US defense chief says NATO is ‘fundamental bedrock’ – Yeni Safak English
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Priest calls for ‘Reconquista’ of Morocco after Islamic migrant surge into Spain– www.lifesitenews.com
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Father Javier Aizpún, a priest in the Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela, went viral in recent days after he called for a “Reconquista” of Morocco to Catholicism in response to tens of thousands of migrants swarming into Spain last week.
Per various Spanish media outlets, Fr. Aizpún, the canon of the Pamplona Cathedral, in a series of since deleted social media posts in the wake of approximately 50,000-60,000 migrants rushing into the small Spanish territory of Ceuta from the Moroccan border last week asked for the intercession of Our Lady of Africa, the patroness of the city, to spur the “Reconquista” of Morocco to Catholicism.
The priest also called for all “Arab colonizers” to be expelled from the northern region of the African country, called “Mauretania Tingitana” by the ancient Romans, and reclaim the original “Roman Hispania.”
“May Our Lady of Africa, patron saint of Ceuta, spur the reconquest of Morocco and its conversion to Christianity,” the priest wrote in one of the now-deleted posts. “Let us finish what Queen Isabella the Catholic left undone.”
Pete Buttigieg Wants to Abolish the Electoral College and Pack SCOTUS but Can’t See Why Anyone Thinks This is Radical (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Just yesterday, we brought you part of a recent interview that Pete Buttigieg did where he was basically fantasizing about new ways to tax Americans.
Now there is more from the same interview where Buttigieg talks about abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court and then goes on to say that he can’t believe anyone sees this as radical.
It looks like Mayor Pete is planning another run for president. The messages he is sharing in these interview clips are for the far left voters of the Democrat base. That is who he is talking to here.
He wants to let them know that he is one of them.
Wormholes could be the key to time travel– www.scientificamerican.com
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… The possible existence of closed timelike curves raises many questions. Consider one posed in French writer René Barjavel’s 1944 novel Future Times Three: What if a person travels into the past and causes the death of their grandfather before he could father any children? In that case, the time traveler cannot exist, creating a paradox.
Russian physicist Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov grappled with such questions and formulated his self-conformity principle: a time traveler can influence the past but cannot change it. Thus, the time traveler’s intervention cannot transform the future into a different one from which they started. This principle has been explored in many TV shows and films, including Doctor Who, The Umbrella Academy, 12 Monkeys and the German TV series Dark. The protagonists attempted to alter the past, but their actions ultimately caused the very events they originally sought to prevent.
To support the self-conformity principle, Thorne and several of his students developed an exemplary model of the grandfather paradox described by Barjavel. Imagine a ball rolling through a wormhole and into the past that emerges in such a way that it collides with its future self, thus preventing it from rolling into the wormhole in the first place. The question that occupied the physicists was: For every initial condition—position and initial velocity of the ball—is there a solution in which the described scenario does not occur? In other words, could the ball always roll out of the wormhole in such a way that it would collide with its future self but the future self would still find its way into the hole? Indeed, the calculations by Thorne’s group from 1991 seemed to confirm precisely that.
FBI Agent Charged in $1 Million Crypto Heist Wasn’t Working Alone – ChatGPT Was In On It– wltreport.com
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… This FBI Agent reportedly turned himself in. He self-reported:
FBI AGENT STOLE $1M IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO.
• Patrick Steven Yaroch was arrested on Friday.
• Self-reported, returned funds & put on leave.
• 9-year FBI Supervisory Special Agent. pic.twitter.com/j5XziRvQeR
— Bitcoin Archive (@BitcoinArchive) August 3, 2026
And though he allegedly pulled off a nearly $1 MILLION heist in crypto currencies from some unsavory foreign criminals…
That 9-year supervisory position at the FBI is now a thing of the past.
It, and his one-time crypto fortune, are gone — according to the basics of the case as reported by NBC News:
An FBI supervisor detailed to the U.S. intelligence community faces two federal charges accusing him of transferring nearly $1 million from cryptocurrency accounts tied to an adversarial nation into his personal cryptocurrency wallet.
