Kris

Wish to be reincarnated as an investigative journalist. Paying attention.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

ONLY IN AMERICA DO THEY DENY CHILDREN FREE LUNCH WHILE FORCING THEM TO READ ABOUT JESUS FEEDING THE HUNGRY 🙄

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

The President is a fucking coward who was willing to cash in the lives of WH staffers, reporters, etc.

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

JUST AIRED.. speechless

“There is some astounding new reporting in The New York Times today that puts the spotlight on the types of individuals who the Trump family crypto venture is doing business with. They include a foreign national with massive red flags, to say the least.
The New York Times is reporting that Trump's crypto company—it's called World Liberty Financial—received $100 million from Gurang "Bobby" Xu, who The New York Times describes as, quote:

"... a failed hardwood flooring retailer in Britain who had come under investigation there for money laundering and presided over the collapse of a small crypto start-up..."

His transaction with World Liberty raises questions as to how he was able to access so much money, and how fully the company followed anti-money laundering laws..."

"🎯In any prior era, a windfall for the president of that size from a foreigner with no public signs of access to that level of wealth would have certainly gone against norms and might have spawned a congressional investigation."

The New York Times reports that much of that investment is set to directly benefit Donald Trump's sons, writing that under World Liberty policy, as much as $75 million of that money was distributed to a company controlled by the president and his three sons.

The money also benefited the family of Steve Witkoff, the Trump administration's special peace envoy and the father of Zach Witkoff.

The New York Times reports that the money laundering investigation into Xu began in 2019, and as of late last month, it is ongoing. Xu has not been charged with a crime.
A White House spokeswoman named Anna Kelly said:

"Mr. Trump had no conflicts of interest and 'only acts in the best interests of the American public.'"

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Alcohol is a product so tightly woven into our society that we struggle to see what it's really doing to us. Despite documented links between alcohol and cancer, heart and liver disease, over half of all drinkers think their own consumption doesn't raise their risk for serious health problems. https://t.co/cm2QVu3AwS

[KNX News 1070 AM @knxnews]

The FBI has set up a tip line and reward money to catch animal abusers in Los Angeles.
https://t.co/CpKS9ybEci

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This isn’t going to work.

But the American people also shouldn’t tolerate this nonsense, no matter what side of the aisle you’re on.

[FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers]

CAR: The threat of an imported #Ebola virus disease remains a concern, according to the Ministry of Health https://t.co/E4IwXOVUu7 h/t Pathfinder

[The Denver Post @denverpost]

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many prospective homebuyers. https://t.co/3iZyCP8HgW

[Florida Tropics @FloridaTropics1]

Watching the wave train in the Atlantic. The area that the NHC is giving high development potential is between 30W-35W.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populations.
https://t.co/d4U1ZRM4sx

[NRDC 🌎🏡 @NRDC]

Millions of workers are unprotected from the extreme heat conditions they’re forced to work in, and every summer is becoming more dangerous as average temperatures rise. We need more states to implement occupational safety standards and protect workers now.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Yeah. President Biden didn’t hide in catering trucks.

[KTLA @KTLA]

#DEVELOPING: Wildfire threatens California coastal tourist mecca https://t.co/1mpjDEDKf2

[The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib]

The Rocky Canyon Fire is burning more than 13,000 acres north of Park City. https://t.co/jZftdhkOM2

[ABC News @ABC]

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to weigh a series of cases in the coming days that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest. https://t.co/bN26Vh0CES

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

With huge hat-tip to WaPo for a massive scoop, and matching some of their reporting, @EricSchmittNYT and me on the Trump admin ruse to fly him out of Turkey with AF1 and the reporters on board as unwitting decoys https://t.co/w7M2pJJMoY

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A group of AI models began colluding on how to cheat, OpenAI said, setting up a secret internal message board where they swapped notes and ideas.

The bots eventually figured out how to break out and access the internet, the company said. https://t.co/sYczHyYnbl

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

OMG!
“Trump hid in an airport catering cart and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.”
Gifting this.
https://t.co/7Hw763d3Ha

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jon Ossoff: “There’s something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war. Treating citizens as fools and the selfless patriots who serve as pawns. Earlier this year, they claimed there was an imminent nuclear threat after last year they told us they had obliterated that threat. Both times lies. On day 12 of this war, the president said we won. On day 14, Secretary Hegseth said Iran’s military was destroyed. Five months later, we’re still bombing, Americans are still dying, Iran still has its uranium, the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. I challenge anyone to defend this. A war built on lies told by a White House that is utterly absent any figures of integrity to dissuade this president from his delusions”

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Africa’s lions are under pressure from shrinking habitats and conflicts with people living close to wildlife areas.

The warning comes as conservationists mark World Lion Day, with experts in Kenya pointing to retaliatory killings and poisoning as major threats to the animal.