'Chasing Embers' shows the cost of forgetting our past
"Part "Hunger Games," part "The Giver," "Chasing Embers" offers an uncommonly meaningful — and uncommonly American — adventure. This tale of young love suppressed by an evil government avoids the usual superficial clichés."

The Beck Story: Washington Post exposed
How Watergate editors almost published a fake Pulitzer Prize-winning story.

Conspiracy Theorists Are At It Again: ‘The Burden Is On Trump To Prove He Was Shot’
A week after Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) — who served as the appointed physician under Obama and Trump — released a full statement describing Trump’s gunshot injury and recovery process, the conspiracy theories began to circulate again.

Trump excoriates FBI boss for suggesting he might not have been shot
“Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he wasn't sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet. ... That's why he knows nothing about the terrorists and other criminals pouring into our Country at record levels. His only focus is destroying J6 Patriots, Raiding Mar-a-Lago, and saving Radical Left Lunatics ..."

Secret Service allegedly 'repeatedly denied' offer to use drones leading up to Trump assassination attempt
“According to one whistleblower, the night before the rally, U.S. Secret Service repeatedly denied offers from a local law enforcement partner to utilize drone technology to secure the rally,” Senator Hawley revealed on Thursday.

House Republicans restore US flags burned in DC protest: ‘We righted their wrong’
A group of House Republicans — led by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Rep. Brandon Williams of New York — descended on Union Station late Wednesday night to restore the American flags that were taken down.

Biden-Harris Admin Denied Resources to Police During Pro-Hamas Protest Where Agitators Burned American Flag, Committee Chairman Says
Park Police were "understaffed" to handle D.C. protesters, union head says.

After Pro-Hamas Vandalism, Sen. Cotton Introduces Bill To Deport Foreigners Who Deface Monuments
“The actions of the pro-Hamas lunatics at Union Station in D.C. are shameful,” Cotton said.

The FTC Needs To Stay in Its Lane
Recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission show that its officers should review the Constitution.

Boneless chicken wings can have bones: Ohio Supreme Court
“A diner reading ‘boneless wings’ on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings, just as a person eating ‘chicken fingers’ would know that he had not been served fingers."

Barack Obama officially endorses Kamala Harris
Obama was one of the only high-profile Democrats who had yet to back Harris.

Kamala Harris’ direct connection to Bidenflation: A tie-breaking Senate vote for stimulus package
Inflation "is squarely on the shoulders of Kamala Harris," Rep. Byron Donalds said.

Inside Kamala Harris' Plan To End Cash Bail and 'Transform The Criminal Justice System'
Harris wants more restrictions on cops and fewer restrictions on criminals, a memo from her 2020 campaign shows.

California Dems Reluctantly Embrace Their Former Attorney General Kamala Harris
"She’s not our best candidate, but she’s gonna be the candidate," one California delegate told Politico.

If Only Secret Service Had Focused On Protecting Trump As Much As The Media Have On Protecting Kamala
The same accomplice media that insists men can have babies are selling us another bad bill of goods on Kamala Harris.

Media Coverage of Kamala Harris Is Cringe
The Washington Post praised her Spotify playlists and her sense of style. Media institutions such as the Guardian, CBS, and NBC also rushed to proclaim Harris as a beloved icon of young people; Politico hailed her as "Kamala Harris: Gen Z Meme Queen."

The Guardian: Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’
For Barack Obama there was “birtherism” and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was “Lock her up” and merchandise that said, “Trump that bitch,” “Hillary sucks but not like Monica,” and “Life’s a bitch: don’t vote for one.”

Video: Kamala Harris opens her presidential campaign on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

Video: Hard question followed by blank stare.

Media, others try to erase Kamala Harris' border czar assignment, liberal record in Senate
In 2019, the "nonpartisan government transparency website" GovTrack named Harris the "most liberal" senator, a point referenced by CBS' Norah O'Donnell. However, GovTrack later removed this ranking from Harris' page.

CBS News Minnesota: Trump falsely accuses Harris of donating to Minnesota Freedom Fund, bailing out 'dangerous criminals'
"Trump is using a 2022 Minnesota murder case to attack Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump claims Harris helped raise millions and personally donated to a fund that got extra support to bail out protesters in the aftermath of George Floyd's death."

Harris Narrows Gap Against Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds
In a survey taken after Biden stepped aside, Trump and Harris are locked in a tight race separated by a single percentage point among likely voters.

Rasmussen Poll: Trump 50%, Harris 43%
Four percent (4%) say they’d vote for some other candidate and three percent (3%) are undecided.

Swing State Polls: Harris Trails Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tied in Wisconsin
“Harris has recovered a portion of the vote for the Democrats on the presidential ticket since the fallout after the June 27 debate,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said. “Harris’ numbers now reflect similar support levels to those of Biden back in March.”

Axios poll: Harris opens up early edge with young voters
Trump appeared to be chipping away at Democrats' decades-long hold on the youth vote. But Harris could be extending the gap once again.

White House says Biden wants to turn down the temperature — if Trump does too
"The president has called on lowering the temperature," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. "But here's the thing: It takes all of us to lower the temperature. All of us. I hope you can read between the lines of what I mean by all of us."

MacIntyre: Palace coup in a late-stage empire
Joe Biden obviously had no intention of leaving the race, and it is very clear that this concession was made under duress. The announcement that the president had decided to drop out was not made at a press conference or a televised address but simply by posting a letter on his official X account.

