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#10 Tulsi Gabbard Details Bombshell Claims of Obama-Era Cabal’s ‘Treasonous Conspiracy’ Against Trump - Taylor Penley for Fox News, R Johnstone, Patriot RWBIII, The Main Wire, Rep. Eli Crane/Ian Jaeger/Russell Jackson, Mookie, Texas Rose/Ana Paulina Luna, and Giselle Karney on X
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed "striking" findings from declassified documents released Friday, claiming to showcase "overwhelming evidence" that an Obama-era cabal laid the groundwork for what would be the years-long Trump-Russia collusion probe after the 2016 election. "The implications of this are frankly nothing short of historic," Gabbard said on this week's "Sunday Morning Futures." "Over 100 documents that we released on Friday really detail and provide evidence of how this treasonous conspiracy was directed by President Obama just weeks before he was due to leave office after President Trump had already gotten elected. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an issue that is so serious it should concern every single American because it has to do with the integrity of our democratic republic," she continued...
#9 Russia Launches a Major Aerial Attack on Kyiv Hours Before High-Level Talks on Support for Ukraine - Emma Burrows and Illia Novikov for AP News, 101.5 FM KDAWN, Salar News, Swadesi, Omnis, European, and Policy Wire on X
Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months, only hours before the U.K. and Germany are to chair a meeting to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons. The attack killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, a drone struck the entrance to a subway station where people had taken cover. Videos posted on social media showed the station platform engulfed by smoke, with dozens of people inside. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said the station had to be ventilated in what he called an “enhanced mode.”
#8 Trump Administration Imposes Limits on Mexican Flights and Threatens Delta Alliance in Trade Dispute - Josh Funk for AP, ABC30 Fresno, NBC10 Boston, Fernando Oliver, Esq., The Undercurrent, and Newslink7.com on X
The Trump administration imposed new restrictions Saturday on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico in response to limits the Mexican government placed on passenger and cargo flights into Mexico City several years ago. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexico’s actions to force airlines to move out of the main Benito Juarez International Airport to the newer Felipe Angeles International Airport more than 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) away violated a trade agreement between the two countries and gave domestic airlines an unfair advantage. Mexico is the top foreign destination for Americans, with more than 40 million passengers flying there last year...
#7 Trump Justice Department Seeks One Day in Prison for Ex-officer in Breonna Taylor Case - Ryan J. Reilly for NBC News, Nick Scaggs, WDRB News, Raphael Andrews (vaccinated), Senator Reverand Raphael Warnock, and Dave, Aspiring Peasant/angry buni/Cop Crime on X
The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville, Kentucky. Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective whose shots did not strike Taylor, was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law in November. Federal prosecutors said he fired 10 shots through a window and a sliding glass door that were covered with blinds and curtains. Multiple bullets traveled through the wall and into an apartment next door but did not hit anyone...
#6 Beef Prices Are the New Egg Prices. They’re Soaring - Vanessa Yurkevich for CNN, Nicholas Brown, ABC12WJRT, Wearne, Chicago Tribune, and Ted Lieu/Political Polls/Tracy Mac on X
The last time Americans likely noticed spiking prices at the grocery store was when eggs reached record-highs. Since then, egg prices have fallen after the deadly avian flu outbreak was contained and producers built back supply. Now, beef prices are hitting records, rising almost 9% since January, according to the Department of Agriculture, and retailing for $9.26 a pound. June’s consumer price index showed steak and ground beef prices are up 12.4% and 10.3%, respectively, over the last year...
#5 Lawyers for Harvard and Trump Square Off in Court in Boston - Elissa Nadworny and Emily Piper-Vallillo for NPR, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Bookworm, Fox & Friends, KSTP, and Globalnews.ca on X
Lawyers for Harvard University will argue in federal court on Monday that the federal government's freeze of more than $2 billion in grants and contracts is illegal and should be reversed. In filings in U.S. District Court in Boston, Harvard's attorneys say the federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration threaten vital research in medicine, science, and technology. The school's lawsuit aims to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding "as leverage to gain control of academic decisionmaking at Harvard."
#4 Trump Sparks Outrage With AI Video Showing Obama Arrested by FBI in Oval Office - Falyn Stempler for The Mirror, Nick Sortor, Julia, LetTheArrestsBegin, Fox News, and The Daily Beast on X
President Donald Trump has triggered a political firestorm after posting an AI-generated video depicting former President Barack Obama being arrested by FBI agents inside the Oval Office. The controversial clip, shared via Trump's blog on Truth Social late Sunday, shows a hyper-realistic rendering of Obama being handcuffed and led away by federal agents in the same office he once occupied as commander-in-chief. The video does not come with any disclaimer that it’s artificial or fictional — a move critics are calling deeply irresponsible and “deliberately inflammatory."
#3 Former Prosecutors Say Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts Likely to Disappoint - Larry Neumeister for Associated Press, MimsyMazz, Alex Jones/PaulB2007, and News4JAX on X
A Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations about the financier’s crimes, former federal prosecutors say. Attorney Sarah Krissoff, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan from 2008 to 2021, called the request in the prosecutions of Epstein and imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell “a distraction.” “The president is trying to present himself as if he’s doing something here and it really is nothing,” Krissoff told The Associated Press in a weekend interview...
#2 Trump Threatens Stadium Deal Over Commanders’ Name - ESPN, Adam Schefter (community note)/Mollie, Scott Turner, Cleveland Sports Talk, Leading Report, and Barstool Cleveland on X
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington's NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a "big clamoring for this" as well. The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since their respective seasons in 2022, and both have said that they don't plan to change them back. Trump said that the Commanders would be "much more valuable" if they restored their old name.] "I may put a restriction on them that if they don't change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins,' and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, 'Washington Commanders,' I won't make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington," Trump said on his social media site...
#1 Inside CBS’s ‘Agonizing Decision’ to Cancel Colbert’s Top-Rated Late-Night Show - Brian Stelter for CNN, Bryan Behar/PapaLeg, Chris Murphy/David Spiller, Keith Olbermann, John McClure, and Richard Angwin/Florida MAGA Gorilla 2.0/Sunshine Patriot on X
From the outside, the idea made no sense at all. Why would a broadcast network cancel one of its best-known shows that ranks number one in its time slot? But on the inside, at CBS, there were several plausible answers to that question. While “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert was on his usual mid-summer vacation earlier this month, CBS executives weighed the pros and cons of canceling the unique but unfortunately unprofitable show. The “cons” were obvious, as evidenced by the studio audience’s boos when Colbert announced the cancellation on Thursday night...
