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Invasion of Ceuta. From CBC: 'Absolute chaos' as thousands of Moroccan migrants breach Spain's Ceuta border. At least 3 people died attempting to reach Ceuta by sea, official says. [Ed: Spanish city at the upper edge of Africa. but if you make it to Ceuta, then entering EU is far easier.] From the Guardian: Spain sends extra troops and police to Ceuta after thousands of migrants arrive. [Ed: from there, many migrants disperse across the EU.] From Forbes: Meloni Floats 'Extraordinary Measures’ As Spain’s Ceuta Overwhelmed With Migrants From Morocco. [Ed: sounds like she may close Italy's borders to Spain.] From CBS News: Spain deploys military to Morocco border after migrant crossings, 18 deaths

From WTNH News 8: Family dog protects young boy from bear in Torrington

Teen Takeovers Sponsored by Gov.? From Townhall: A Reporter Infiltrated a Teen Takeover in DC. Here's What She Found. [Ed: the article claims the mob scene is organized or at least facilitated by District of Columbia’s Department of Parks and Recreation? I'll need verification on this one.] From Daily Wire: [link], And Was Put On By The Government. Masked teens take over a government event in the nation's capital, and everyone there knew what was coming. [Ed: OK. Did research. Seems real. Your tax $s at work.]

From the Watts Up With That?: Elena Kagan Gave Bogus Science a Blind Endorsement. [Ed: that Supreme Court Justice Kagan.]

From the Western Journal: Mamdani Election Bombshell: More Fraudulent Votes Cast Than Margin of Mamdani's 'Victory,' Says Election Auditor. "After examining 1 million of the total 2.2 million voters who participated in the election, her organization discovered that 7 percent were nonexistent in records, 6 percent had fake Social Security numbers, and 10 percent didn’t even live in NYC." [Ed: more than 1/2 of votes still to be reviewed.] From Quoth the Raven: A Wolf In New York City Mayor's Clothing. The latest proposals from City Hall suggest New York is becoming a laboratory for communism in America.

From the Vigilante Fox: “I Did Him Wrong”: Stephen A. Smith Issues Stunning Public Apology to Kyrie Irving. “Hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish. It made him BRAVE.” [Ed: I hope to see a great deal more of this sort of decency. Hope springs eternal.]

From the DoDo: Woman Arriving Home From Work Finds Someone Curled Up By Her Trash Can

Upcoming Election. From Axios: Elon Musk Set to Swoop In and Give Republicans a Last-Minute Midterms Boost: Report. "Musk is reviving his dormant super PAC, America PAC, which supported Trump to the tune of more than $260 million in 2024." From PBS: Trump's attacks on mail balloting and concerns over delays turn midterms spotlight on Postal Service. [Ed: he is correct to do so. The way the mail-balloting is conducted is often an invitation to fraud.]

From Watts Up With That?: Claim: Australia is Blowing Millions of Dollars on a No Show Climate Conference

From the Register: Closed models refuse to help researcher swat Linux bug. "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" is an effective sales pitch for open source.

Israel-U.S.-Gaza. From Al Jazeera: Trump says Board of Peace reaches agreement on disarmament of Hamas in Gaza. [Ed: I do not believe Hamas any more than I believe Israel.]

From Zero Hedge: Trump's Jones Act Waiver Helped Avert Fuel Shortages Across These Key US Regions. The Cato Institute's Jones Act Waiver Tracker shows that nearly 50 million barrels... "The Jones Act, a century-old law requiring goods transported between U.S. ports to be carried aboard U.S.-Built, US-owned, and US-crewed vessels..."

From Cuteness: Rescue Dog Otis' Short & Stubby Legs Make Dad Carry Him Around The House

From the International Man: The Fourth Turning Is Here: The Old Order Is Breaking Down. "History is seasonal, and winter is coming..."

Fauci. From Reason: What Anthony Fauci's Defenders (and Critics) Get Wrong. His legacy is one of failure.