He made up to a dozen transfers, which added up to just under $1 million, the affidavit says.
The total value of all transferred funds was about $925,426.07.
A hearing is set for Tuesday.
The FBI said Monday that it “immediately took action” as soon as it became aware of the allegations.
“The individual has since been fired from the Bureau. We hold our employees to the highest ethical standards, and this conduct is not tolerated at the FBI,” a spokesperson said. “We are conducting a thorough investigation in the aftermath, and as this is an ongoing matter, we will have no further comment.”
Marxist Kshama Sawant boxed out as comeback bid collapses | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Sawant was stranded in third place with just 13 percent, barely ahead of fellow far-left candidate Melissa Chaudhry.
Marxist former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s attempted political comeback appears to have ended in humiliation after voters boxed her out of Washington’s 9th Congressional District general election.
Rep. Adam Smith, Washington’s longest-serving member of Congress, led Tuesday’s primary with approximately 51 percent of the vote. Republican Doug Basler held second place with 24 percent, putting the two on course for a November matchup. Sawant was stranded in third place with just 13 percent, barely ahead of fellow far-left candidate Melissa Chaudhry.
The Associated Press called the race for Washington’s 9th District, which includes portions of South Seattle, Bellevue, Renton, Kent, Federal Way, and surrounding communities.
Putin Signs Law Targeting Exiled Russians Convicted in Absentia– www.themoscowtimes.com
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a law imposing sweeping financial, property and consular restrictions on Russians living abroad who have been convicted in absentia, including under legislation used to prosecute Kremlin critics.
The measure was one of several laws signed by Putin on Tuesday that expand state oversight of Russian citizens and the economy. Separate legislation establishes a tightly controlled cryptocurrency market and gives government agencies access to confidential data across the food supply chain.
The new restrictions will apply to Russians convicted of any criminal offense as well as selected administrative offenses, including violations of Russia’s “foreign agent” rules, participation in “undesirable organizations,” “discrediting” the military, calling for sanctions or challenging Russia’s territorial integrity.
Strange quantum experiment shows “negative time” is more than an illusion– www.sciencedaily.com
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As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.
We can imagine that his wife, Penelope, would have asked him about that particular time. Odysseus might have replied, “It was nothing. In fact, it was less than nothing. Negative five years I dwelt with Calypso. How else could I have arrived home after only ten years? If you don’t believe me, ask her.”
Quantum particles, it turns out, are just as wily as Odysseus, as we have shown in an experiment published in Physical Review Letters. Not only can their arrival time suggest that they dwelt with other particles for a negative amount of time, but if one asks those other particles, they will corroborate the story.
NYPD: Antisemitic Attacks Are Surging in Mamdani’s New York City– slaynews.com
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Jews were the victims in roughly 70% of all hate crimes recorded in New York City last month, according to new NYPD data released Monday, underscoring the continued surge in antisemitic attacks across the nation’s largest city.
Of the 33 confirmed hate crimes reported citywide in July, 23 targeted Jewish victims, marking an increase of more than 50% from the 15 antisemitic incidents recorded during the same month last year.
The latest figures continue a years-long trend in which Jews have been targeted more frequently than every other protected group combined.
Mike Rogers Secures Republican Nomination for Michigan Senate– www.breitbart.com
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Former FBI special agent Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan after running unopposed in the primary.
Rogers secured the election quickly after the polls closed in Michigan on Tuesday due to his having no challenger in what will likely become one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races in the upcoming midterms, per Washington Examiner:
The seat is open after Democratic Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) announced he would not seek a third term, creating one of the GOP’s best pickup opportunities as the party looks to expand its Senate majority.
Rogers is making his second straight run for the Senate after narrowly losing in 2024. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) defeated Rogers in that contest by roughly 19,000 votes, or about one-third of a percentage point, even as Trump carried Michigan at the top of the ticket. The narrow defeat cemented Rogers as one of the GOP’s strongest statewide candidates and helped persuade national Republicans to rally behind another bid when Peters announced his retirement.
