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#1 Desantis Doubles Down on Property Tax Relief, Says Florida Can Afford to Give Homeowners More - Kennedy Owens for Florida's Voice, Juanita Broaddrick, Joel Berry/Chris Loesch 𝕏, stephen parker, RON .D. WATKINS, and JD4RD/The Seed on X
Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on property tax relief as a key part of his effort to ease the cost of living for Florida homeowners, saying the state has the financial capacity to provide more relief without undermining local services. DeSantis made the comments Thursday during a news conference in Bonifay, where he announced more than $8.8 million in grants for infrastructure and community development projects in 12 small and rural Florida communities...
#2 Pastor Unleashes on Dearborn as Religious Tensions Erupt at City Council Meeting: ‘Enough Is Enough' - Leo Briceno for Fox News, Reverend Jordan Wells, Chad Ledger, Pastor Zo, and True the Vote on X
What started as a regularly scheduled town hall in Dearborn, Michigan, erupted into a flashpoint over the influence of Muslim culture in American civic life Tuesday as the pastor of a local church accused the town of operating under Sharia law. "America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore," Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church, said. "Enough is enough."
#3 Amid Intense Backlash, People Are Vandalizing Flock Surveillance Cameras - Meg Anderson for npr, chicagogolfer, Randy/Kacee Allen, unusual_whales, 𝐁𝐒𝐏𝟑, and Surf Man on X
A few times a week, Brady O'Rourke walks to the busiest street near his house in Crystal, Minn., carrying a long metal pole with a bright yellow sign taped to the end. It's a roof rake, normally used to scrape snow off a house, but O'Rourke has different plans for this one. At the intersection, he stops at a Flock camera, an automated license plate reader that police use to track vehicles. Normally, this camera records everyone who drives down this street. But not right now: O'Rourke lifts his rake into the air and blocks the camera with his sign. He waves at passing cars. Some drivers smile and wave back. A few people honk their horns...
#4 Trump to Deliver Remarks in South Carolina With Sen. Darline Graham - NBC News, Meg Kinnard, Katina M. Stamper, 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊®, Bloomberg, and Annie van Leur on X
President Donald Trump will deliver remarks in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in support of Sen. Darline Graham. Graham has faced criticism this week over her performance at Tuesday night's debate as well as her general readiness for the job. Even before Tuesday night’s debate, Sen. Darline Graham has been fending off questions about her qualifications to replace her brother, the late Lindsey Graham, in the Senate. But her performance at the debate brought a fresh round of questioning in South Carolina — a state with a proud military tradition and several key bases and installations — when she whiffed on a question about Taiwan and acknowledged that she doesn’t know much about national security...
#5 Woman Arrested for Allegedly Plotting New York State Capitol Attack - Jack Date and Ivan Pereira for ABC News, OSINTdefender, Carter Curious, End the Fed, no mas, and ALEX WEST - M•A•G•A on X
The FBI arrested a woman Wednesday who they allege was plotting to attack the New York State Capitol building in Albany. The FBI alleged in a criminal complaint Thursday that Jessica Bowie, 35, pledged allegiance to ISIS in online communications and began planning the attack in July. The suspect converted to Islam about five years ago and in messages with unidentified users pledged support to ISIS, the criminal complaint said. Bowie had allegedly discussed her plans with FBI informants and spent weeks doing surveillance of the Capitol, including taking pictures from various vantage points, including an "observation hall nearby," the criminal complaint said...
#6 Aisha Wahab Makes History as the First Afghan American Elected to Congress - Jasmine Mithani for 19th, The HB Saint - 人生は良い, TAWAZON - توازن, Raffaele La Ciura, Adam Scott, and フレンダー、Friender on X
Aisha Wahab has won the special election for the U.S. House seat formerly held by Rep. Eric Swalwell, Decision Desk HQ projects, making her the first person of Afghan descent to be elected to Congress. Swalwell resigned in April amid accusations of sexual misconduct. Wahab, a Democrat, was the first Muslim and first Afghan American to be elected to the California state Senate. She finished more than 25 points ahead of Melissa Hernandez in the nonpartisan primary in June but faced millions in outside funding opposing her candidacy before besting Hernandez in Tuesday’s election...
#7 ActBlue Co-Founder Pleads Fifth Amendment in Closed-Door House GOP Grilling - Elizabeth Elkind and Kelly Phares for Fox News, Sylma Millares, Q OFFICIAN, ZeroSympathy, Jim DaBink/The SCIF, and Elena on X
ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his closed-door deposition before three key House committees, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue, a massive fundraising platform for Democrats, over allegations that lax fraud prevention standards may have allowed foreign donations to seep into U.S. campaigns. DeBergalis' deposition, which was scheduled for Thursday morning, lasted less than half an hour. Fox News saw DeBergalis entering and exiting the committee room within roughly 25 minutes.
#8 US to Boost Beef Imports to Address High Prices, Trump Says - Fourth./Reuters, Gigi Bowman, Mario Nawfal/PJayEss, k froste/Donald J. Trump, Eric Daugherty/Thistle, and Bitcoinization/Watcher.Guru on X
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported without impacting tariff quotas as part of a 90-day deal aimed at lowering prices as U.S. consumers struggle with grocery bills. Trump, in a social media post, said he had "a commitment" that the meat would be sold at 25% below current market prices. He did not say which countries the beef was coming from or who had committed to the lower prices. "This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again," Trump said...
#9 O’Keefe Exposes Alaska Voting Loophole as Murkowski Opposes SAVE America Act - Mariane Angela for Breitbart, Linda Adams, HG Tomato, James O'Keefe/Dandelion/ tonkaGuy, and Shay is in jail again on X
James O’Keefe released a video Thursday exposing Alaska poll workers offering him a ballot under the name of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s brother without requiring identification. O’Keefe, founder of O’Keefe Media Group (OMG), visited an Anchorage polling place during Alaska’s primary election and gave workers the name Brian Murkowski. A worker found the name on the voter list and confirmed he was at the correct polling location. O’Keefe then said he had left his ID at home and asked whether he could still vote. “Absolutely possible,” a worker responded...
#10 Second Act: What Happens to the Ovary After Menopause? - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC
For as long as most doctors can remember, the female ovary was set to expire one day. Indeed, once a woman went through menopause and her fertile years were over, the organ was considered finished—a spent shell that had done its job. In fact, one of the nation’s leading reproductive biologists, Francesca Duncan of Northwestern University, has stated that she used to think of the post-menopausal ovary as being about as useful as an appendix. Others clearly agree, with surgeons often removing the ovaries during other procedures on exactly that assumption—that nothing of value was being taken out. But it turns out we may have been wrong about the ovary. And the manner in which we found out we may be wrong says something uncomfortable about how little attention is paid to this part of the female body...And Now for Something Special 
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