July 5th • 2h 49m
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00 🎆 AMERICA 250 - TRUMP SPEAKS
Trump plants the flag on the 250th — the Rushmore & Salute-to-America speeches, and France24's read that 'communism' is the feint to distract from Iran.
France24 - Communism Feint
France24 - communism is the buzzword to distract from the Iran war - FRANCE24
France24 correspondent: reads Trump's Rushmore framing as a feint — 'communism' is the buzzword deployed to distract from the Iran war.
Mount Rushmore (NBC)
oldest republic freest strongest great to be president - NBC
Donald Trump (Mt. Rushmore, NBC): stacks the 250 superlatives — oldest, freest, strongest republic — 'great to be your president.'
Karl Marx or America communist or patriot - NBC
Donald Trump (Mt. Rushmore, NBC): the binary loyalty test — 'loyal to Karl Marx or to America' — plus the Marxist-lies/stolen-land attack, 'not going to let that happen.'
Salute to America (NBC)
storm evacuation 375k had to leave - NBC
Donald Trump (Salute to America, NBC): the storm-delay cold open — '375,000 people had to leave… very special country.'
military recruiting setting records - NBC
Donald Trump (Salute to America, NBC): military recruiting is 'setting records,' tying enlistment to Americans 'loving our country again.'
home of freedom, nobody can be like us - NBC
Donald Trump (Salute to America, NBC): exceptionalism opener — home of freedom, land of liberty, most exceptional nation ever, 'Nobody can be like us.'
the spirit of 1776 still lives, best is yet to come - NBC
Donald Trump (Salute to America, NBC): the closing crescendo — the spirit of 1776 still roars; oldest constitutional republic, 'the best is yet to come.'
01 🇺🇸 AMERICA 250 - WHAT IT MEANS
The counter-melody: what 250 actually MEANS — historians, McConaughey, the Philly time capsule, Wes Moore, Ifill, France24, NPR swing voters, and a 1976-bicentennial mood check.
1976 Bicentennial Vox
Bicentennial NEGATIVE supercut - 1976 archival vox
1976 man-on-the-street vox (NerdsMakeMedia archival): the NEGATIVE supercut — bicentennial cynicism, grievance, economic doom, 'less and less of everything.'
Bicentennial POSITIVE supercut - 1976 archival vox
1976 man-on-the-street vox (NerdsMakeMedia archival): the POSITIVE supercut — proud, celebratory, hopeful, 'almost like a rebirth for the country.'
France24 - Polarising
France24 - America 250 amid a polarising political landscape - FRANCE24
France24: America marks its 250th 'amid a polarising political landscape' — the framing package on a divided anniversary.
NPR Swing Voters
NPR Swing Shift - swing voters proud but imperfect on America 250 - NPR
NPR 'Swing Shift' (Tamara Keith): a dozen swing-state voters on America at 250 — proud but imperfect; NPR withholds full names so they speak freely.
NPR Swing Shift - one word for Americas future, cautiously optimistic - NPR
NPR 'Swing Shift' (Tamara Keith): one word for America's future — uncertain, concerned, hopeful, worried, excited, 'cautiously optimistic'; Lee's optimism is unqualified.
The Reflection
Wes Moore - fear is the accelerant of nationalism, lets choose faith - MS NOW
Gov. Wes Moore (MS NOW): 'Fear is the accelerant of nationalism. Faith is the foundation of patriotism… let's choose faith.'
I see 250 years of showing up - FOX
Matthew McConaughey (Fox): 'I see 250 years of showing up… arguing, loving, losing, forgiving, starting over. Just keep living.'
Rep Aderholt - we are speaking to the future, our voices heard in 2276 - FOX
Rep. Robert Aderholt (Fox, time-capsule ceremony): 'we are speaking to the future' — Americans of 2276 will hear us.
what is in the time capsule - books documents memorabilia artifacts - FOX
Time-capsule ceremony (Fox): what's inside — books, documents, memorabilia, artifacts; buried on Independence Mall, opened 2276.
Yale historian - are we just a big mishmash or something unites us - PBS
Yale historian Beverly Gage (PBS NewsHour): the divided-identity hook — 'are we just a big mishmash… or is there something that unites us?' — an acute concern now.
