitrust lawsuit over its search dominance
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in Monday’s opinion. “It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”

NASA May Be Forced to Send Boeing's Starliner Back Empty
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from a NASA port aboard a faulty ship. Their ride was Boeing's Starliner, set out for just two weeks, but issues kept them stuck in space, no return date released. Discussions went round and round, to send it back alone, with hopes a SpaceX Dragon capsule might safely bring them home. The thrusters failed, the batteries low, the fate of Starliner unknown, but NASA and Boeing insist there's nothing wrong.

Pole vaulter breaks silence after bulge ended his Olympic run
The instance also left commentators speechless. They were audibly flustered at the sight of how the pole fell, scrambling to acknowledge what had happened.

Russia Today: US preparing to spread ‘elaborate lies’ about Russian athletes – spy agency
High-profile “exposés” will target sports historically dominated by Russians, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service has said.

NY Times: Pet Friendliness Is the Latest Frontier in Housing Inequity
For renters, pet fees and breed and size restrictions make it hard to keep their families together in a tough market. Some lawmakers are listening.