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#1 Blackout Fears Erupt as 17 US States Are Placed Under Power Emergency - Stacy Liberatore for The Daily Mail, Above the Norm News, Alma Gentil, + and -, Fox 7 Austin, and WGRZ on X
Blackout fears are growing for 20 million Americans as extreme heat pushes the power grid toward its limits. The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Sunday authorized the operator serving parts of 17 states to activate idle power sources in an effort to keep the lights on. The move allows backup plants that are normally switched off to generate extra electricity if surging demand threatens to overwhelm the grid. The emergency order covers Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, and Montana. It also includes Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
#2 Fauci Diaries, Released by Sen. Rand Paul, Touch on COVID Origins and Tense Relationship With Trump - Caitlin Yilek for CBS News, John Ingham, Curtis Houck, TonemanLives/Zero Sum Game, HMCForever, Jeffrey A Tucker, Patricia Heaton, and Mark Riley on X
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing with the nation's former top infectious disease expert on Wednesday about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul, who heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee, subpoenaed Fauci to appear before the committee as part of the panel's investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. Paul, who has pushed the theory that the virus emerged from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China rather than spilling over from animals to humans naturally, has long accused Fauci and other government officials of misleading the public and Congress about the source of the outbreak...
#3 Mamdani Sparks Fears of Violence After Doxing Wealthy NYC Property Owners: ‘Outright Dangerous' - Alec Schemmel and Amanda Macias for Fox News, Eric Daugherty, Hayden Adams/Bernadette Hogan, Pamela Hensley, Avery Daye, and New York Post on X
Mayor Zohran Mamdani opened a new front in his ongoing battle with New York City's wealthy after his administration published a searchable database identifying affluent property owners who could be subject to the city's proposed pied-à-terre tax, a move critics say could expose them to harassment and public safety risks. The database, released by the city's Department of Finance, allows users to search properties and view the names and addresses of owners whose non-primary residences could be subject to the proposed tax. A spokesperson for the department said the publication of the property roll was required by state law...
#4 This N.J. Town Just Got Hit With a $300M Lawsuit for Banning Massive AI Data Centers - Nyah Marshall for NJ.com, Localize - Farmers Market, HighCountryObservations,
Another New Jersey town is being sued by a developer after banning artificial intelligence data centers following months of heated public meetings and backlash from residents. Monroe Township in Gloucester County is facing a $300 million lawsuit from Hexa Builders LLC, a Princeton-based development company, accusing local officials of changing zoning rules to block a proposed data center. The lawsuit was filed last month and moved to federal court in Camden on July 6. Attorneys for Hexa did not immediately respond to a request for comment...
#5 Emails Suggest Election Intel on China Was Suppressed - NewsNation, Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit/Catherine Herridge, Sidney Powell Attorney, Author, Gladiator, Observing Consciousness/DNI Pulte, and Karen Kennedy/Mr. Baker on X
Newly declassified documents, released at President Trump's direction, show China compromised over 200 million voter files from at least 18 states, including names, addresses, and party affiliations that could enable targeting or fraud. The White House called it the largest election data breach in history, with a Chinese unit exploiting the information since the 2020 cycle, though much of the data was publicly available. Critics note no evidence of vote changes, states report no impacts, and experts say risks are overstated, while more declassifications are expected ahead of midterms...
#6 J&J Reaches Sweeping Talc Deal That Could End Decade of Litigation - CNBC/Reuters, Financial Times, Sky News, New York Post, Dinnu daniel, India Today, and Wall St Engine on X
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark deal that could end a contentious legal battle that has dogged the company for a decade. J&J said the settlement covers about 76,000 claims, including ones consolidated in federal court in New Jersey, and related cases in state court, representing nearly all of the remaining talc claims against the company. J&J previously settled most of the cases alleging that its talc contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma...
#7 Iran-Linked Media Outlet Publishes Threat Video Targeting Melania, Barron - NEWSMAX, Catherine Hook, The Joe Piscopo Show, Common Sense with Chad Law, sandym, and NewsForce on X
An Iran-linked media outlet has published an AI-generated video that appears to threaten first lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron Trump, by outlining possible ways they could be targeted. The Daily Mail reported that the video was published Monday by the Tasnim News Agency, which has ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The video highlights locations in New York City where Melania Trump has been reported to shop and describes potential ways attackers could gather information about her movements...
#8 Rewiring the Brain Without the Reckoning - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, BioPoint Inc., Healthquill, Bloomberg Law, and JRGREATNESS TRADES/Eli Lilly on X
Eli Lilly, the Big Pharma player that introduced Prozac to the world, just spent up to $3.8 billion to move into psychedelics. The main drug in the deal—a manufactured form of 5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic found in the venom of the Sonoran Desert Toad—is a chemical cousin of the compound psilocybin found in magic mushrooms, often used to treat depression when all else has failed. Of interest, in the announcement, Lilly avoided using the word psychedelic. Instead, in a clinical-sounding term borrowed from the lab, it called the drug a rapid-acting neuroplastogen, which merits a closer look.
#9 House Ethics Committee Announces Investigation Into Another Member of Congress - Mediaite, Fox News Politics, Reena Jade Diamante, Jake Sherman, John Solomon, and Texas Tribune on X
Yet another member of Congress is now under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. Lance Gooden (R-TX) is subject to a probe by the House Committee on Ethics after it received a referral from the Office of Congressional Conduct on June 10, according to a statement released Monday by the panel. Details of the allegation or allegations against Gooden are not yet known. Gooden, 43, is the seventh member of Congress to be investigated by the committee this year. He was elected to Texas’s 5th District, which makes up Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Wood, and Upshur Counties, in 2018. Before that, he served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, according to his bio...
#10 Live Updates Today: Trump to Speak at Lindsey Graham’s Funeral, Netanyahu Visit and Zelenskyy Meeting - NBC News, USA TODAY, Fox26Houston, Nino Brodin, FedUp!, Charbel Antoun, and Mario Nawfal on X
GRAHAM FUNERAL: President Donald Trump, congressional colleagues, and world leaders will pay their respects today to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The tributes will begin at around 10 a.m. ET with a ceremony at the Capitol, followed by a service at Washington National Cathedral this afternoon, where the president will speak. NETANYAHU VISIT: Trump is expected to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this morning to discuss the war with Iran, the framework agreement for peace in Lebanon, and efforts to expand the Abraham Accords, a White House official said. ZELENSKYY MEETING: Trump will also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House today to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war, the White House official said.