Sherrilyn Ifill - we were founded a second time, we are the new framers - MS NOW
Sherrilyn Ifill (ex-NAACP LDF, MS NOW): 'We were founded a second time… we get to be the founders and framers of the new iteration of American democracy.'
02 🗽 MAMDANI & THE DEM CIVIL WAR
Mamdani reframes exceptionalism as righteous dissent while the Democratic party fights its own civil war — Harris's outreach, Brinkley's two-speeches read, Fetterman's 'orgy of socialism.'
Brinkley - Two Speeches (MS NOW)
Brinkley two speeches America exceptional - MS NOW
Historian Douglas Brinkley (MS NOW, w/ Ari Melber): contrasts Trump's Rushmore red-scare speech vs Mamdani's Ellis-Island framing — 'what makes America exceptional.'
Fetterman - Orgy of Socialism (Fox)
Fetterman - our party is becoming an orgy of socialism - FOX
Sen. John Fetterman (Fox): torches the far-left (an activist praising Kim/Stalin) — 'our party's becoming an orgy of socialism… I've been vindicated.'
Harris Realignment (CBS)
Harris reaches out to Mamdani realignment - CBS
CBS 'The Takeout' (strategists Mora & Smedley): Axios scoop that Harris reached out to Mamdani + pro-Palestinian activists reads as a party realignment — 'can't win if you can't turn out your base.'
Mamdani - America 250 Speech
America exceptional nothing fixed - MAMDANI
Zohran Mamdani (speech): America is exceptional precisely because nothing is fixed — the Declaration's work still belongs to us; the joy of being 'an American too.'
powerful say not all created equal - MAMDANI
Zohran Mamdani (speech): each of us holds the power to define America; the powerful's exclusionary answer (right accent, right skin) shows 'how small they are.'
contradictions ICE terrorizing oligarchs - MAMDANI
Zohran Mamdani (speech): a city of contradictions — hungry children beside the first trillionaire, oligarchs buying elections, masked agents in unmarked vans.
patriotism is righteous dissent - MAMDANI
Zohran Mamdani (speech): answers 'love it or leave it' — patriotism is righteous dissent, every march and protest; we love it so we won't leave it.
03 🌍 WORLD TOASTS AMERICA 250
World leaders raise a glass to America at 250 — Netanyahu, Herzog, and Pope Leo XIV.
Netanyahu 250 US-Israel alliance - Netanyahu X
PM Benjamin Netanyahu (X, direct-to-camera): toasts the 250th with an Entebbe/bicentennial parallel — 'when America and Israel stand together, freedom stands stronger.'
Herzog at US Embassy Jerusalem, unbreakable US-Israel partnership - X
Pres. Isaac Herzog (X, US Embassy Jerusalem, w/ Amb. Huckabee): brands it 'Freedom 250,' toasts the 'unbreakable' US-Israel partnership.
Pope Leo XIV - the 250th a solemn recommitment, God bless America - NCC
Pope Leo XIV (NCC, Vatican video for the Liberty Medal): prays the 250th be 'a solemn recommitment' — 'May God bless America.'
04 💰 FREEDOM 250 - THE GRIFT
Follow the money: Freedom 250 as a grift engine — Trump Accounts, emoluments, Huffman's hidden 'Freedom 250 LLC,' SSN cards stamped with the logo, and Trump defending the take.
Emoluments (CNN)
Ty Cobb ex-Trump lawyer crypto not legal emoluments - CNN
Ty Cobb, ex-Trump WH lawyer (CNN): >$1B in crypto in a year — 'is it legal? I don't believe so' — an emoluments violation, 'the greatest onslaught of corruption.'
Huffman - Freedom 250 LLC (MS NOW)
Rep Huffman Trump hijacked 250 to enrich himself - MS NOW
Rep. Jared Huffman (MS NOW): Congress insulated the 250 commission — 'Trump hijacked it… to enrich himself and his cronies.'
Huffman - the shadow company Freedom 250 LLC hidden in a charity - MS NOW
Rep. Jared Huffman + Sam Stein (MS NOW): the mechanism — a shadow company, 'Freedom 250 LLC,' hidden inside the National Park Foundation for foreign shakedowns 'in a veil of secrecy.'
SSN Freedom 250 Logo (NBC)
babies get Social Security cards with the Freedom 250 logo - NBC
NBC (anchor brief): babies born in the US now get Social Security cards stamped with the Freedom 250 logo — admin-backed through year's end.
