Thursday, July 31, 2025

​ July 31, 2024 Good morning, ​ ​ One last chance! Yes, we closed the Cut to the News fundraiser yesterday. We are enormously grateful to everyone who donated. But one of our extremely generous donors noticed that we were about $1,000 short of our fundraising goal and made an irresistible offer to match every donation, up to a total of $500, from now until midnight. That would get us to our goal! So please consider doubling your money now with a donation. It's easier than ever to help support great journalism and a publication that helps you cut through the mountain of clutter to the top news of the day! ​ Thank you. ​ Leading the News . . . ​ Flurry of huge trade deals buries Trump tariff doubters . . . Big trade deals with Japan and the European Union have injected momentum into President Trump's trade agenda and knocked his critics back on their heels. Mr. Trump's trade plans seemed stuck in neutral a few months ago, making it a punching bag for economists and pundits. Now, however, countries are opening their markets and throwing billions of dollars at U.S. projects, making deals that avoid tariffs in the high double digits but nevertheless agreeing to higher tariffs that they can stomach. Washington Times​ ​ Trump says Canada's Palestinian move is a new trade deal stumbling block . . . U.S. President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that Canada's move to recognize Palestinian statehood threatened to jeopardize trade deal talks between the two countries. On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his country intends to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of September's United Nations General Assembly, joining France and the U.K. on that path. Politico​ Politics Newly declassified evidence suggests FBI conspired with Clinton to legitimize Russiagate allegations . . . Americans are about to get another jolt from declassified Russiagate evidence, this time showing the Obama administration had intelligence as far back as summer 2016 that Hillary Clinton approved an operation to manufacture a fake Russia scandal to harm Donald Trump and the FBI would "fully participate in the plan," officials told Just the News. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who has spent years fighting to declassify the intelligence gathered from a foreign enemy and delivered to Obama, is set to release the bombshell information. Just the News​ ​ There's just more and more to be found in the cesspool that the press should have investigated but didn't. ​ Combative Biden White House Aide Disputes Cognitive Decline Claims . . . A top White House official and campaign chief for former President Joe Biden took probing questions from House investigators on Wednesday, pushing back strongly against assertions of Biden's cognitive decline while still in office. Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president in the Biden White House and a longtime player in Democrat politics, sat down with members and staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Daily Signal​ ​ In other news, have a look at the emperor's new clothes! ​ The Left's Hitler Derangement Syndrome . . . I grew up being told—though I, of course, could never verify it since their corpses were roasted to ashes in the crematoria—that 200 of my relatives were murdered during the Holocaust. You, on the left, who contend President Donald Trump has something to do with Hitler and the Gestapo, likely know the horror of how they were killed. Trump bears no resemblance to Hitler, and any contention otherwise is an insult to everyone who died at the Führer's hand. With the careless invocation of Hitler, you are guilty of imperiling the essential vow Jews have repeated to themselves and the world for 80 years: Never forget. By Keith Koffler for The Daily Signal​ ​ Donald Trump Considering Pardon for Diddy After Judge Rules on Bail . . . Donald Trump's White House has been in communication with Diddy's legal team about a potential pardon for the music mogul, and we've learned the decision may be determined by the judge's ruling on bail. Donald Trump is "more than open" to pardoning Diddy, but he wants to wait to see what Judge Arun Subramanian does with Diddy's latest bail petition. We're told if Diddy is granted bail, Trump will not make a decision on a pardon until Diddy is sentenced. If the judge denies bail, a decision will be made immediately. TMZ​ ​ Trump is said to feel that Diddy was unfairly treated by the justice system, like he was. ​ ​Record number of Senate Democrats vote to block weapon sales for Israel​ ​ Trump Says Nancy Pelosi Should Be Investigated For Insider Trading . . . "You know, Nancy Pelosi became rich by having inside information. She made a fortune with her husband, and I think that's disgraceful," Trump said during a press conference at the White House. "And what I do think is Nancy Pelosi should be investigated, because she has the highest return of anybody practically in the history of Wall Street, save a few," Trump added. "And how did that happen? It happened by she knows exactly what's gonna happen, what's gonna be announced, she buys stock, and then the stock goes up after the announcement's made." Daily Wire​ ​ Trump calls GOP's Hawley 'second tier' senator after bill to ban stock trades in government advances . . . President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the Republican's proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress — and the president and vice president — won bipartisan approval to advance in a committee vote. A day earlier, Trump tore into veteran GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa over an obscure Senate procedure regarding nominations. Associated Press​ ​ Congressional Republicans Putting Back Money DOGE Took Out . . . Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., moved to defund the National Endowment for Democracy after a House Republican proposal for fiscal year 2026 included full funding for the agency at 2025 levels, even though President Donald Trump called for defunding it. While agencies like NED and USAID have historically advanced American interests abroad, critics say they have promoted gender ideology, divisive racial programs, and regime change in recent years, undermining American interests. Daily Signal​ ​ Remember, the deep state and the uniparty are very deep and wide and very good at sleight of hand. ​ Pete's Telling 'Pivot' . . . Once again, a Democrat is using slippery language to imply he understands the unfairness of men in women's sports. "I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women's sports," former Biden administration Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told NPR Monday. So does Buttigieg, a former and likely future Democrat presidential contender, agree with the 75% of Americans who don't think boys should play on girls sports teams? Not exactly. Daily Signal​ ​ Bill Imposes Prison Time for Those Who Harm Law Enforcement Dogs . . . A bill in Congress would impose up to 15 years in prison for those who harm a law enforcement dog with a deadly weapon. In partnership with K9s United, a nonprofit that seeks to protect and support dogs used in law enforcement, Republican Rep. Aaron Bean of Florida announced the Leo K9 Protection Act, a bill that would increase the penalties for individuals who use a deadly weapon to harm a federal police animal, Bean's office said in a press statement. Daily Signal​ ​ Shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president . . . He's staffed by only one or two aides. He holes up for hours at a time in Delaware working on his memoir with a new ghostwriter, while undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Welcome to life after the White House. Politico​ Culture Brown University strikes agreement with Trump administration to restore lost federal funding . . . Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday. The university also agreed to several concessions in line with President Donald Trump's political agenda. Brown will adopt the government's definition of "male" and "female," for example, and must remove any consideration of race from the admissions process. Associated Press​ International How the 'Neutral' UN Is Helping Hamas Oppress Gazans and Fool the World . . . Every day this week, hundreds of U.N. trucks stacked with pallets of humanitarian aid have exited Israeli-patrolled routes and rumbled into population centers across the Gaza Strip, where Israel has implemented daily pauses in military operations. Many of the trucks, operating under enhanced Israeli protections introduced on Sunday, have not reached U.N. warehouses, according to Gazans on the ground. Armed Hamas militants have hijacked the trucks, the people said, and what aid has arrived at the warehouses has disappeared into a patronage system controlled by Hamas. Washington Free Beacon​ Money Bessent says new Trump child savings accounts are 'back door for privatizing Social Security' . . . Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Trump administration was committed to protecting Social Security hours after he said in an interview that a new children's savings program President Donald Trump signed into law "is a back door for privatizing Social Security." Bessent said Wednesday evening that the accounts created under Trump's tax break-and-spending cut law "will supplement the sanctity of Social Security's guaranteed payments." Associated Press​ ​ ​Fed holds rates steady but sees first double dissent in three decades​ You should also know Cincinnati city councilwoman: Victims of mob attack 'begged for that beat down' . . . A city councilwoman in Cincinnati is under fire for comments posted on Facebook in the wake of a brutal downtown beatdown last weekend. Under a post from a Facebook user called Leohna Alia La JCannon that shows the vicious assault, an account that appears to belong to Councilwoman Victoria Parks commented, "They begged for that beat down!" "I am grateful for the whole story," the comment continues. Fox News​ ​ Louisiana 'Medicaid millionaire' bought Lamborghini while claiming government benefits for years . . . A Louisiana woman who purchased a Lamborghini while fraudulently obtaining Medicaid benefits is facing a fraud charge, authorities said this week. Candace Taylor, 35, of Slidell, dubbed the "Medicaid millionaire" by the office of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, was arrested Monday. The state Bureau of Investigation began looking into Taylor after receiving a complaint from the Louisiana Health Department saying she underreported her income to qualify for Medicaid benefits. Fox News​ Guilty Pleasures Warning issued after US energy drink cans accidentally filled with vodka . . . US authorities are warning consumers of Celsius energy drinks to check their cans after some were accidently filled with vodka. The US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) issued the warning for the Astro Vibe Blue Razz edition of the drink. The mix-up came about after a packaging supplier mistakenly shipped empty Celsius cans to the vodka seltzer company High Noon, which filled them with alcohol. BBC​ ​ They shouldn't be "warning" people. They should be "advertising." ​ Don't forget, your donations will be matched dollar for dollar up to $500. Please donate today!​ ​ Have a great day! ​ ​ 2302 Gallows Road #625, Dunn Loring, VA 22027 Unsubscribe · Preferences​ ​