From the Hill: Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies. [Ed: this is a drift toward socialism by the gov. acquiring more and more equity stake in private companies.]

Cost of Living. From Naked Capitalism: Inflation in the Overall Economy, Hitting Consumers, Businesses, and Governments, Was Really Bad in Q2, Even Without Energy. From the Independent: Half of England in drought as farmers warn food prices could soar. [Ed: I am reading similar stories from across the globe. I'm sure somewhere there are bumper crops...but I'm not reading of them.] From Sheldon Richman's Newsletter: TGIF: Are You Rich? Yeah, you are.

From Reason: Why Capitalism Is the Most Moral Economic System. "Success comes from meeting the needs and wants of others," says businessman and publisher Steve Forbes.

From the Post Millennial: NYC bodegas let customers buy drugs, liquor with EBT cards: OMG. “Now, when you pull out the cash, you can do it whatever you want with that cash. Once you put that card in the ATM and you pull out the money, do whatever you want with the money.”

Iran. From Zero Hedge: Trump Orders Heavy Attack On Energy-Related Targets In Iran, To Commence This Weekend. CBS: what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date... From Moon of Alabama: War On Iran: – U.S. (Again) Blocks Strait Traffic

From the DoDo: Senior Dog Is Surprised By Everyone She's Ever Loved At Her Dream Quinceañera. “I wanted to celebrate her in a way that felt as special as she was” [Ed: this is her 15th birthday.]

Actually, Fauci's personal journal entries were stored electronically on government computers across 11 separate National Institutes of Health nd Health and Human Services servers. thus, it was government property. Stupid of him. But arrogance does that to people.

From the Middle East Eye: "I'm going to New York to speak truth in front of hate-spewing Mamdani". [Ed: should be an interesting visit.]

From Dogster: I Never Planned to Keep Piglet, the Deaf Blind Pink Puppy

Fauci. From Newsweek: Fauci Could Face Contempt Over Pleading the Fifth During Testimony. [Ed: best layman's coverage of this issue that I've found.] From Jonathan Turley: The Sound of Silence: Fauci Takes the Fifth and the Heat Over his Diary Disclosures. From Reason: Anthony Fauci Refuses to Answer Rand Paul's Questions After Diary Disclosures Go Viral. Robby Soave and Amber Duke talk about Fauci's appearance before Congress, where he pleaded the Fifth rather than address COVID's origin. [Ed: is any of this going to rub off on Birx?]

From the Hill: Reason for License Review Is Clear, ABC Says in Filing. Network calls FCC challenge 'unconstitutional retaliation'.

Measles. From KiiiTV 2026 already has more US measles cases than any year since 1991. Although considered eliminated since 2000, the United States could lose its elimination status for the virus this year. [Ed: if you ever have had measles, you are presumed to be immune. A second infection is extremely rare.] From Zero Hedge: US Measles Cases In 2026 Highest In 35 Years. "Of the patients this year, 93 percent either were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status..." [Ed: hardly anyone even mentions the vulnerability introduced by mass immigration of unvaccinated people. Forbidden subject.]

From International Man: Doug Casey on the Surveillance State Quietly Taking Shape Across America

From Zero Hedge: California Democrats Attempt To Sabotage Voter ID Initiative. "When Rob Bonta didn't think we could get the signatures on Prop 39, he provided a relatively fair ballot title..."

From the Epoch Times: Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism, Issues Arrest Warrant. Moscow's domestic security agency, the FSB, issued an international arrest warrant for the St. Petersburg-born tycoon.

