July 7, 2025
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Flash floods in Texas kill more than 80 people . . . Flash floods in Texas killed at least 82 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing, including girls attending a summer camp. The devastation along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, has drawn a massive search effort as officials face questions over their preparedness and the speed of their initial actions. Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that there were 41 people confirmed to be unaccounted for across the state and more could be missing. Associated Press
Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System . . . Officials considered . . . sirens and river gauges, along with other modern communications tools. "We can do all the water-level monitoring we want, but if we don't get that information to the public in a timely way, then this whole thing is not worth it," said Tom Moser, a Kerr County commissioner at the time. In the end, little was done. When catastrophic floodwaters surged through Kerr County last week, there were no sirens or early flooding monitors. Instead, there were text alerts that came late for some residents and were dismissed or unseen by others. New York Times
New Jersey Coast Guard swimmer rescues nearly 200 people in deadly Texas flash floods . . . A United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer from New Jersey is being called a hero after rescuing close to 200 people following flash floods in Central Texas. Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was singled out by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for his efforts saving 165 victims as the only triage coordinator at the scene of the floods. Fox News
Texas Man Saves Woman Found in Tree 20 Miles Downstream
Former Houston mayoral appointee rages at flooded Texas girls camp for being 'white-only' . . . A former Houston mayoral appointee raged at a Texas girls camp for being "white-only'' — hours after deadly flooding ripped through the facility, killing at least five young campers and leaving 11 more missing. "I know I'm going to get cancelled for this, but Camp Mystic is a white-only girls' Christian camp. They don't even have a token Asian. They don't have a token Black person. It's an all-white, white-only conservative Christian camp," Sade Perkins said. New York Post
Dana Bash Blames Climate Change, Donald Trump's Administration For Texas Floods
Of course.
Sisters killed in Texas floods found with 'their hands locked together' while grandparents remain missing . . . Two sisters killed in the devastating Texas Hill Country floods were found with "their hands locked together," grieving family members said as they continue to search for the girls' missing grandparents. Blair and Brooke Harber, 13 and 11, died while on a family trip in Casa Bonita, a gated community in the town of Hunt that was struck by the devastating deluge early Friday. New York Post
How to help victims of the flood
Politics
Bessent Schools CNN On What's Happening With Medicaid: 'Funding Will Go Up' . . . Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back on Sunday when CNN's Dana Bash said the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" would result in cuts to Medicaid. "Only in DC is a 20% hike over 10 years a cut," said Bessent. "Medicaid funding will go up 20% over the next 10 years. The people who Medicaid was designed for – the pregnant women, the disabled, and families with children under 14 – will be refocused." "Able-bodied Americans are not vulnerable Americans, so a work requirement or a community service requirement, that's very popular with the public." Daily Wire
Trump Signs Order Raising National Park Fees for Foreign Tourists . . . President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to increase entry fees to U.S. national parks for international visitors in order to "improve services, access, and affordability for Americans." The order, titled Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks, directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, who oversees the National Park Service, to raise the fees to improve maintenance, infrastructure, and conservation. Daily Signal
They've come to see our great country and learn about it. Why charge them extra? That's not America First.
Culture
Reclaiming American Patriotism: Yoram Hazony's Vision for National Conservatism . . . According to Yoram Hazony, president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, Americans are raised to scorn their heritage and their responsibilities to it. The solution lies in the faction of conservatism called "national conservatism" and its ordering of individuals' principles and duties. The antidote to liberalism, suggests Hazony, is honor, which is rooted in a denial of the "radical equality" liberals will sell. Americans must realize the special honor owed to certain persons precisely because they are not one's equal. Daily Signal
Local Parents Fighting 'Cesspool' of Anti-Semitism in Philly Schools . . . Philadelphia's public school system has become an "absolute cesspool" of anti-Semitism and anti-American hatred, according to local parents, who say Gov. Josh Shapiro (D.) has "completely ignored" their pleas for help. Since Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, Philadelphia school officials have publicly defended terrorism, called for the release of convicted cop killers, claimed Israel is an "apartheid theocracy," and denounced the United States as a "criminal Amerikan empire." Washington Free Beacon
Kennedy's Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M's . . . Less than three months after he declared war on synthetic food dyes, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already secured the cooperation of the makers of some of America's most colorful culinary products. If they fulfill their promises, Jell-O snacks, Kool-Aid beverages, and Lucky Charms cereals, among a host of other foods, will be rid of synthetic dyes by the end of 2027. But the candy industry and its most colorful chocolate treat, M&M's, are a big obstacle. New York Times
Years ago, they eliminated the red dye M&M because some rat in a lab died after they injected it with half a liter of the stuff or something. The red M&M made a comeback, but it was a tough time for many of us. Now, they're coming after the rest of the colors too. We'll get through this, somehow.
