FBI will no longer investigate ICE shootings, agents are told: report

FBI will no longer investigate ICE shootings, agents are told: report

Amid heightened public scrutiny of ICE agents following shootings in Texas and Maine, reports suggests the agency will now only be...

WOW. The Trump admin just barred the FBI from investigating cases where DHS officers get into confrontations with immigrants or citizens.

ICE HSI will lead all investigations, yet HSI has no jurisdiction to investigate civil rights violations.

The fox is guarding the henhouse. - Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Third US service member killed as US ramps up strikes on Iran
• Pentagon did not disclose dozens of US military injuries in Iran war: report
• President Donald Trump booed by crowd at World Cup final before handing out medals, trophies
• Trump Muscles Into Spain World Cup Trophy Lift as FIFA Chief Tries Steer Him Off
• Argentina Players in Violent Brawl With Spain as World Cup Final Ends
• ‘Incendiary Device’ Tossed at at NYC Building That Houses ICE, FBI
• FEMA staff deployed to help with mass deportation efforts, report says
• A Kansas City man was detained by ICE. His wife found out on social media
• ICE detained seven men in recent Bemidji immigration raid
• Trump Insists Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested ‘In Any Way, Shape, or Form’ In US
• Putin sidekick demands horror attacks on NATO countries - ‘Kalashnikov rifles and tanks'

We should have known what they were up to when they renamed it from the Department of Defense to the Department of War. - Rep. Thomas Massie

What A Convoluted Hormuz Mess Trump Has Made 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday said two “deviant” oil tankers exploded after passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC said the ships exploded after they tried to enter and exit the strait through an “unsafe route,” according to the state-run Fars News Agency. The outlet added that the tankers were “instigated and forced by the United States” to enter the strait and violate the designated routes through the crucial waterway.

The war in Iran is approaching that crucial point where it becomes Joe Biden's fault. - Covie

Republican Shenanigans

• Barron Trump’s Buddy Andrew Tate Mocked Over Most Heinous Arrest Outfits
• CNN Data Guru Says Trump’s Unpopularity Is Record-Breaking
• Major GOP donors revolt with revelation they 'can't stomach' Trump candidate: report
• Trump says Qatari-gifted Air Force One will be ‘maxed out,’ appearing to confirm security issues
• Arizona’s Republican elections brawl raises fears over midterms, denialism and Trump: ‘The biggest threat is the president’
• Meghan McCain Raves About Mamdani’s Political Skill: ‘Absolutely Brilliant’
• 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Ag Workers

Melania is reportedly upset by Barron's friendship with the Tate Brothers, explaining, "If he wants to hang out with a convicted felon and rapist he can stay home"  - Paul Rudnick

I Hope The SAVE Act Dies Quickly

Senate conservatives allied with President Trump are open to attaching the president’s top legislative priority, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, to a stopgap measure funding the government past Sept. 30, but it is getting strong pushback from GOP colleagues who worry it will lead to a shutdown.

The SAVE ACT fight is fake, always was.

It’s designed to make you furious.

There is no plan to pass it.

Republican politicians are playing you.

It’s designed to distract you from increased debt, war, inflation, and further usurpations of your rights.

My favorite part of the Bible is when Jesus, instead of telling women how to dress, tells men to gouge out their eyes and cut off their hands if they're not capable of controlling themselves. - emi

Was Spain able to keep Kash Patel out of their locker room? - Ron Filipkowski

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Rock The Voter News

• Tropical storm, heat dome, toxic air. Much of US faces extreme weather
• James Talarico challenges Ken Paxton to 3 televised Texas Senate debates
• Talarico Shouted Down During Houston Town Hall Event

Canada is on fire.

Europe is on fire.

The Amazon is on fire.

Cities are breaking heat records.

Rivers are drying up.

Other countries are drowning in floods.

Storms are getting stronger.

Seasons don’t feel like seasons anymore.

And somehow…

climate change is still a debate. 

Dear God, He's Putting The Stupid In Science.

President Donald Trump ordered federal officials to review the conduct of the National Academy of Sciences, accusing the organization of providing “fraudulent, biased, and misleading” climate guidance that he claimed influenced major court decisions and cost the U.S. billions.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said the academy’s scientific manuals, produced for the federal judiciary, had been used by judges presiding over significant climate-related litigation despite being “totally DISCREDITED.”

"Nature doesn’t need us to 'save' it. It needs us to stop destroying it. There’s a massive difference." - earthcurated

 

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Business/Tech News

• Canadian premier calls Trump’s threat to add wildfire pollution costs to tariffs ‘unacceptable’
• President Trump: Grocer Giant Eagle will lower prices on ‘more than’ 300 products
• Bryson DeChambeau Wanted to Get Trump Involved to Overturn Penalty at Tournament
• Toyota Exec Says Japanese Automakers Must Increase Cooperation to Withstand Chinese Onslaught

Number of stocks traded while president. 

Carter: 0

Regan: 0

Bush: 0

Clinton: 0

Bush Jr: 0

Obama: 0

Draft Dodger Trump: 50

Biden: 0

Bloated orange turd: 3,624 

Trump is the most corrupt president in history. - agent self

Trump bet nobody would check the math on his library fund. Sen. Elizabeth Warren checked. Up to $21 million is missing.

Newspeak Put On Temporary Hold

A coalition of states led ‌by California won a pause of ‌Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on ​Monday, after they argued letting the merger close would irreparably harm competition.

California and 11 states sued on July 13, arguing the deal ‌would create ⁠a media behemoth with the power to raise prices in film ⁠and television.

