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Gas prices hit $3.73 nationwide – and $4.95 in California
Gas prices in the US have surged to an eight-month high after foreign suppliers slashed production, and experts are warning that a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could trigger further increases.
On Friday the national average price of regular gasoline stood at $3.73-a-gallon, a sharp increase from $3.55 one month ago, though still well below the record highs seen last summer, according to AAA.
As usual, California has the highest gas prices in the nation, with an average of $4.95, and pump prices topping $6 in the Golden State’s remote Mono County bordering Yosemite National Park.
Although gas prices normally increase during the summer travel season, experts say the big issue this year is supply constrictions, after the OPEC+ alliance announced production cuts earlier this month.
Virginia man charged with murder of councilwoman, extradited to New Jersey
Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, Virginia, is charged with the killing of Sayreville Borough Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour.
Bynum has been extradited to New Jersey, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Sayreville Police Department Chief Daniel Plumacker announced Friday.
Bynum was arrested in Virginia on May 30 in connection to the murder and taken into custody without incident.
He has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and second-degree possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose.
Bynum is currently being held in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility.
Mother of New Jersey girl, 6, who died on school bus wants justice
Fajr died last week after the bus ride to an extended school year program, during which police said her wheelchair harness became “tight around her neck,” strangling her.
A school bus aide sitting just feet in front of the girl was staring at her phone, oblivious as Fajr “struggled violently for her life,” authorities said in a criminal complaint reported by NJ.com.
The aide, Amanda Davila, 27, has been charged with manslaughter.
Investigators who reviewed the surveillance footage said Fajr “appeared to be moving her mouth at that point in the video.” Then at 8:46 a.m., the harness tightened around Fajr’s neck, and for the next 2 minutes and 47 seconds, she “struggled violently for her life, flailing her arms and legs.”
At least twice, Fajr “made a shriek or gasp and at one point kicked the window of the bus,” according to police.
‘Sound of Freedom’ Adds Theaters for Fourth Weekend in Row
“Sound of Freedom” continues to surprise, appearing on more than 4,000 screens as the number of theaters showing the hit film continues to climb for the fourth consecutive weekend.
Despite its difficult subject matter, the independent film from Angel Studios dominated the summer box office, as total domestic box office revenues surged past $130 million and the movie played in 3,411 theaters entering its fourth weekend.
“In response, we are continuing to expand our offering in theaters this weekend. Our theatrical partners have stepped up in a huge way to allow for more people to see the film.”
The movie has added 777 theaters to its run since opening on the Fourth of July.
Video: Woman Comes With A Legitimate-Looking CPS Badge And Talks With A Little Boy In Front Of His House – What Happens Next Is Insane
Nearly 30 children have gone missing in Cleveland and some of them were from Cincinnati but they were last seen in Cleveland. In the first two weeks of May they had an “extraordinary” surge of disappearances in the area, officials said.
Cleveland police said 27 kids have been reported missing between May 2 and May 16, as Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy warns that the disappearances have reached unprecedented levels in 2023.
“For some reason, in 2023, we’ve seen a lot more than we normally see, which is troubling in part because we don’t know what’s going on with some of these kids, whether they’re being trafficked or whether they’re involved in gang activity or drugs.”
WSJ: Facebook ‘Demoted’ Video of Tucker Carlson by 50% at the Demand of Biden White House
Newly disclosed emails from within Facebook (now known as Meta) reveal that the Biden administration and its appointed officials exerted significant pressure on the tech giant.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook frequently bent the knee to the White House demands, such as one case in which emails state executives were “ready to tell the White House that it had demoted a video posted by Tucker Carlson by 50% in response to the White House’s demands, even though the post didn’t violate any policies.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that according to recently made public emails from Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, the Biden administration and its appointees put a lot of pressure on the company, possibly infringing on Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Nolte: RFK Jr. Says Biden Administration Denied Him Secret Service Protection
Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.
Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request.
Kennedy then quotes the denial from Biden appointee Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas:
Biden Cut a Massive Check to Ukraine After Forcing a Family to Pay $60,000 To Move Soldier’s Remains
This week, the Biden Administration approved another $400 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, making it the 43rd time the U.S. has sent weapons from its supply to the foreign country.