Are Cigarettes Making A Comeback? How Gen Z Is Staging A Smoking Rebrand . . . In just a few decades, smoking all but disappeared from American culture. But now, despite the best efforts of the anti-smoking brigade, cigarettes are back. Though overall smoking rates in the United States remain low, Gen Z has embraced cigarettes as a symbol of rebellion. On film and television, in music and fashion, smoking is cool again. A 2022 analysis found that more than half of the top 15 streaming shows among viewers aged 15 to 24 — like "Euphoria" and "Peaky Blinders" — contained tobacco imagery. Daily Wire
Gosh, at least cigarettes don't have artificial colors.
National Security
China-Linked Organizations Affecting US Environmental Policies . . . China-linked entities have their fingerprints on climate lobbying and lawsuits in the U.S., causing alarm among some lawmakers and watchdog organizations. "I don't know the intentions. But whatever the intentions, policy after policy demonstrably strengthens China and weakens the United States," Scott Walter, president of the investigative think tank Capital Research Center, said the green policies pushed by environmental groups that work with or receive funding from China. Daily Signal
John Brennan May Face Perjury Issues After CIA Review Uncovers Russia Hoax Testimony Problems . . . Accord to a newly released review, career CIA officers admit that the Steele Dossier was included in the 2016 ICA by Brennan, and that he did it over the objections of career intelligence officials. "When confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier by the two mission center leaders . . . he appeared more swayed by the Dossier's general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns," the report reads. Breirbart
International
Australian woman guilty of murdering relatives with toxic mushroom meal . . . Australian woman Erin Patterson is guilty of murdering three relatives with a toxic mushroom lunch, a jury has found. The 50-year-old has also been found guilty of the attempted murder of the sole guest who survived the beef Wellington meal in 2023. Patterson's much-watched trial in the small Victorian town of Morwell heard evidence suggesting she had hunted down death cap mushrooms sighted in nearby towns. BBC
Israel launches airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels after attack on airport
Money
Trump Faces Crucial Week for Reaching Trade Deals . . . President Trump faces a crucial week for reaching trade deals before new tariffs are scheduled to hit dozens of countries starting Wednesday. He has scored several big wins in the past two weeks, including signing his tax and domestic policy megabill and helping broker a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. U.S. job growth in June was steadier than economists had expected, signaling strength in the economy. Wall Street Journal
Bessent suggests deadline could move to Aug. 1
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DOJ, FBI Claim Jeffrey Epstein Committed Suicide, No Evidence of 'Client List' . . . The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation claimed there was no evidence that there was a "client list" belonging to convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, and that an investigation found Epstein had "committed suicide." In a memo obtained by Axios, the FBI and DOJ explained that they had "conducted an exhaustive review of investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein." Breitbart
Guilty Pleasures
Crash covers interstate in boxes of mozzarella cheese . . . Firefighters were called to a stretch of interstate in Pennsylvania after a crash involving three tractor-trailers resulted in mozzarella cheese being spilled across a 200-yard area. The Snow Shoe Fire Company said on social media that the Pennsylvania State Police notified Clearfield County that a crash had occurred at mile marker 145 on eastbound Interstate 80, leaving a debris field covering an area of about 200 yards. UPI
In other news, the price of pizza rose 20% in early trading.
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