Trump Accounts (CBS)
Bessent explains Trump accounts stock donation - CBS
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent (CBS): the two parts of 'Trump accounts' — a $1,000 Treasury seed per child plus stock/foundation donations distributed to all holders.
Trump Defends the Take (CNBC Squawk)
1- Trump - counter the critics who say I enrich myself and family - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): answers the self-enrichment critics by pointing at the market — up 50k in a year, 'unbelievable.'
2- Trump - if Dems take the House, endless investigations of me - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): if Dems take the House, 'endless investigations of me'; the kids run the business in blind trusts — 'bigger purpose than making money.'
05 📈 TRUMP GOLDEN AGE & THE MARKETS
Trump's golden-age gospel on CNBC — 81 records in 81 days, the 'derangement syndrome,' and taking 10% of Intel because 'equity beats a loan.'
Golden Age (CNBC Squawk)
Trump - we are in a golden age, 81 records in 81 days - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): the golden-age brag — more factories, 401(k)s up 80-90%, '81 market records in 81 days.'
Trump - they want to kill success, derangement syndrome - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): good numbers now sink stocks via inflation 'derangement syndrome' — 'they want to kill success.'
Intel Equity (CNBC Squawk)
Trump - I took 10 percent of Intel, made 70 billion, equity beats a loan - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): 'I took 10% of Intel' for zero investment, ~$60-70B in eight months — 'equity beats a loan,' Intel 'went through the roof.'
06 ⚔️ IRAN FEINT & THE OIL REVERSAL
The Iran feint and the oil reversal it triggered — negotiators, McMaster, Vance, Trump's 'wall of steel,' and the OPEC-vs-IEA glut fight as crude reverses.
Oil Reversal
Ukraine drones strike Russian oil infrastructure near St Petersburg - euronews
euronews: Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil infrastructure near St. Petersburg — the supply-side pressure on crude.
al-Ghais OPEC dismisses IEA oil glut forecast, headlines create volatility - CNBC
OPEC Sec-Gen Haitham al-Ghais (CNBC exclusive): dismisses the IEA's heavy-oversupply forecast — 'fundamentals… actual numbers, not ifs and buts'; 'headlines only create more volatility.'
The Feint
Vance - Iran war is a win-win outcome - CBS
VP J.D. Vance (CBS, via Fox hit): 'We have all the cards… even if not successful we accomplished the core mission — a win-win outcome.'
Iran negotiator - divine blessing, no talks without frozen assets - CNN
Iran's chief negotiator (CNN, translated): a Hormuz-sovereignty 'divine blessing' statement — no talks without release of frozen assets.
McMaster - Iran getting everything they want, squeezing US out - CBS
H.R. McMaster, fmr NSA (CBS): Iran is 'getting everything they want' — a Gulf-states ultimatum, squeezing the US out; 1979 hegemony goal intact.
New Supreme Leader absent from fathers funeral - CNN
Nazila Fathi via CNN (Pleitgen pkg): new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei absent from his father's funeral — the messaging is 'not complete.'
Trump on Iran
Trump - Iran wall of steel, 22 ships in one night, blew up their radar - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): secret nightly tanker extractions through the strait — '22 ships in one night,' blew up Iran's radar a third time.
third term wiped out Iran military - NBC
Donald Trump (Salute to America, NBC): the military-rebuild brag with the 'I should say third term' slip — 'we wiped out Iran's military.'
Vance - America Wins Either Way (Real Time)
Vance - Iran, America wins either way - Real Time
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
VP J.D. Vance (Real Time / HBO, w/ Maher setup): oil down, ceasefire + MOU, straits open, nuclear program destroyed — 'America wins either way.'
07 🫧 THE AI BUBBLE
The AI bubble from every angle — Zitron says it's 'not a business,' the policy whiplash (Anthropic/OpenAI/AMD), Andreessen's 'Dr. ChatGPT,' and the government's 'really cool' chatbot spend.
AI Policy (CNBC)
Commerce lifts export controls on Anthropic Fable 5 - CNBC
CNBC anchors: Commerce lifts the mid-June export controls on Anthropic — Fable 5 back to global cloud, Mythos 5 restored, 'a big move.'
