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Trump approval crashes to 32 percent new low while he squeezes companies for hundreds of millions and loyalty fights erupt

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Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters July 23-27 finds Trump approval at 32 percent, disapprove 58 percent. New all time low in their series. Republicans still at 76 percent approve. Democrats 3 percent. Independents 22 percent. Iran war handling at just 28 percent approve. Economy 34 percent. Overall majority say war not worth it. … Read more

Video | F-35 crashes near San Diego, pilot ejects.

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A military jet crashed in San Diego’s Miramar neighborhood Friday, prompting a response from emergency crews at Miramar Airbase. Details were limited, but reports indicated the aircraft was an F-35 jet. https://abc7.com/post/35-military-jet-crashes-miramar-san-diego-emergency-crews-scene/19607553/

USPS keeps chopping jobs and work hours while the cash crisis just gets delayed

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USPS keeps expanding package deals with private carriers like DHL while freezing its own hiring and travel. Congress keeps complaining about slow cuts but blocks the big structural changes the agency says it needs. Service standard changes and end of evening collections already hit thousands of post offices this year. More slowdowns baked in. Financial … Read more

NYC socialist mayor leaves door wide open for cash slavery reparations paid by city taxpayers

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat down with Charles Blow for The Root this week. Blow asked if he would support cash reparations if the city commission recommends them. Mamdani said he stands by his campaign statement that New York City participated actively in the slave trade. Quote: “Here in New York City, we were very complicit. … Read more

France records first dangerous ‘fire clouds’ amid historic wildfires

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Historic first in France: Officials confirmed the country’s first dangerous pyrocumulonimbus clouds during its ongoing record-breaking wildfire season. Why they’re dangerous: The clouds can generate wind, lightning, and embers that ignite new fires, making suppression nearly impossible. Climate change link: Experts warn Europe’s warming climate will increase the frequency and scale of such extreme fire … Read more

Terrifying rescue robot comes with instructions to “kill it”

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A California robotics company is drawing attention after unveiling a four-legged rescue robot designed for hazardous environments and publishing unusually detailed information about how the machine can be physically stopped if it malfunctions. The robot, called ThreeHalves, is being developed by Satyress for use in environments such as wildfires, disaster zones and toxic industrial areas. … Read more

Trump admin $100k OPT fee set to erase Americas biggest high skill immigrant pipeline

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This fee would be by far the biggest move to restrict high-skilled immigration to date. Some may bend over backwards to convince themselves that this would be some moderate compromise short of ending OPT. In reality, this fee would nuke America’s largest and most important program for new high-skilled immigrants. The international student pipeline is … Read more

In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police

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Flock says that in optimal conditions, its cameras accurately read more than 96% of license plate characters. Hundreds of pages of records from the Roseville Police Department show a different picture. In 2023 and 2024, Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police, flagging vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one … Read more

This may be the single dumbest proposed bill I’ve ever seen

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This may be the single dumbest proposed bill I’ve ever seen https://t.co/v5RFqfJDbc — MaineJumbo🌲🦞 (@MassJumbo) July 31, 2026 >Raise store prices on all items by 10%>Add a 10% "discount" to self checkout>Customer still ends up paying same as they did before>Profit?!? Shoppers wont get shit lmao. — Redacted (@whereismyass66) July 31, 2026 New York State … Read more

All European nations reaffirm they will boycott the World Cup if Fifa goes ahead with its investment plan, per BBC

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European football’s 55 member associations have voted to boycott World Cups if the sport’s governing body proceeds with a plan to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors. The decision was made at an emergency meeting called to discuss the proposal announced earlier this week by Fifa, which oversees world football. Concacaf, which governs … Read more

SPAIN CALLS MIGRANT SURGE AN ‘ATTACK’

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SPAIN CALLS MIGRANT SURGE AN 'ATTACK' Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez called the arrival of up to 60,000 migrants into Ceuta from Morocco a violation of Spain's territorial integrity. Spain has begun returning migrants with Morocco's cooperation and deployed the military to secure the… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) July 31, 2026 🚨🇪🇸 Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: … Read more

‘When you’re borrowing to pay interest, you’re cooked.’

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Peter Hitchens said it in a TRIGGERnometry interview.  This is the classic late-stage decline pattern. Debt service eats the budget, productive capacity shrinks, institutions rot, and the political class keeps pretending the numbers still add up. The currency is the next thing that will force the reality check. Peter Hitchens told TRIGGERnometry the UK government … Read more