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#1 Dolly Parton, Country Music Icon, Dies at 80 - Corky Siemaszko for NBC News, TIME, Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X, Luiz M.D., Ron Filipkowski, Miley Official, and Nick Sortor on X
Dolly Parton, who rose from a loving if impoverished upbringing in the mountains of East Tennessee to become the “Queen of Country” music, a Hollywood star and a beloved American icon, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 80. Her team confirmed the death and said the star had faced a brief battle with cancer and died Tuesday surrounded by her loved ones. Parton’s nephew, Brian Seaver, announced the news in a video posted on her Instagram...
#2 Sen. Darline Graham Wins the Republican Senate Primary Runoff in South Carolina - Scott Wong for NBC News, Darline Graham, Thomas Massie/Decision Desk HQ, CTV News, Fox News, and Laurence (Larry) Boorstein on X
Sen. Darline Graham defeated Rep. Ralph Norman in South Carolina’s Republican primary runoff, NBC News projects, a victory for President Donald Trump, who recruited, endorsed, and campaigned for her following her brother Lindsey Graham’s death six weeks ago. With nearly all of the vote tallied, Graham was leading Norman roughly 52% to 48%. At her election-night party in Columbia, Graham paid tribute to her late brother and credited Trump with getting her across the finish line...
#3 Trump-Backed Mike Mazzei Wins the GOP Nomination in the Oklahoma Governor’s Race - Alexandra Marquez for NBC News, Mike Mazzei, Fox News Politics, The Washington Post, The Calvin Coolidge Project, and Brandon Maly on X
Former state Sen. Mike Mazzei has secured the Republican nomination for governor in Oklahoma, NBC News projects, a victory for President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate. Mazzei narrowly defeated state Attorney General Gentner Drummond by about 2,000 votes in the GOP primary runoff. The initial June primary was also tight. Drummond finished in first place by just more than 1,000 votes over Mazzei. Since no candidate in the crowded field secured a majority, the race went to a runoff...
#4 RFK Jr. Blasts Josh Shapiro for Accusing Him of Spreading Vaccine Conspiracy Theories - Washington Examiner, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Sidney Powell Attorney, Author, Gladiator, Dr. Dawn Michael, Tara, and IredcapI on X
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., criticized Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) for accusing him of spreading conspiracy theories about vaccines. Shapiro’s comments came as the governor announced on Tuesday that two people in Pennsylvania died from measles. Both were unvaccinated, Shapiro said. He accused Kennedy and the Trump administration of “scaring people” into not believing doctors and medical information about vaccines. Kennedy objected to the criticism and said that Shapiro was gaslighting the public. Kennedy posted on X the details of the phone conversation he said he had with Shapiro...
#5 Florida Proposes Dropping 4 Vaccines From School Entry Requirements - Fox 35 Orlando, Dr. Sherry Tenpenny/Eric Daugherty, David J Harris Jr, Jefferey Jaxen, Florida's Voice, and NewsNation on X
Florida health officials are proposing to remove four vaccines from requirements for children attending public and private schools, advancing part of a broader effort by the DeSantis administration to eliminate vaccine mandates.The proposal would remove requirements for hepatitis B, chickenpox, Haemophilus influenzae type b, known as Hib, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Other vaccinations required under state law would remain in place unless lawmakers act....#6 The Government Paid Hundreds Of Influencers To Promote COVID Vaccines - Natalie Winters for Substack, Sayer Ji, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Liz Wheeler, and Q on X
The recovered ads promoted COVID shots for children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers while a 247.7-million-message monitoring system shaped the campaign’s talking points. The federal government funded an $80 million project that paid 496 social-media influencers to promote COVID vaccines. The project’s own report disclosed the existence of these influencers, but it never named them. I traced Instagram paid-partnership labels, #ad captions, reposts, and archived advertising records to identify 57 accounts connected to apparently sponsored campaign content. The recovered posts reveal what the government-funded vaccine push looked like inside people’s feeds...#7 Fauci Takes the Fifth. Farrar Slips Out the Door. - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for the Highwire, Richard H. Ebright, Redacted, Alex Jones/Jefferey Jaxen, and Alleburgers on X
A Senate committee recently voted to hold former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, referring him to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. This long-awaited, if partial victory, which occurred on August 6, marks the sharpest turn yet in a long reckoning over Fauci and his catastrophic shenanigans. Specifically, how he handled the pandemic, the lockdowns that shut down the nation, the mandates that forced millions into compliance, the funding of dangerous and risky virus research overseas, and the lingering question of how COVID-19 began in the first place. Just 12 days after Fauci’s day of very public scrutiny, on August 18, the World Health Organization (WHO) quietly announced that its Assistant Director-General for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Care, Sir Jeremy Farrar, was leaving...#8 Josh Shapiro Eyes New Powers That Make COVID Restrictions Look Like a Warning Shot - Megan Brock for The Daily Wire, @amuse, Meg Brock, John Beaudoin, Sr., The Real CdC, The Last Boomer, Meg Brock/Jane Coleman, and Children's Health Defense - Pennsylvania Chapter on X
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is pushing to radically rewrite his state’s health code to give his administration authoritarian police powers as he seeks re-election. The Democrats’ proposed change would give Pennsylvania’s Department of Health centralized police powers under the guise of “disease control measures,” including the ability to enter homes and schools without a warrant, access confidential medical records, and impose statewide school mask mandates for disease prevention. The Department of Health reports to the governor’s office, meaning this change would give Shapiro — and his successors — the ability to implement draconian policies across the state single-handedly...
#9 Deloitte Agrees to Pay $21.5 Million to Settle DOJ Probe Into DEI Practices - Landon Mion for FOXBusiness, Eric Daugherty, U.S. Department of Justice, The Wall Street Journal, Desi H-1Bhenchods/Polymarket, and M. A. Rothman on X
Accounting firm Deloitte agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle Department of Justice allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with anti-discrimination requirements in federal contracts and discriminating on the basis of race or sex, the department announced Tuesday. The settlement resolves allegations that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts and allegedly discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of their race or sex, according to the DOJ...
#10 RFK Jr., Anna Paulina Luna Host Clearwater Roundtable on Regenerative Farming - Ariel Plasencia for Fox13 Tampa Bay, Secretary Kennedy, MAHA Action, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna/HHS, Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, and Kevin Carlos America on X
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joined U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, and state agricultural leaders for a roundtable discussion in Clearwater on Tuesday. The talk, which focused on regenerative farming, was held at Life Farms. Members of the media were not allowed inside for the actual discussion. But, Kennedy told FOX 13 they talked about how to move away from glyphosate and other chemicals and towards a more sustainable kind of agriculture...