Nationalizing AI - conflict of interest reaction - CNBC
CNBC anchors (citing Alex Kantrowitz): OpenAI floats handing the Trump admin a 5% stake — 'how can government regulate a firm it also owns?'
Andreessen - Dr ChatGPT (NY Post)
Andreessen - Dr ChatGPT is a better doctor than 99pct of doctors - NY Post
Marc Andreessen (NY Post): 'Dr. ChatGPT is a better doctor than 99% of doctors' — the case for AI medicine.
Gov AI - Fletcher Beacon (Fed Gov Today)
Fletcher - generative AI is the perfect technology for us, use it use it - Fed Gov Today
Kelly Fletcher, State Dept CIO (Fed Gov Today): gushes that generative AI is 'the perfect technology for us… use it, use it' — 50k+ users, 20k weekly.
Fletcher - the AI Champions program - Fed Gov Today
Kelly Fletcher, State Dept CIO (Fed Gov Today): super-users grow into the 'AI Champions' evangelist cohort with extra training — 'really cool.'
Fletcher - meet Beacon, your personal AI assistant - Fed Gov Today
Kelly Fletcher, State Dept CIO (Fed Gov Today): meet 'Beacon' — an agentic personal AI assistant for leave/password toil; the hard part is training.
Fletcher - the AI agent is really a help desk bot - Fed Gov Today
Kelly Fletcher, State Dept CIO (Fed Gov Today): ~60% of ~1M yearly IT tickets targeted; hope Beacon resolves 10-20% in six months — a glorified help-desk bot.
Lisa Su - Local AI Box (AMD)
Lisa Su AMD handheld box runs 200B-param AI locally - AMD
Dr. Lisa Su, AMD CEO (keynote via X): the smallest AI dev box runs 200B-param models locally, 'not connected to anything' — Ryzen AI Max + 128GB, fits in your hand.
Meta Workforce Academy (Gary submission)
Gary - Meta Americas Workforce Academy - submitted
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
Listener 'Gary' (submission): flags Meta's new 'Americas Workforce Academy' — Big Tech branding itself as the trainer of the American workforce.
Zitron - AI Is Not a Business (CNBC)
Zitron - AI is not a business, worse than WeWork - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): AI firms IPO with hidden finances — a $20.9B loss and no path; 'there's not really a business there,' worse than WeWork.
Zitron - I hate to agree with Karp but hes right, they encourage waste - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): 'I hate to agree with Karp, but he's right' — AI cos encourage waste, can't charge on outcomes; they lose too much for the strategy to work.
Zitron - LLMs are a dead end, the kayfabe of tech - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): LLMs are a dead end — a boring $10-30B hardware business posing as a trillion-dollar one, 'the kayfabe of tech' out of ideas.
Zitron - Oracle, OpenAI and Ellison, genuinely dangerous - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): Oracle's 7.1GW OpenAI bet may never get paid, Ellison exposed — 'genuinely dangerous' across the LLM industry.
Zitron - the trick of hidden AI revenues - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): the trick of hidden AI revenues — big tech never discloses them, so non-AI growth gets conflated with AI; 'they've only got bad news.'
Zitron - debt is bedtime for the AI industry - CNBC
Ed Zitron (CNBC): when data-center debt stops issuing it's 'bedtime'; tech are followers who'll follow the first capex cut.
08 🏛️ WEAPONIZATION & THE DEEP STATE
Weaponization and the deep state — Pulte's intel purge, Brennan's DOJ suit, the SCOTUS 'slaughter' firing power, the Save America Act, Goodlander's trading ban, and an FBI wiretap on Newsom's circle.
Brennan Sues DOJ (MS NOW)
Brennan targeted for exposing Russian interference in 2016 - MS NOW
John Brennan, ex-CIA Dir (MS NOW, w/ Nicolle Wallace): sues DOJ — 'targeted by Trump because I exposed Russian interference in 2016'; the lawfare/deep-state beat.
FBI & Newsom (KTLA)
FBI wiretap infiltrated Newsoms inner circle via ex-chief of staff - KTLA
KTLA: an FBI wiretap infiltrated Newsom's inner circle via ex-chief-of-staff Dana Williamson (pled guilty to federal fraud in May); Newsom's office denies a connection.