Madison Protest Encampment. From Reuters Connect: People camp near memorials for Corey Ruiz, 38, at an encampment Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin. Ruiz was shot. "Ruiz was shot and killed by Madison police on July 22 while armed with a knife..." From 15 WMTV: Guess Who's Funding Barricades And Porta-Potties At Madison's Marxist-Antifa Encampment. Madison memorial blocks Williamson Street businesses, residents for nearly a week. Barricades at Williamson and Baldwin streets have shut down about two blocks of traffic since a police shooting five days ago. [Ed: municipal gov. --that is inconvenienced taxpayers and the business owners who are being shut down--are providing support.] From Fox 47: Madison mayor says encampment not sustainable or safe. [Ed: is the mayor now saying this only because the encampment has now received national attention?]

From AP: Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris. [Ed: there is talk of EU weakening its climate laws.]

From Zero Hedge: Cuba Expands Market Reforms As Socialist Economy Buckles Under Trump Pressure. "The updated regulations eliminate restrictions, broaden the scope of business activities for micro, small, and..." [Ed: Rubio is not going to let up on Cuba, and Trump is letting him have a free hand.]

From the BBC: Endal the assistance dog: Successor 'just as talented'.

Ukraine-Russia. From Andrew Korybko: Why’d Ukraine Defy The US’ Reported Warning Not To Attack Non-Russian Vessels In The Black Sea? [Ed: interesting situation, well spelled-out.] From Dances with Bears: The Trump-Zelensky Attack in the Caspian Sea is a Pull on the Escalation String for Russia, Iran and China to Measure--Then What? Here's What.

From Mediaite: Dr. Deborah Birx Claims Some States Kept ‘Very Tight’ 2020 COVID Restrictions to Hurt Trump [Ed: well, it was an election year. I wish she would be more specific.] From Hot Air: Deborah Birx Was Never Pardoned; UPDATE: Birx Admits Election Influenced COVID Response

Haitian (Syrian) Deportation? From NPR: Haitian TPS holders in South Florida brace for end of their legal status. "...300,000 Haitians in the U.S. losing the legal status that has allowed them to live and work in the United States." [Ed: there is no specified date for leaving.] From CBC: Canada urged to welcome Haitians fleeing U.S. deportations as Trump ends protected status. Quebec refugee advocates say Canada's border rules could block asylum seekers from staying. From WBEZ Chicago: Temporary protected status ends for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. “This is just a first test,” said Patrick Brutus, co-founder of the Haitian American Professional Network, as more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians became vulnerable to deportation as of Monday.

From Doog Lovers: Heartwarming Tribute to Otis the Therapy Dog for His Unwavering Commitment to Bringing Joy and Comfort to Students at Liberty Benton Local Schools

Iran. From AI Monitor: Saudi Arabia to announce Red Sea coalition to counter Houthi threats From antiwar: Bedouins With A-Bombs. "The Americans and Saudis insist they are only discussing peaceful nuclear weapons. Don’t believe it." From Naked Capitalism: Iran War: Risk of Widening Conflict as Saudis Form “Defensive” Coalition, Iran Depicts Egypt LNG Platform Attack as Israel False Flag; Postol – Iran Missiles More Powerful Than Oreshnik; IRCG Provides Images of F-35s Destroyed in Jordan

From Wired: ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’. One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities. [Ed: this should never happen. And it happens for a reason.]

From Brownstone Institute: The Full Risk–Benefit Balance Behind the First Covid-19 Vaccine.

No Gain of Function in U.S. From Just the News Trump Administration Formally Bans Gain-Of-Function Research. [Ed: frankly, I thought it was banned already. Not that it matters. Gov. agencies will do what they want to...and find away around.] From the Department of Health and Human Services: Joint Statement on the United States Government Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research

From Axios: Anthropic AI Test Models Go Rogue, Breach 3 Companies. Incursions weren't noticed at the time, reports says

From Nine.com.au: Governor demands investigation after six weeks without hearing from Mitch McConnell From the Courier Journal: Andy Beshear keeps demanding answers on Mitch McConnell. Republicans are biting back

From People: Florida Shelter Celebrates 11-Year-Old Boy for Spending Over 100 Hours Reading to Rescue Pets

Upcoming Elections. From Click Orlando: Judge rejects State Rep. Paula Stark’s attempt to get on ballot. Stark planned to run for reelection in Florida House District 47. [Ed: failed to file required form. There will be no Republican on the ballot for this office.] From the Epoch Times: New Jersey Rejects DOJ's Request For Records On Noncitizen Voter Registration Error. The state is refusing to hand over information to the DOJ involving a voter registration error that allowed thousands of noncitizens to register to vote... [Ed: makes it seem less like an error.]

From Dog Heirs: Dog Stuck In Concrete Kept Barking, Hoping Help Would Come. [Ed: and it did.]

From Mises Institute: I Spent 28 Years Arresting Criminals. Rothbard Was Right All Along. Murray Rothbard realized the present system of punishment for committing crimes is both inadequate and unjust. We need to move to a system of restitution.

Mamdani. From Post Millennial: Multicultural Business Coalition moves to sue Mamdani over gov-run groceries, alleges unfair competition. From Jonathan Turley: The Mamdani Grocery Grift: The New York Mayor Sells Taxpayers a Bill of Goods on City-Run Stores. From Zero Hedge: NYC Councilwoman Sounds Alarm: Mamdani's Property Database Puts Wealthy Homeowners In Crosshairs Of "Luigi-Worshipping Leftist Thugs". "You know who else published lists… the Nazis. They published lists of Jewish owned businesses and properties, so the Germans knew whom to throw out and illegally take over those homes and businesses."

From Sky News: J&J Reaches Sweeping Talc Deal That Could End Decade of Litigation. [Ed: ending over a decade of litigation re: ovarian cancer.]

From the Daily Mail: Blackout Fears Erupt as 17 US States Are Placed Under Power Emergency. [Ed: list of states in he article.]

From Pet Cutes: Look at Little Man all gussied up to pick up his pooch looking handsome!

Iran. From Moon of Alabama: War On Iran: – U.S.’ Missile Defense Stock Is Severely Depleted. From NBC: U.S. strikes Iran after Trump reportedly issues menacing new threat. The president made the expletive-laden threat in a call with Fox News. [Ed: a phone call with FOX. Announcement on social media? This is what the awful solemnity of war, of killing other people has come to...] From Naked Capitalism: Iran War: Jordan Strike Shows Iran Intensifying War to Exhaust US Economy and Military; Trump Takes Bait by Retaliating

From Epoch Times Bright: How the Irish Helped Win the American Revolutionary War. Up to 50 percent of the soldiers in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War were Irish, even though people of Irish heritage constituted only 10 percent of the overall U.S. population. [Ed: well, the Irish did (and to some extent do) hate the British. With cause, I might add.]

Fires in Spain and France. From the Telegraph: Wildfires close in on French missile and rocket factories

Fauci. From Newsbuster: OMISSION: ABC, NBC, PBS Newscasts Ignore Biden Tapes, Fauci Diaries. [Ed: thank goodness for CBS under Bari Weiss.] From NBC: Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Blasts 'Unhinged' Rand Paul. He declines to testify in Republican-led Senate hearing on COVID. From Newsweek: Joe Biden Pardons Give Allies Potential 5th Amendment Headache. [Ed: it may not be legal for Fauci to invoke the 5th...but he did so anyway.]

From BBC: Biden in Tapes: I 'Found All the Classified Stuff Downstairs'. Republicans release long-sought recordings from 2017 memoir interviews. [Ed: the Biden tapes are being reported around the world.]

From the Babylon Bee: Science Pleads the 5th. From X, Rand Paul: Fauci pleaded the 5th 111 times today. This is where we go from here.

From Glambun: The Police Line Up To Do A Dance Routine, But It’s The Police Dog That Steals The Show. [Ed: youtube and text story.]