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare– www.404media.co
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On Wednesday morning, Ted Cruz’s Senate Commerce Committee will convene on five bills aimed at age verification and “child safety.” The bills each have their own issues when it comes to privacy, data collection, parental rights, and free speech. But one bill, the partisan Republican SCREEN Act, is a Christian nationalist nightmare.
Utah Senator Mike Lee introduced the Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act in February 2025, alongside exclusively Republican cosponsors and supporters Senators John Curtis, Jim Banks, and Representative Mary Miller.
The SCREEN Act would require every website that includes even one piece of what the legislation describes as “harmful to minors” to verify visitors’ ages. It defines “harmful to minors” as content that “depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or lewd exhibition of the genitals;” is “obscene” or “child pornography;” or “appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion.”
New Kansas Supreme Court Judge Strikes Down Key Pro-Life Law– www.lifenews.com
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Just hours before being sworn in to the Kansas Supreme Court yesterday, Johnson County District Judge Christopher Jayaram struck down Kansas’ Women’s Right to Know Act.
This commonsense informed consent law provided a 24-hour waiting period and ensured that women received information about potential health risks and alternatives to abortion. The law had been in place since 1997 and had broad bipartisan support.
Judge Jayaram will join the Kansas Supreme Court after being selected through the so-called “merit” process currently in place.
The timing of the decision demonstrates the abortion industry’s strategic attacks on commonsense protections for women and babies and complete disregard for human suffering.
Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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Socialist William Lawrence wins Democratic primary in Michigan race– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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William Lawrence, a progressive insurgent, upset the Democratic establishment Tuesday to win the tense primary to run against Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI), possibly thwarting one of the top pickup opportunities for Democrats in November.
Lawrence led with a plurality of the vote in the three-way field, 43%, when the Associated Press called the race at 11:23 p.m. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink had 29%, while former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam had 28%. 55% of the vote was tabulated when the race was called.
The bitter battle between Brink and Maasdam to secure the nomination was turned upside down by the upstart Lawrence, whose surge in the weeks leading up to the primary was enough to clinch the nomination. As attack ads ran against both Brink and Maasdam in the closing weeks, Lawrence ended up being the beneficiary and clinched the nomination.
Fauci’s Diary-Uh: ‘Science’s’ Biggest COVID-Era Lies Thus Far – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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The diary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), might be the best thing to happen to us filthy, unvaxxed, granny-killing conspiracy wackadoos who took grenades from weak, terror-stricken Democrats during the COVID era.
FACT-O-RAMA! A Rasmussen poll from January 2022 showed that roughly 59% of Democrats wanted the unvaxxed confined to their homes at all times (except for emergencies), 58% wanted fines and imprisonment for those who questioned the efficacy of the COVID “vaccine,” and 45% of wanted the unvaxxed sent to a “COVID camp.”
In the days since “the Fauch’s” diary was released, We the People have learned what many of us have already kinda, sorta known: Fauci is an evil, lying Keebler elf of death who wrought unspeakable peccancies on the world for fame and fortune, and every day brings another pack of lies Fauci told the world to keep those good times rolling.
Here are some of the greatest lies (thus far) to emerge from Fauci’s
Trump Administration Finalizes Misguided Approach to Public Charge Rule | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
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A longstanding law generally bars immigration by any person who, in the “opinion” of the government, “is likely at any time to become a public charge.” This law, commonly called the public charge rule, seeks to prevent potential immigrants from imposing undue fiscal burdens on American taxpayers. In a previous blog post, I discussed the Trump administration’s misguided proposal to change the regulations that implement the public charge rule. After receiving public comments, the administration has now finalized the proposed regulation without change, slating it to take effect on September 18.
The administration’s own analysis of the new regulation indicates that it will serve no legitimate purpose because it will rarely affect people who are subject to the public charge rule. However, confusion created by the regulation will prompt many people who are not subject to the public charge rule, including some US citizens, to forego government benefits to which they are legally entitled.