You can't eat the lettuce because of the deregulations that allowed parasites to fester on it, and it's not being handled / washed properly.

You can't eat meat because of the screw worm thanks to defunding its prevention.

You can, however, eat the rich. - YourAnonNews

 

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Odd News

• On This Day: Viking 1 is first spacecraft to land on Mars
• Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals
• Hundreds of dachshunds take over Lincoln Park for Weenie Walk Weekend
• Largest male great white shark ever spotted near popular vacation spot
• 3 women’s world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin

Time To Deflate Photo

If we don't protect the animals they will disappear and so will we.

Peace.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts across 18 states in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts across 18 states in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions

Widespread air quality alerts are in effect on Friday as smoke from wildfires burning across Canada continues to affect much of the Great Lakes and the Northeast regions and reaches further south into the Mid-Atlantic.

The National Weather Service issued air quality alerts in at least 18 states on Friday. 

Costa Rica is covered in Saharan dust. And the heat is awful awful. Thank God for a/c. Otherwise I'd die.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Republicans blast Canada over wildfire smoke, air quality in northern U.S.
• Stop 'chirping' about wildfire smoke and send help like Canada has, Ford tells Republican politicians
• Escalation fears mount as US and Iran both attack infrastructure
• US denies Iranian claims it hit civilian infrastructure in latest strikes
• Mexico Begins Legal Action in US Over Deaths of Citizens in ICE Custody and During Raids
• ICE Agents Rounding People Up In Morristown, Groups Say
• “You’re Only Getting Out Deported or Dead”: Abusive US Immigration Detention at Ft. Bliss
• Trump administration revives rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits
• An Israeli strike on a funeral in Gaza kills 7 people and wounds 22, a local hospital says
• Megyn Kelly Claims ‘Israeli Representatives’ Tried to ‘Buy into’ Her Show
• Donald Trump’s Own Election Evidence Turns Into Stunning Putin Bombshell

Trump gave a 26-minute speech about election integrity and accidentally declassified a document proving Russia helped him. The call is coming from inside the house. - Alex Cole

Dear God, They're Preparing Us For Armed Voting Sites

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened “prison time” for state election officials who refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration’s “SAVE program” to secure elections.

SAVE stands for “Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements” and is part of the SAVE America Act that President Donald Trump has pressured Republicans to pass, even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has said he does not have enough support to pass it.

Trump is right. The election was stolen. But it wasn’t 2020. It was 2024. And it wasn’t China. It was Elon.

“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”

Republican Shenanigans

• Mullin Grumbles About ‘Shameful’ Networks Not Carrying Trump’s Election Speech
• The Trump Speech Republicans Are Pretending Didn’t Happen
• Peter Navarro: Trump’s Speech Wasn’t About If 2020 Election Was Stolen
• Lindsey Graham’s Sister Eyeing Run For Full Senate Term In Potentially Tough Race: Report
• House GOP seeks to push funding deadline to avoid shutdown before midterms
• Republican candidates for TN governor tackle ethics investigation questions

Susan Collins Concerned That Maine Voters Might Remember Things She Has Done - Andy Borowitz

Billionaire's Privilege On Display...

Private equity billionaire Leon Black walked out of his transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee regarding his decades-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after refusing to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements allegedly related to the disgraced sex offender, according to a transcript of the June 26 interview released by the committee Friday.

While he said he would be willing to talk about three women involved in lawsuits against him, Black repeatedly declined to answer questions about how many nondisclosure agreements he was involved in, citing the advice of his attorneys. 

I was disappointed to learn that Canada doesn't regularly rake and/or vacuum their forests. - Al

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats' Israel divide looms over midterms as Fetterman draws red line
• Democrats press Brown County DA to prosecute Elon Musk for $1M offers
• House Democrat Declares On MS NOW: ‘Todd Blanche Should Go To Jail’
• Democrats look to support laid-off Foreign Service officers

If Fetterman leaves the Democratic Party, how would we know? - Mary L. Trump

Oh Great, He's Messing With the Ecosystem

The Trump administration on Friday rolled back protections for at-risk animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act.

Under prior regulations, species that were considered “threatened” – at risk but a step below endangered – would still receive the same protections as those that are endangered. 

 Now, the Trump administration says it will instead evaluate protections for species newly designated as threatened on a case-by-case basis. 

Congresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy.

Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal. - Ricky Davila

 

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Business/Tech News

• China's AI models are shrinking US lead
• US dollar set for a strong second half of the year: Bank of America
• ‘How Is This Not Insider Trading?’ Bash Questions Trump’s New Wall Street Move
• SpaceX stock falls as Starship preps for test flight

Wouldn’t it be nice if every news bulletin gave us an update on the health of our planet as often as it updates us on the health of the economy? - fan_dom_david

I'm Having Grilled Chicken on Iceberg Lettuce For Supper Tonight. Pray For Me.
Taylor Farms is removing iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, the company said in a social media post, after multiple reports citing unnamed sources linked Taylor Farms lettuce to a multi-state cyclosporiasis outbreak.

"I had three discussions with the president, one on Nov 23, one on December 1 and one on December 14th and I told him I didn't agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, and I told him it was bullshit." -Bill Barr, Trump's Attorney General

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Odd News

• The Sky Today on Friday, July 17: The Moon skims south of Venus
• AI‑designed gene‑editing enzymes expand the CRISPR toolbox
• Rare documents signed by Lincoln removed from D.C. memorial after heat exposure
• Blue Angels flyover sends umbrellas, chairs airborne at Florida beach
• Seattle's round raccoon Jimothy becomes viral star

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Cathedral of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia. What a gory name.

Peace.