Germany. From Hot Air: Germany: A Government Admitting a Mistake Is the Hardest Thing in the World From Zero Hedge: Germany's Migrant Crime Crisis Explodes. New data shows foreigners dominate gang rapes and prisons while known Islamists walk free. [Ed: sorry, but I don't think all cultures are equal, especially in areas like respect for women and human rights.]

Ukraine-Russia. From Zero Hedge: Ukraine's FM Claims Attack On Iranian Ship In Caspian Sea Was 'Unintentional'. Both sides now downplaying & 'moving on' from dangerous escalation incident... [Ed: I do not believe it was unintentional...but I am pleased both sides are willing to address it as though it were.] From Simplicius: Establishment Gloats Over Ukraine's Pivot to Civilian Targets, as Putin's Rhetoric Heats Up. "Zelensky is now apparently trying his hardest to merge the Ukraine and Iran wars in order to benefit from some military cross-pollination." [Ed: yes. I believe the hit in the Caspian Sea was deliberate.]

From Hot Air: Jews Are Fleeing...Canada? [Ed: I wish the author offered stats to back up this claim.]

From Son of the New American Revolution: How Does a Refinery Built to Process Sour Crude Differ From a Refinery to Process Sweet Crude? "You may think this is a stupid or irrelevant question to be asking when news is just breaking that Iran has launched some per-emptive strikes on US bases in the Persian Gulf and Jordan, but trust me, it is a very relevant question."

From the Epoch Times: Fentanyl’s Deadly Successor Emerges. Synthetically produced drugs have largely replaced heroin and morphine as our primary lethal toxicants.

From the Babylon Bee: 8 Signs Your Car Might Have Been Radicalized

From Dogster: How a NASA Rocket Scientist Invented a Better, Safer Dog Toy [Ed: Brad, you will like this one.]

From the Free Press: The Machines Making People Human Again. ALS patients slowly lose their voices. Neuralink, a medical start-up owned by Elon Musk, can restore them. [Ed: Reader-friendly archive.]

Fauci's Diary. From Armageddon Prose: Fauci’s Diary Reveals Collusion With Obama to Debunk Beagle Torture Program. From NPR: Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us. From the Post Millennial: Fauci claimed he had 'nothing to do with' school closures—diary shows he was proud to get CA, NY to send kids home. From Mises Institute: Review: The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health. [Ed: a few years old but excellent, as is most of Tom di Lorenzo's work. Podcast.]

From the Guardian: A dog saved Houssein Hamze from a bomb. When war returned, he stayed to care for Lebanon’s animals

From Just the News: Prosecuting the prosecutor: Will Jack Smith face criminal charges? Allegation stems from Smith’s closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on December 17, 2025. [Ed: yep. It will go criminal because Trump wants vengeance v. Smith.]

From Cato: Libertarians: Use Hasan Piker’s Praise of Mao Zedong to Educate Youth About Socialism. "...the Chinese dictator whose communist policies caused the deaths of 65 million people." From Reason: The Democrats Have a Socialism Problem. [Ed: podcast.] From Zero Hedge: Inside America's Left: Mapping The Five Factions Battling For Power. "Specifically, we are now delineating between reformist and revolutionary socialists." [Ed: clearer than most explanations.]

From Oil Price: Houthi Threats Force Saudi Crude Tanker Onto Suez Route To Asia. "the much longer route through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, and around Africa."

Fraud. From Center Square: Twenty federal programs that route nearly $1.1 trillion through state governments – including Medicaid, SNAP and disaster relief – are vulnerable to fraud because of how the money is distributed, the Government Accountability Office reports. [Ed: back to Obama, I remember the fraud being encouraged by signing people up over thephone with no documentation or questions asked.] From the Washington Stand: Treasury Sec Lauds Screening to Stop Paying Dead People, but Reagan’s ‘Junkyard Dogs’ Did It First

From Natalie Winters: REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll. The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, NPR, the Associated Press, Vox, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and more…

From the New York Post: Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest’. [Ed: Mamdani is standing defiant...but the people he is defying are the family members of the 9/11 victims. He'd better tread lightly.]