US has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Sources– www.channelnewsasia.com
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According to the report, PrSM stockpiles were low to start with, since it is a relatively new munition, but the US military has ordered a large number of them for 2027.
The Army has said that ATACMS are being phased out and that production is shifting to the newer PrSM missiles.
Military leaders have for weeks warned the president that stockpiles of defensive weapons – including Patriot interceptors, which are effective against ballistic missiles – were dwindling, said two of the sources.
Last week, several media outlets reported Trump had decided not to launch another massive offensive inside Iran in part because his military advisers had warned about the US stockpile.
Meta cut 8,000 jobs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI is creating more work—but not inside Meta – The Economic Times
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Iran readied three huge strikes on Ukraine but ‘pulled out last minute’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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Iran has claimed it was poised to strike Ukraine before an apology from Kyiv led to the attack being cancelled. Mohsen Rezaee, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, alleged the country’s armed forces had been preparing to target three sites in retaliation for a strike on a ship in the Caspian Sea that Iranian officials said had been transporting military cargo.
Speaking to Iranian state television, Rezaei said: “We were set to strike three sites in Ukraine, but cancelled the attack after Ukraine’s apology.” He did not provide any evidence to support the claim or identify the alleged targets, and Ukraine has not publicly responded. His comments came after a July 25 attack that Iranian officials say killed one crew member and destroyed the vessel.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later demanded compensation from Ukraine, writing on X: “Iran does not seek escalation either, but made clear any attack on our citizens or interests is unacceptable.”
25 US states sue Trump administration over latest tariffs – nhk.or.jp
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Judge dismisses Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy charges against Oath Keepers – The Washington Post
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Senate Panel Advances Blanche’s AG Nomination After GOP Standoff › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 on Tuesday to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the full Senate, ending weeks of delay caused by a dispute among Republicans themselves.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., can now schedule a confirmation vote for Blanche, acting attorney general since April.
The nomination had been stalled by two outgoing Republican senators, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas, who withheld support until Blanche rescinded an order creating a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, which he did Sunday night.
Cornyn said he used his leverage to ensure the fund, created through a Justice Department settlement with the IRS, would not extend beyond the plaintiffs in the original lawsuit against the agency.
Campus free speech hits 20-year high under Trump administration– www.washingtontimes.com
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Colleges are purging restrictive speech codes under the Trump administration and removing “bias reporting” policies that solicited anonymous complaints about microaggressions, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression reports.
The Philadelphia-based free-speech group flagged a record-low 66 schools, or 13.2% of all institutions, with a “red light” rating for written policies stifling campus protests, speaking events and online discussions. That’s down 1.5 percentage points from last year, and reverses two consecutive years of increases under the Biden administration.
At the same time, FIRE’s 20th annual report awarded a “green light” to 76 schools — 15.4% of 493 institutions surveyed — for placing no limits on First Amendment rights. That’s up from 73 last year and marks the second consecutive year of green lights outnumbering reds.
“Pressure from many state legislatures, as well as the reelection of Donald Trump and subsequent federal investigations, lawsuits, and shifts in research funding, have prompted internal review at many schools,” FIRE senior program counsel Ryan Ansloan said in a statement. “We hope this will translate to taking the side of free speech when controversies arise.”
FIRE started rating university speech codes with green, yellow or red lights in 2006, when just 2.4% of schools earned a green light and 97.6% received a yellow or red light.
31 States Now Opting Into Trump’s Federal School Choice Program – RedState– redstate.com
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School choice is still a hot topic for parents, even parents in some deep blue districts who are caught between the teachers’ unions and the local anti-school choice Democrats who are the teacher’s union pets. The Trump administration, thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, has now created a federal school choice program, and 31 states have opted in.
That’s what we call a good start.
Thirty-one states have opted in to the federal Education Freedom Scholarship Program, while 19 states and Washington, D.C. have not done so, ahead of the January 2027 deadline.