California’s $20 minimum wage leads 89% of fast-food restaurants to reduce hours
73% have limited employee pickup or overtime opportunities, and 70% said they have reduced or consolidated staff positions.

ESG critics say the same movement marches on, only with a new name
BlackRock began renaming environmental, social, and governance earlier this year. It’s now calling it “transition investing.”

6 Dems Help Pass House Resolution Condemning VP Harris As ‘Border Czar’
The bipartisan resolution “strongly condemns the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris’s, failure to secure the United States border.”

Doocy Burns ‘Czar’ Harris In Heated Exchange With Press Sec. On Border Crisis
"Do you think that the border would be less of a talking point ... if somebody had addressed root causes of migration sooner?"

Homeland Security Failed To Enforce Mandatory DNA Tests At the Border
Whistleblowers say violent criminals and child traffickers took advantage.

Harris: I Told Netanyahu It's Time to End the War and Sign a Ceasefire Deal
U.S. Vice President Harris told reporters that she "will not be silent" over the "scale of human suffering in Gaza." (So is Biden president or not?)

Harris: Israel will fully withdraw from Gaza in phase two of hostage deal
“To everyone who has been calling for a ceasefire and to everyone who yearns for peace, I see you, and I hear you,” Harris said.

Harris’ words could harm hostage deal talks, senior Israeli official says
Harris surprised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and those close to him by issuing her statement, which she also placed on X shortly after her hour-long meeting with him.

Bank error in your favor! Pentagon creates path for billions more to be sent to Kyiv
The Pentagon has found $2 billion worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, missiles, and other equipment sent to Ukraine.

Kremlin Says Open to Peace Talks With Zelenskyy But Needs More Clarity
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated demands for Ukraine to give up four partially occupied regions and to drop its ambitions to join NATO.

Ukraine MP confirms equipment damage at nuclear power plant
Reports emerged on July 18 that two transformers had burned down days earlier, leading to one of the reactors being disconnected from the energy network.

Trump: ‘If Iran assassinates me, I hope America wipes it off the face of the Earth’
"If they do 'assassinate President Trump,' which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth — If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered 'gutless' cowards!"

Fired ‘Mandalorian’ actor Gina Carano ‘moved to tears’ after victory against Disney in her Elon Musk-funded lawsuit
A Biden judge rejected Disney’s claim that it had a “right to dissociate its own artistic message from Carano’s outspoken ‘political beliefs.'”

Disney Pressures Employees To Support Sex-Change Attempts, Undercover Report Finds
An internal program at the Walt Disney Company, called “Authentically Me: Gender Expression and Transitioning,” compels employees to accept and encourage their coworkers’ sex change attempts.

James Woods Says ‘Oppenheimer’ Team Wanted Him ‘Invisible’ During Oscars Campaign Due to Pro-Trump Views
The actor was a little-seen executive producer on Christopher Nolan’s epic that went on to win Best Picture.

Massachusetts gave ‘Don’t Look Up’ $46 million in taxpayer-funded credits
The Netflix project received the largest tax break for a film in state history.

Judge won’t dismiss Trump’s defamation suit against ABC News and George Stephanopoulos
Stephanopoulos falsely stated a jury concluded Trump had “raped” E. Jean Carroll.

Rachel Maddow Made 'Verifiably False' Statements About a Doctor They Called the 'Uterus Collector'
Now his $30 million lawsuit is headed for trial. The discovery process in the lawsuit, which has received little attention, has drawn back the curtain on the inner workings of MSNBC, revealing how the liberal cable network works hand in hand with NBC News, which seeks to portray itself as nonpartisan.

Eco-Terrorists Glue Hands to Runway, Halting Flights at German Airport
The Last Generation militants demand that the German government exit oil, gas, and coal by 2030.

Scientists genetically modify common fly to eat more human poop
"We are heading toward a climate disaster, and landfill waste releases methane. We need to get that to zero."

OpenAI announces a search engine called SearchGPT; Alphabet shares dip
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Alphabet investors have been concerned that OpenAI could take market share from Google in search by giving consumers new ways to seek information online. With this prototype, OpenAI is testing the waters for doing just that.

OpenAI may reportedly lose $5B this year alone on massive ChatGPT costs
The firm, worth an estimated $80B, has already received a $13 billion investment from Microsoft and has spent heavily to retain talent as it looks to stave off Google and other AI rivals.

Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
When travelers choose a competitor over Southwest, the airline found in its research that its open seating model was the No. 1 reason for that choice. It also said 80% of its own customers prefer an assigned seat.

Return: The 10 craziest surveillance technologies being rolled out for the Paris Olympics
From AI cameras to QR codes to enter your home, the 2024 Olympics are going full Orwell.

Russian reality TV chef accused of being spy to sabotage Paris Olympics
Kirill Gryaznov was nabbed in France after he reportedly bragged about an alleged plot to cause mayhem at the Paris Olympics during a drunken rant.

Poop in the Seine? Explaining Olympics swimming controversy, protests over Paris river pollution
There has been no hotter topic leading up to the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics than the Seine River.

Canada soccer removes coach Bev Priestman after Spygate Olympic drone scandal suspension
Canada’s women’s Olympic soccer team is under the microscope as new details have emerged about the depth of the use of drones to spy on opposing teams.

Nazi Germany banned doctors from prescribing coffee in 1940
"I was not surprised to hear recently that there were an awful lot of doctor's prescriptions being written for coffee. But they won't be any more. The Health Fuhrer has now forbidden doctors to write prescriptions for coffee." -William Shirer, This Is Berlin: Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany.