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Trump Pardons 6 Prosecuted for ‘Fixing Their Car’ Under Biden-Era Emissions Rules

The pardoned individuals allegedly disabled or tampered with vehicle emissions control systems.

Deep State Strikes, as EPA Employees Who Signed Anti-Trump Letter Sue over Firing

In another case of federal bureaucrats challenging elected leaders, seven employees of the Environmental Protection Agency who signed onto a public letter opposing President Donald Trump were eventually ousted. Now they’re suing to get their jobs back.
The terminated employees are suing with the backing of the litigation group Democracy Forward. Democrat lawyer Marc Elias is chairman of the board for Democracy Forward, which has filed numerous lawsuits advocating for the federal bureaucracy against elected leaders. Elias is best known for election litigation for Democrats, and for his role in pushing the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory.

Data Centers ordered to use backup power, killing the grid…

The Energy Department issued an emergency order earlier this week allowing PJM, the grid operator for 13 states and Washington, D.C., to require data centers and other large customers to use their own backup power.
As a brutal heat wave hits much of the central and eastern United States this week, the Department of Energy wants power-hungry data centers to help ease the strain on the grid.

Nearly Half of Americans, Two-Thirds of Gen Z Don’t Know What America 250 Is Celebrating: Poll

Nearly two-thirds of Gen Z and nearly half of all Americans don’t know that America 250 is a celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a national survey by the Cato Institute found. 
The question posed to the survey respondents was, "To the best of your knowledge, which of the following best describes what America’s 250th anniversary commemorates?" 

Federal judge orders anti-riot ICE fence removed at Eugene facility despite appeals court pushback, DOJ warnings…

Judge Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction last month, ordering the federal government to remove the fence that had been installed to protect the facility amid ongoing violent anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots.
Judge Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction last month, ordering the federal government to remove the fence that had been installed to protect the facility amid ongoing violent anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots.

FBI Embedded Wired Informant Inside Newsom’s Admin, Lawyer Says…

Alexis Podesta, a power broker who has served in senior roles under both Newsom and former California Governor Jerry Brown, wore a wire to record conversations beginning as early as June 2024 while cooperating with federal investigators probing Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, Podesta’s lawyer revealed.
A Democratic operative with deep ties to California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration secretly recorded conversations for the FBI as part of a corruption investigation that has since expanded to scrutinize the governor, his wife, and members of his inner circle, The New York Post reported on Thursday.

Trump Declares ‘National Scallops Day’ and Opens Scallop Fishing

New England will reopen to commercial scallop fishing along the northern edge of Georges Bank.

Twenty-four more cases where a minor under 17 used a gun defensively

We have previously collected data on young people who successfully defended themselves or others with firearms, though it was for people either under age 18, teenagers, or under 21. Below are 24 cases involving children under the age of 17 who used a gun in self-defense. As Dr. John Lott has noted, the media rarely […]

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