The Trump administration launched the school choice initiative in 2025 through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This created a federal income tax credit of up to $1,700 annually for individuals who donate to certified Scholarship Granting Organizations.
Trump says he’s cancelling strikes on Iran as ‘perimeters of a deal’ agreed– www.euronews.com
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US President Donald Trump has announced he is cancelling a new attack on Iran after Tehran and a number of unspecified Middle Eastern countries asked the US to postpone strikes as the “perimeters of a deal” had been agreed.
“This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He added that he had called off strikes subject to “rapidly” making a deal but warned that US forces remained “locked and loaded and ready to go.”
Capitol agenda: Senate stopgap sets up fall clash with House– www.politico.com
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Senators on Monday will take up a bipartisan funding patch measure that sets them up for a clash with House lawmakers in September.
Senate appropriators released stopgap bill text Sunday that would fund federal agencies through Dec. 11 at current levels, with some exceptions. Leaders set an initial procedural vote tonight with hopes of passing the measure before the Senate breaks for recess.
But the bill includes several rebukes of President Donald Trump, and House lawmakers will need to decide when they return in the fall whether to take up the Senate’s version or try to muscle their own version forward.
Senators are also facing an immediate deadline crunch: Leaders will need bipartisan time agreements to fast-track legislation in order to accomplish their ambitious schedule this week, including for the funding patch. The chamber’s Republicans are preparing to potentially stay in session through the weekend, two people granted anonymity to disclose private scheduling told POLITICO.
Trump’s despair over Iran revealed in memo seeking ‘creative and unconventional’ ways to punish the enemy: report– www.independent.co.uk
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To Secure AG Job, Blanche Kills off Anti-Weaponization Fund Designed to Compensate Victims of Gov’t Witch Hunts, Like Most J6ers– www.westernjournal.com
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To expedite his confirmation as a permanent replacement to former Attorney General Pam Bondi, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded the Department of Justice’s May order establishing an “anti-weaponization fund.”
Blanche announced the rescinding of the May 18 order by publishing a signed memo to the social media site X late Sunday evening.
“Although the Acting Attorney General has repeatedly advised that the Fund is not moving forward, and the Department has repeatedly represented to district courts that the Fund is not moving forward, today’s Order officially rescinds the May 18, 2026 Order,” the signed memo read.
Blanche wrote in his post that he’d reached this decision after having “met with committee members and Senators over the past several weeks and addressed any concerns or outstanding questions.”
By STAFF BIBLICAL LITERACY In the Final Thought of our July 10 issue, How Struggling with the First Adam…
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Starting this Sunday, the EU’s new AI Act begins to take effect, which includes key provisions empowering the EU to regulate AI models and apply fines to companies that fall out of compliance. The law also gives the EU investigatory powers to penalize non-cooperating companies and individuals.
The Act itself presents a challenge to AI geopolitical realities of power as nations and associations like the EU attempt to use domestic laws to affect foreign AI powers. For instance, the fines countries give to foreign companies doing business in their territory due to non-compliance with their AI rules could become weapons of war in the AI geopolitical reality of power.
EU to begin enforcing AI Act from Sunday with hefty fines for rule breakers – Firstpost– news.google.com
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The European Union will begin enforcing key provisions of its AI Act from Sunday, empowering regulators to oversee AI models and fine companies that violate the bloc’s rules.
The European Union will take a major step in regulating artificial intelligence from Sunday, when authorities gain the power to enforce key provisions of the bloc’s landmark AI Act. The move allows regulators to oversee advanced AI systems, order corrective measures and impose significant financial penalties on companies that fail to comply with the law.
The AI Act, adopted by the European Union in 2024, is being rolled out in phases and follows a risk-based framework.
Under the legislation, AI systems considered to pose greater risks to people’s rights or health face stricter obligations designed to safeguard individuals.
The law also prohibits the use of AI for predictive policing, emotion recognition systems in workplaces or schools, and technologies that manipulate human behaviour.
