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#10 USPS Stamp Prices Rise - Daniella Genovese for FOXBusiness, Ultra MAGA, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, They call me Papa, NBC New York, Dwain, and Anthony Conroy on X
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) increased the costs of its services on Sunday as part of the organization's 10-year plan to achieve financial stability. All First-Class Mail Forever stamps rose to 78 cents from 73 cents. This effectively raises mailing service product prices by 7.4%. The additional-ounce price for single-piece letters also increased to 29 cents from 28 cents. In 2021, the USPS, contending with a financial and operational crisis, announced its Delivering for America plan to ensure it can be a "self-sustaining and high-performing" entity. To reverse its $160 billion in losses, it's investing in its infrastructure. Part of its plan includes allocating $20 billion toward its mail and package processing network, $19 billion toward its retail and delivery network, and $2 billion for technology upgrades, including upgrades to major IT systems...#9 House GOP Blocks Dem Maneuver to Force Release of Epstein Files - Andrew Solender for Axios, CC (concerned citizen), Ian Jaeger/Smartdog, Grok, Gayle, and I am Woman on X
House Republicans on Monday night voted against attaching a Democratic amendment to landmark cryptocurrency legislation that would force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. It's the outcome Democrats anticipated, and one they plan to gleefully cite as President Trump continues to grapple with the MAGA fallout over the DOJ's handling of the documents. "The question with Epstein is: Whose side are you on?" Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the author of the Epstein measure, told Axios ahead of the vote. "Are you on the side of the rich and powerful, or are you on the side of the people?" he said, promising to introduce the amendment "again and again and again."
#8 DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Turn Away Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal - James Hill for ABC News, insta snark, Profilonews, David K, unusual whales/Devia, and Melissa Hallman on X
The Department of Justice on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with and aiding Epstein in his sexual abuse of underage girls. Maxwell, 63, had urged the court earlier this year to review her case, arguing that an unusual co-conspirator's clause in Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida barred her subsequent prosecution in New York. A district court and a federal appeals court previously rejected that argument, and the DOJ today urged the high court to do the same...
#7 Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Implement Widespread Education Department Layoffs - Lawrence Hurley for NBC News, Matthew Carter, Jane Norman, EJW, Karen cortez, and NotTheMSM on X
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move ahead with plans to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education that were blocked by a federal judge. The conservative-majority court, without any explanation, granted an emergency application from the administration that blocks the federal judge's ruling. The court's three liberal members objected, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing a blistering dissenting opinion. "When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it," she wrote...
#6 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Subpoenaed over Comment Implying He Is Sheltering Illegal Alien - Elizabeth Weibel for Breitbart, Ted, Andy Parrish Show, The Election Post, and Off The Press on X
Several people “with knowledge of the matter” told the outlet that U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba was “pursuing an investigation” into Murphy’s comments. Two of the sources clarified that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents had “sought to interview at least four witnesses in connection with the comments,” while another person stated that Murphy “had been subpoenaed”: Mr. Murphy said in February that he was prepared to house a woman who immigration status was unclear at his family’s home in Middletown. F.B.I. agents have since sought to interview at least four witnesses in connection with the comments, two of the people said, with one adding that the governor had been subpoenaed but not questioned...
#5 Dem Under Fire After Sharing Business Card of ICE Officer With Violent Protesters - Sarah Arnold for Townhall, DeepState Illuminate/Homeland Security, Bob Hafer, Ivdaytrader, and AlishaJane/MAGA Voice on X
Democratic Congressman Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) is under fire for allegedly putting an ICE employee’s safety at risk by sharing their business card with a violent mob during last week's cannabis farm raids. The reckless act led to the ICE officer being targeted and injured by rocks thrown by the hostile crowd. According to Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE), Carbajal joined a violent mob that tried to block federal law enforcement during a raid on a California marijuana facility. While Carbajal called the protests “peaceful,” the agency argued that the protestors were throwing rocks and injuring at least one ICE officer. They also claimed that Carbajal doxed an officer by sharing his business card with the crowd. ICE warned that such actions and rhetoric have contributed to a sharp rise in attacks on officers and accused Carbajal of prioritizing violence over law and order...#4 California Professor Arrested for Allegedly Tossing Tear Gas Canister at ICE Agents During Raid on Cannabis Farm - Richard Pollina for New York Post, Jake Jacobs, Liberals_R_Idiots, SEIU/Sailors Pal, Karina Junker, and Dr. Thrasher on X
A California professor was arrested for allegedly chucking a tear gas canister at ICE agents during a raid on a marijuana farm being investigated for child labor violations. Jonathan Anthony Caravello — a math and philosophy professor at California State University Channel Islands — was arrested by federal agents conducting a raid at Glass House Farms in Ventura County on Thursday, ABC 7 reported. US Attorney Bill Essayli posted on X that Caravello was arrested for “throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement.”
#3 DHS Fires Out Scorching Response to $20 Million Lawsuit From Mahmoud Khalil Against Trump Administration - Carlos Garcia for Blaze Media, Patriot Guy, Bill Killian, Jewish News Syndicate, and Nicholas Tesdorf on X
The former Columbia student is accused of inciting violence during the protests. Anti-Israel migrant Mahmoud Khalil accused the Trump administration of illegally targeting him for deportation in a $20 million lawsuit. Khalil is accused by the administration of leading a violent anti-Israel protest when he was a student at Columbia University and violating the terms of his immigration visa. The case has become a proxy battle between the opponents of the mass deportations ordered by President Donald Trump and his supporters...
#2 Russiagate Docs Patel Found After Comey FBI ‘Locked the Key’ May Aid ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Inquiry - Jerry Dunleavy for Just the News, Melissa Hallman, Bob Larimer, Joe Honest Truth, John Cremeans, and JAkecheta on X
The FBI's decision to open a probe that treats the last decade of political weaponization of law enforcement and intelligence agencies as an ongoing criminal conspiracy is being cheered by lawmakers and could be aided by Director Kash Patel's recent discovery of a room where the bureau had "hidden" evidence from public and congressional view. Patel's discovery of the evidence "vault" or "lockbox" as he called it on a recent interview with podcaster Joe Rogan and the opening of the "overarching conspiracy" probe occurred around the same time this spring, officials told Just the News. The discovery that the FBI stashed away evidence in politically hot probes like Russigate could help prosecutors convince a grand jury that government officials were engaged in a cover-up or an effort to deprive civil liberties, experts said...