From Newsbuster: 'Pathetic!’ Scarborough Demands Head of Financially Failing DNC Chair Ken Martin. [Ed: has link to transcript of Scarborough's epic rant.] From the Hill: Democrats lose patience with embattled DNC chair. [Ed: the timing could not be better for the RNC.] From Mediaite: DNC Paid Big Bucks to Email Scammer Posing as Chair Ken Martin, Officials Reveal [Ed: ... a “misdisbursement” to the tune of $28,860.92.]

The Cockroach Movement. From the Guardian: India’s Cockroach movement threatens to restart protests after mass student arrests. Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar. [Ed: stupid move by government. Ah, well, consider the source.] From Time: Where Does India’s Cockroach Movement Go From Here?

From Newsweek: ‘Please Pet Me’ Sign Sees Community Show Up To Give Dog Best Final Day

From Forum GeoPolitica: Freedom of speech dying a slow death in Europe. From the Digital Services Act to economic sanctions, by way of hate speech laws, Europe has quietly erected a sprawling apparatus of surveillance and censorship.

Russia. From X, Sprinter Press: EU Allows Sale of Seized Russian Oil Without Compensation. [Ed: aka "theft". Correction, since it happens at sea, "legalized piracy".]

From Playboy: The Science of Using Drugs and Not Dying. American street drugs are cheaper and stronger than they’ve ever been, and they’re far more likely to kill you. [Ed: wow. Quite the change from when someone passed around some marijuana at a party decades ago.]

From James Bovard: Biden’s Potemkin Presidency and Trump’s Potemkin War. "In this age of social media and A.I. illusions, an old Russian scam provides the best lens to understand America’s two most recent presidents."

From Zero Hedge: Taxpayer Millions Couldn't Stop Seven Save A Lot Grocery Stores From Going Dark In Crime-Ridden Chicago. Yellow Banana had a $26 million redevelopment agreement with the city of Chicago and received more than $13 million in taxpayer... [Ed: this failed experiment has a long history of, well, failure.] From AP News: Mamdani plans to offer 30% discount on meat and produce at city-owned grocery stores. From Moneywise: 'You are getting f-----!': Kevin O'Leary says New Yorkers will pay the price for Mamdani's 30% cheaper groceries plan.

EU Wildfires. From BBC News: Europe Wildfires May Burn for 'Several Months'. Macron warns of crisis as France, Spain battle relentless blazes, hundreds of thousands evacuate. From First Post: European wildfires may not be out for months as Macron declares worst crisis since World War 2

From the Waggington Post: Man pulls his disabled dog around in a cozy wagon so she can have a walk in the park

Iran. From Zero Hedge: Fragile Iran 'Pause' Shattered As US Base In Jordan Comes Under Attack, Oil Soars. Shia militants in Iraq meanwhile target Saudi Arabia for 2nd straight day... [Ed: talks with Iran seem to be continuing. Trump would really like the conflict to end.] From Ron Paul Institute, Alaister Crooke: The War's Back Is Broken. Clearly Trump is angry, and fears that that the war is consuming his Presidency (and his legacy)... [Ed: yes, at this point, Trump will be remembered for Iran and its various costs, not all monetary.]

From Technology.org: OpenAI's Rogue Agent Hit A Second Company.

From the Post Millennial: Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence. [Ed: I have no idea who Clayton is or his background.]

Russia-Ukraine. From Zero Hedge: Russia Answers Drone Attacks With War On Ukrainian Ports, Maritime Shipping. Dramatic & tragic scenes of vessels sinking, ports on fire... [Ed: why does the world listen to the evil narcissist that is Zelensky? I know, I know...because it achieves their own goals as well.] From Moon of Alabama: Ukraine: Long-range Campaign Fails As Russia Hits Back.

From the DoDo: Guy Totally Loses It When He Sees His Birthday Surprise