Goodlander - Stock-Trading Ban (NBC)
Goodlander bill bans stock trading across all three branches - NBC
Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH (NBC 'Common Ground'): a first-of-its-kind bipartisan bill banning stock trading & prediction markets across all three branches.
Pulte's Intel Purge
MS Now panel - the Pulte intel purge and the next big lie - MS Now
Christopher O'Leary, ex-FBI (MS Now panel): Pulte atop intelligence with no experience — fear the community manufactures 'the next big lie' turned on American citizens.
Vaughn Hilliard reports Pulte firing dozens of intel officials as deep state - MS NOW
Vaughn Hilliard (MS NOW): Acting DNI Bill Pulte is firing dozens of intel officials deemed 'deep state,' tied to the Trump declassification push.
SCOTUS Slaughter (CNBC Squawk)
Trump - the SCOTUS slaughter decision, every president since FDR - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): the SCOTUS 'slaughter' decision lets the president fire federal-agency officials — a power lost since FDR, 'I got it back.'
Save America Act (CNBC Squawk)
Trump - wont sign the housing bill until the Save America Act - CNBC
Donald Trump (CNBC Squawk Pod): won't sign the housing bill until the Save America Act (voter ID + citizenship proof) passes — 'the priority.'
09 🎬 VANCE ON REAL TIME (MAHER)
VP Vance goes on Maher's Real Time — immigration enforcement, election denial, and why he became Catholic.
Vance - you cant do immigration enforcement without bad video clips - Real Time
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
VP J.D. Vance (Real Time / HBO, w/ Maher setup): 'you can't do immigration enforcement without bad video clips' — if you can't enforce when it makes a bad video, you never can.
Vance - election deal-breaker, 2020 was rigged by tech censorship - Real Time
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
VP J.D. Vance (Real Time / HBO): on Maher's concede-elections deal-breaker — big-tech censorship 'rigged 2020,' 'it happened in 2020.'
Vance - why I became Catholic, craving beauty and stability - Real Time
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
VP J.D. Vance (Real Time / HBO): why he became Catholic — young converts crave beauty and stability against ugliness and constant change.
10 ☪️ ANTI-ISLAM PSYOP - BURMAWI
Danny Burmawi's anti-Islam-psyop debate on the Daily Wire — Islamophobia vs antisemitism, the 'lottery,' the Red-Green Alliance.
Burmawi - Islamophobia and antisemitism are inverted - Daily Wire
Danny Burmawi (Daily Wire, w/ Jeremy Boreing): antisemitism = hatred of Jews (a people); Islamophobia = criticism of an ideology — the two are inverted.
Burmawi - Islam won the lottery in America after 9-11 - Daily Wire
Danny Burmawi (Daily Wire): post-9/11 the West split the attack from Islam to avoid chaos — that accommodation is why Muslim numbers skyrocketed, 'Islam won the lottery.'
Burmawi - Islam is not a religion, it cannot coexist with the consensus - Daily Wire
Danny Burmawi (Daily Wire): Islam isn't a religion, it HAS one (like communism has Marx) — it can't coexist with a shared-consensus society.
Burmawi - the Red-Green Alliance, why the woke left allies with Islam - Daily Wire
Danny Burmawi (Daily Wire): the Red-Green Alliance — neo-Marxism swapped class for identity; the woke left and Islam ally to tear the system down.
Burmawi - Israel is fighting a war youll be fighting anyway - Daily Wire
Danny Burmawi (Daily Wire): the interview closer — Jews aren't a threat; Israel is fighting a war 'you'll be fighting anyway,' 'we are all Israel.'
11 🍁 USMCA & THE CANADA SQUEEZE
The USMCA squeeze — the US declines to renew, and Ambassador Hoekstra won't guarantee Canada's tariff exemption.
Hoekstra - Gordie Howe Bridge (Global News)
Amb Hoekstra - wont guarantee Canadas tariff exemption, all options on the table - Global News
Amb. Pete Hoekstra (Global News): won't guarantee Canada's tariff exemption — 'all options are on the table' at the Gordie Howe Bridge.
USMCA Not Renewed (CBC)
USMCA not renewed, US declines the trilateral trade pact - CBC
CBC (anchor + Min. Dominic LeBlanc): on the Canada Day deadline, the US declined to renew USMCA 'in its current form'; LeBlanc flags sectoral-tariff talks.
