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#10 USPS to Raise Postage Stamp Prices by 7.8 Percent Beginning July 14 - Naveen Athrappully for The Epoch Times, and Patriots X
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is scheduled to raise the price of stamps for a second time this year by the end of this weekend, with the agency claiming the hikes are necessary to achieve “financial stability.” In April, the USPS announced price changes slated to take effect on July 14. Overall, the new hikes will raise mail prices by roughly 7.8 percent, the agency said in a press release. For 1 oz. domestic letters, stamp prices will rise from 68 cents to 73 cents. The price for delivering international letters is set to change from $1.55 to $1.65 per oz. Each additional ounce of mail, domestic or international, will cost 24 cents to 28 cents extra...
#9 4 Indian Nationals Accused of Trafficking 100 People or More in Texas and Forcing Them to Perform Tech Labor - Cortney Weil for Blaze Media, and I Meme THerefore I am on X
Four people of Indian origin have been arrested and charged after allegedly forcing perhaps more than 100 people to live in confined quarters in Texas and perform computer-related labor. In March, a pest control company became concerned after providing services for bed bugs at a residence in Princeton, Texas, about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. When company staff members arrived at the home, they reportedly discovered between three and five women crammed into each room, suitcases strewn everywhere...
#8 Milk, Eggs, and Now Bullets for Sale in Handful of US Grocery Stores With Ammo Vending Machines - Kimberly Chandler for AP News, and Matt Roy, and Lisa Evers on X
A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk. American Rounds said their machines use an identification scanner and facial recognition software to verify the purchaser’s age and are as “quick and easy” to use as a computer tablet. But advocates worry that selling bullets out of vending machines will lead to more shootings in the U.S., where gun violence killed at least 33 people on Independence Day alone...
#7 Desantis Expected to Speak at GOP Convention - Brett Samuels for The Hill and Bill Mitchell and MSNBC on X
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will speak during next week’s Republican National Convention, a source familiar with the plans confirmed, after initial uncertainty whether he would be given a slot. The source did not say which day DeSantis would give remarks. The convention will run next Monday through Thursday. A lineup of speakers is expected to be released in the coming days. NBC News first reported that DeSantis would speak at the convention, and the outlet cited a source close to the governor who said they had never been told he would not be speaking at the event in Milwaukee. “We have been told for a while we had a speaking slot and have never been told we do not,” the source told NBC...
#6 Federal Judge Blocks Protesters From Going through Security Zone at RNC- Jack Birle for Washington Examiner and UpInTheHills on X
A federal judge has denied a bid by protesters to demonstrate through the security perimeter set up during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week. The Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 had argued the route the city approved for their protest violated their First Amendment rights. The coalition pushed to be allowed to pursue a route closer to delegates and attendees while remaining within the security zone. Judge Brett Ludwig of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled against protesters Monday, arguing the Secret Service and city had not infringed on protesters’ First Amendment rights...
#5 State Attorneys General Should Take on Temu - Kash Patel for Townhall and on X
A few months ago I wrote about the serious threat the Chinese marketplace app Temu poses to millions of unsuspecting Americans. Temu was the most downloaded app in the United States last year and while it has experienced exponential growth and popularity with American consumers thanks to cheap goods and millions of dollars spent on prominent advertising including a Super Bowl Spot featuring football superstar Christian McCaffrey, few lawmakers have an understanding of just how dangerous Temu is. I previously urged Congress to take action and begin investigating Temu through a series of specific actions designed to ensure they are being held accountable and adhering to our laws...#4 Stolen Lego Sets, Worth Over $200,000 Confiscated by Oregon Police - Aislinn Murphy for Fox Business, and The New York Post on X
An eye-popping amount of Lego sets swiped from local businesses were recently confiscated by Oregon police.The Springfield Police Department said Tuesday its Crime Reduction Unit took possession of over 4,100 of the popular brick building sets on July 3 while executing a search warrant at a Eugene, Oregon toy store called Brick Builders. The search of Brick Builders occurred as part of an investigation that authorities had been conducting for three months. The Springfield Police Department identified Ammon Henrikson, the owner of Brick Builders, and another individual, Albert Nash, as alleged suspects in the case.
#3 Amsterdam Anne Frank Statue Defaced with Red ‘Gaza’ Grafitti - Kurt Zindulka for Breitbart, and Aviva Klompas on X
In an act of vandalism apparently carried out by pro-Hamas radicals in the Netherlands, the statue honouring Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam was graffitied with the word “Gaza” in red paint on Tuesday afternoon. The defacing of the statue of Frank — a German-born Jewish girl who documented in her diary her life under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands before being killed in the Holocaust — was first alerted by the Dutch pro-Israel organization Cidi, De Telegraaf reports...
#2 Elon Musk Defeats $500 Million Lawsuit Over Twitter Mass Layoffs - Tyler Durden Zero Hedge and Doge Designer on X
A California judge handed Elon Musk a win in a lawsuit filed over the mass firing of staff at Twitter after he took over the social media platform in October 2022.Mr. Musk and X Corp. (Twitter was rebranded as X in July 2023) were accused of violating provisions of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by allegedly misleading employees about whether he'd honor a severance plan “at least as favorable” as one developed by prior Twitter management, leading some staff to stay at the company longer than they otherwise would have and getting less severance pay than they expected when they were let go...
#1 There’s Only One Reason Democrats Oppose Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote - M.D. Kittle for The Federalist, and Nick Sortor, and Rep Wesley Hunt Press Office on X
As the Republican-controlled House is expected to take up a bill Wednesday aimed at making sure only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections, President Joe Biden is signaling he would kill the measure should it miraculously survive the Democrat-led Senate. Biden isn’t likely to need the veto pen. Democrats will, however, be forced to explain why they oppose the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which requires documentary proof of citizenship to vote for president and members of Congress...
And Now for Something Special 
This Day In History - Aaron Burr Slays Alexander Hamilton in Duel - The History Channel, and History Dame on X
On July 11, 1804, in one of the most famous duels in American history, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, a leading Federalist and the chief architect of America’s political economy died the following day. Alexander Hamilton, born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, came to the American colonies in 1773 as a poor immigrant. (There is some controversy as to the year of his birth, but it was either 1755 or 1757.) In 1776, he joined the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and his relentless energy and remarkable intelligence brought him to the attention of General George Washington, who took him on as an aide. Ten years later, Hamilton served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and he led the fight to win ratification of the final document, which created the kind of strong, centralized government that he favored. In 1789, he was appointed the first secretary of the treasury by President Washington, and during the next six years, he crafted a sophisticated monetary policy that saved the young U.S. government from collapse. With the emergence of political parties, Hamilton was regarded as a leader of the Federalists...