The $400 million aid package brings over $43 billion in U.S. military aid provided to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022.
Thanks to Biden’s latest Pentagon policy change, the Defense Department now has the option to refuse to pay for the transportation of bodies was made possible by an amendment to last year’s National Defense Authorization Act.
The act states that the Secretary of Defense may provide a fallen service member’s next of kin “a commercial air travel use waiver for the transportation of deceased remains of [a] military member who dies inside a theater of combat operations.”
Greg interviews the ‘Queen of Chaos’
Greg Gutfeld does a one-on-one interview with former ‘Queen of Chaos’ Rayonna Brock on ‘Gutfeld!’
World News:
Ukraine latest: African leaders press Putin to restore grain supplies
A key bridge linking southern Russia to Crimea has been damaged again, with Moscow blaming Ukraine. The attack could be part of Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive to reclaim occupied territory.
Meanwhile, Russia has terminated a July 2022 deal for the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Saturday, July 29 (Tokyo time)
3:05 a.m. African leaders press Russian President Vladimir Putin to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to renew a deal on the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain that Moscow tore up last week, reports Reuters.
“This war must end. And it can only end on the basis of justice and reason,” African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told Putin and African leaders at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.
“The disruptions of energy and grain supplies must end immediately. The grain deal must be extended for the benefit of all the peoples of the world, Africans in particular.”
U.S. bars Hong Kong leader from APEC summit
The U.S. government has decided to bar Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee from attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit set for November in San Francisco.
Though Hong Kong is an APEC member, Lee is banned from entering the U.S. for his role in crackdowns against pro-democracy protests under a stringent national security law enacted by Beijing in 2020.
The U.S. decided not to allow Lee to attend the upcoming summit due to the sanctions he faces, The Washington Post reported, citing three American officials.
The U.S. government had considered an invite to Lee but retracted it in the face of opposition from lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties over human rights concerns, Reuters reported last month.
Plans to house 2,000 Channel migrants in tents branded ‘cruel’ by refugee charity
The tents will start to be erected over the coming weeks as part of emergency plans to deal with an expected surge of Channel crossings over the next few months.
The plan is part of Ms Braverman’s mission to end the reliance on housing asylum seekers in hotels, which is costing the taxpayer around £6m a day.
A source from the Home Office confirmed to Sky News that the tents could be up and running to house migrants within weeks.
Niger general Abdourahamane Tiani declares himself president on state TV
After a military takeover, General Abdourahamane Tiani was named the new leader of Niger, the state television reported on Friday.
The chief of the Presidential Guard has been named “president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” a statement said, with elected President Mohamed Bazoum detained by army putschists since Wednesday morning.
The head of Niger’s presidential guard, General Abdourahamane Tiani, on Friday, appeared on state television to defend this week’s military coup, reiterating that the soldiers in the country had acted to safeguard national security.
Brazil Rejects U.S. Request To Extradite Alleged Russian Spy Sergei Cherkasov
According to Brazil’s Justice and Public Security Ministry, Washington’s request is without grounds as Brazil’s Supreme Court had already approved Cherkasov’s extradition to Russia, which had been paused as Cherkasov is currently under investigation on espionage charges in Brazil.
In addition, Cherkasov is currently serving a prison term in Brazil he was handed for document forgery, the statement said.
In June 2022, authorities in the Netherlands said they had prevented a Russian spy, identified as Cherkasov, from infiltrating the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it investigates war crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops during Moscow’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
However, Russia was first to request Cherkasov’s extradition, saying the man is suspected of international drug trafficking.
Bellingcat and The Insider investigative groups suggested then that Russia’s move was to secure Cherkasov’s safe return to Moscow.
Explosion Hits Oil Refinery In Russian City Of Samara
An explosion hit a major oil refinery in the Volga River city of Samara. According to Russian lawmaker Aleksandr Khinshtein, the blast caused no casualties.
Preliminary investigations revealed that an explosive device might have been planted at the facility.
Khinshtein told TASS that a man suspected of involvement in the explosion was detained.
The man was identified by the 112 Telegram channel as Sergei O., who worked at the refinery as an electrician. The report added that the suspect was detained while trying to flee to Kazakhstan.