Fagan - its review not renegotiation, but the US is the big dog - CBC
Prof. Drew Fagan, Munk School (CBC): 'the word in the agreement is REVIEW, not renegotiation — but the US is the big dog… a renegotiation they will have.'
12 🧠 MKULTRA - BURCHETT HEARING
Rep. Burchett's MKUltra hearing — 'which lie do we believe,' programmed loners, and the MLK/James Earl Ray analog.
Which lie do we believe - MKUltra CIA - NY Post
Rep. Tim Burchett + Dr. Kinser (NY Post): MKUltra 'didn't exist → does → not anymore — which lie do we believe?'; the witness on 1950s CIA secrecy.
MKUltra loners programmed to shoot a president - NY Post
Burchett + Dr. Kinser (NY Post): could algorithm-era targeting of 'loners' make someone take a shot at a president (Butler/Kirk refs) — 'evolved to be more effective.'
MLK James Earl Ray analog plus get audited - NY Post
Dr. Kinser + Burchett (NY Post): the MLK / James Earl Ray analog — the FBI created the climate; Burchett's button, 'I'm probably going to get audited… I yield back.'
13 🇪🇺 EUROPE - HOUSING & THE ECB
Europe's slow-motion crises — von der Leyen declares a housing emergency; Lagarde eyes the ECB exit.
Lagarde - ECB Exit (euronews)
Lagarde mulls leaving the ECB early for a role in French elections - euronews
euronews: Christine Lagarde mulls leaving the ECB early for a role in French politics — the leadership-vacuum angle.
von der Leyen - Housing Crisis (EU Commission)
von der Leyen - Europe declares a housing crisis - EU Commission
Ursula von der Leyen (EU Commission presser): declares Europe faces a housing crisis of affordability, access and quality — launches a Housing Alliance + Summit.
14 🛂 RUBIO PATRIOT PASSPORT
Rubio's patriot-passport comedy hour at the State Dept — moving pages, QR codes 'for delayed flights,' and 'we sell identities here.'
Rubio - the old passport process, could be a demand letter or run over by a truck - State Dept
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
Sec. Marco Rubio (State Dept presser): mocks the old passport process — a CVS headshot, mail it, wait months for an envelope maybe 'run over by a truck.'
Rubio - who invented that, the moving passport pages - State Dept
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
Sec. Marco Rubio (State Dept presser): marvels at the new red passport's moving-image pages — 'Isn't that amazing? Who invented that?'
Rubio - QR codes for when your flight is delayed and youre bored - State Dept
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
Sec. Marco Rubio (State Dept presser): future passports get QR codes to history videos 'because flights are so often delayed.'
Rubio - we sell identities here, auctioning Boulos passport - State Dept
Source: (TV / presser — no public URL)
Sec. Marco Rubio (State Dept presser): mock-auctions Amb. Boulos's passport — '$150… anyone want to be Mr. Boulos? We sell identities here.'
15 🎰 SERENDIPITY
The grab-bag: Avi Loeb on UAP, ZYN, a cyclospora outbreak, an Olympian's Reflecting-Pool charge, a fossil-fuel heat-wave study, and Mamdani's heat advisory.
stay inside stay cool heat advisory - CNN
Zohran Mamdani (CNN, heat advisory): stay inside, stay cool, help tourists, share your sunscreen — the NYC heat-dome SOT.
ZYN nicotine pouches FDA-authorized safer than cigarettes - NBC
NBC (anchor brief): FDA authorizes ZYN 'lower risk vs cigarettes' marketing for 20 products — but NOT as a quit-smoking aid.
cyclospora parasite outbreak, explosive diarrhea you cant see or taste - 13News
13News: a cyclospora parasite outbreak — 'explosive diarrhea' from a bug you can't see or taste.
Olympian faces 10 years for Reflecting Pool after Trumps 16M reno - 6abc
6abc: an Olympian faces 10 years for jumping in the Reflecting Pool after Trump's $16M renovation.
study says the US heatwave was impossible without fossil fuel pollution - 13News
13News: a study says the US heat wave was 'impossible without fossil-fuel pollution' — the climate-attribution read.
Loeb on what UAP probe may uncover - CBS
Avi Loeb, Harvard astronomer (CBS): on the White House UAP panel — mysterious objects; if not human-made, 'the biggest discovery ever made by humanity.'