Moscow Says It Shot Down Two Ukrainian Missiles Over Russian Territory
The Russian Defense Ministry said on July 28 that it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region that borders Ukraine.
Regional Governor Vasily Golubev said preliminary evaluations indicate a missile had exploded in the city.
He later said the explosion destroyed a wall and damaged the roof of the city’s arts museum, adding that nine people were rushed to hospitals with injuries caused by the blast.
Rescue teams are working at the site, Golubev said. The Defense Ministry said another Ukrainian missile was downed in the region’s Azov district.
ILTV Weekly Review – July 27
Russian Jets, Chinese Pilots & Target US Air Force: 70 Years After Fighting USAF, PLA Combat Unit Vows To Be Combat Ready
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) on July 27 celebrated the 70th anniversary of what it refers to as the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53).
To mark the anniversary of the Chinese victory in the Korean War, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force is hosting an open-day event and the Changchun Aviation Exhibition.
Present at the commemoration, a current member of a heroic Chinese Air Force unit that managed combat wins in the war vowed to be ready for combat, Global Times reported.
The PLA Air Force has a Wang Hai air group named after war hero Wang Hai who flew his MiG-15 against hostile American jets during the Korean War of the early 1950s.
However, more noteworthy was Zhang’s assertion that the air group was being trained rigorously for combat. Incidentally, this is also the first combat unit of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) to field the J-20 stealth fighter jet.
At the static display area, a MiG-15bis fighter jet caught people’s attention at the open-day event. Early in the 1950s, this aircraft was acquired by China from the Soviet Union and has since been known for its exceptional performance during the War that the Chinese claimed was fought to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Politics:
These questions cannot go unanswered: Jonathan Turley
Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley joined ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the fallout over the collapse of Hunter Biden’s plea deal and his take on a potential Biden impeachment inquiry
Biden is ‘TARGETING’ those who disagree with his agenda: Hogan Gidley and Matt Schlapp
On Friday’s “National Report,” former Trump campaign Press Secretary Hogan Gidley and CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp warn of the alleged Biden administration targeting of American conservatives.
Homeless ‘better off warm and alive on the street in the lower 48’: Anchorage Mayor
On Friday’s “National Report,” Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson describes his plan to give homeless people a one-way ticket to warm climates before Alaska winter.
Trump Denies Wrongdoing, Slams Special Prosecutor on Latest Charges
Donald Trump on Friday denied wrongdoing in his handling of security tapes sought by federal investigators, a day after prosecutors added new charges alleging the former president ordered employees at his Florida resort to delete the videos.
The former president said in an interview with radio host John Fredericks that he believed he wasn’t required to hand over security tapes from his Mar-a-Lago resort but did so anyway.
“These were security tapes. We handed them over to them. … I’m not even sure what they’re saying,” he said.
Exclusive Video — Trump on Jack Smith’s Superseding Indictment: ‘This Is Harassment’
Trump’s interview with Breitbart News, which was long-scheduled, came moments after the Special Counsel’s office unveiled the superseding indictment, which added additional charges against Trump and Nauta and introduced De Oliveira as a defendant.
The central new allegation is that the Special Counsel claims Trump and the others sought to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage in the summer of 2022.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung, in response, also blasted the move from Smith as a “continued desperate and flailing attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their Department of Justice to harass President Trump and those around him.”
Laura Ingraham: This is an ‘explosive development’
Fox News host Laura Ingraham takes a deep look into what was really behind the broad immunity request to protect Hunter Biden on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
The Real Cost of an Open Border: How Americans are Paying the Price
United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
Commentary:
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How Did the Dems Win in 2020?
The only ways of avoiding the 2020 results are to: a) accurately determine what happened in 2020, and b) take timely and effective measures to see that it won’t be repeated in 2024.
There are all sorts of theories as to how the Democrats won the 2020 Presidential (and some congressional seats). On closer analysis, they boil down to two main conjectures:
1 – the Dems worked harder and smarter than the R’s, and/or
2 – they cheated.
The answer is almost certainly a combination of both.
That leads to the extremely important question of how much of each: 50/50? 60/40? 90/10?
We MUST know that answer as it will determine the time, effort, and money we invest to respond. For example, if the results were 90% due to #1 and 10% to #2, that says that our focus should be on how to work harder and smarter.
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