Joe Jervis

Axios: MAGA Is “Reveling” In The Abuse Of Migrants

Axios reports: The MAGA movement is reveling in the creativity, severity and accelerating force of President Trump’s historic immigration crackdown. Once-fringe tactics — an alligator-moated detention camp, deportations to war zones, denaturalization of immigrant citizens — are now being proudly embraced at the highest levels of the U.S. government. It’s an extraordinary shift from Trump’s first term, when nationwide backlash …

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Texas Flooding Death Toll Rises To 51, Dozens Missing

The Associated Press reports: Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday in an increasingly bleak mission to locate survivors, including 27 girls who have not been seen since their camp was slammed with a wall of water in a historic flash flood. The flooding in Kerr County killed at least 43 …

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Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Violating Traffic Laws In Texas

NBC News reports: Tesla launched its Austin service on June 22. People who’ve gotten an invitation, a group that appears to be composed largely of influencers adjacent to and acolytes of CEO Elon Musk, use an app to call for a ride, similar to ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft. Each ride costs $4.20, a cannabis-associated number that Musk frequently uses. …

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Texas Governor Declares Statewide “Day Of Prayer”

Via press release from the Texas government: Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation declaring Sunday, July 6, 2025, as a Day of Prayer in Texas in response to the devastating floods that swept through Central Texas and the Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. “Texans are known for their faith, strength, and resilience,” said Governor Abbott. …

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Musk Announces Formation Of His “America Party”

USA Today reports: Elon Musk announced the formation of a new political party amid his strident criticism of President Donald Trump’s signature legislation. “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X on July 5. “Today, the America Party is formed …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Michael Douglas, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of Miloš Forman’s classic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” spoke at the festival about his fears for democracy in the U.S. under the Trump administration. When asked at a press conference about the state of politics in his home country, the …

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Noem Blames “Ancient System” For Delayed Warnings

The Daily Mail reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was brutally grilled over the delayed warning alerts Texas residents received before a monster flash flood was about to devastate the state. “ICE Barbie” blamed the “ancient system” and said the Trump Administration would look into renewing the system to better work for US citizens. “The weather is extremely difficult to …

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Greg Abbott Asks Trump For Federal Disaster Relief

The Texas Tribune reports: The official death toll from the catastrophic floods that hit the Texas Hill Country rose to 32 as of Saturday afternoon, officials announced during a news conference held with Gov. Greg Abbott and other local and federal officials. Among the 32 dead were 18 adults and 14 children. Twenty-seven girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian camp …

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Trump Celebrates $170B For Forced “Remigration”

“This July 4th weekend I want to give a big ‘THANK YOU!’ to the Heroic ICE Officers fighting every day to reclaim our Sovereignty and Freedom. One of the most exciting parts of the ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ is that it includes ALL of the Funding and Resources that ICE needs to carry out the Largest Mass Deportation Operation …

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Social Security Admin Blasted For Lying Megabill Email

The Guardian reports: An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims Donald Trump’s major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients is misleading, critics have said. The bill “eliminates federal income taxes on social security benefits for most beneficiaries, providing relief to individuals and couples”, the previously apolitical SSA stated in an …

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GOP Rep Resigns After Voting To Steal Healthcare

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: After announcing his retirement from politics for the second time in his career, Rep. Mark Green has officially resigned. “It’s with a heavy heart that I say farewell,” Green said on July 4. About a month ago, Green announced his retirement from the House of Representatives. In 2024, Green retired and unretired after “countless calls” from …

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House Candidate Declares Texas Floods To Be “Fake”

“Fake weather. Fake hurricanes. Fake flooding. Fake. Fake. Fake. Whack weather patterns creating crisis that are portrayed to be natural and real, but when weather is manipulated, it is a fake progression not natural. Everyone should ask questions. Everyone should hold people accountable. Stop twisting and perverting words. Our job is to protect our freedoms and keep our children safe. …

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DHS Celebrates Shipping Migrants To South Sudan

ABC News reports: The Trump administration deported eight migrants to South Sudan, according to a Department of Homeland Security official, after the administration had to halt their deportation to a base in Djibouti. “A district judge cannot dictate the national security and foreign policy of the United States of America,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said to ABC News. “This Independence …

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MTG: I’m Introducing A Bill To Ban Weather Control Because God Didn’t Create The Deadly Floods In Texas

“I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense.  “I have been researching weather modification and working with the legislative counsel for months writing this bill. It will be similar to Florida’s …

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New Flood Warnings Issued For Austin Area [VIDEO]

CNN reports: The San Gabriel River at Georgetown South Fork, located about 30 miles north of Austin, is expected to crest near 30 feet this afternoon, which is major flood stage. This would result in flooding for many streets and roads, as well as threatening the lowest homes above Georgetown to Granger Lake, National Weather Service meteorologists warned this morning. …

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Trump: “I’m Praying For Families” In Texas Flash Floods

“The Trump Administration is working with State and Local Officials on the ground in Texas in response to the tragic flooding that took place yesterday. Our Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, will be there shortly. Melania and I are praying for all of the families impacted by this horrible tragedy. Our Brave First Responders are on site doing what …

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200 Marines Deployed To Florida Concentration Camp

Via press release from the US Northern Command: Approximately 200 Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, are conducting a movement to Florida, to augment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission with critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE. These Marines are the first …

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German Far-Right Increasingly Targets LGBTQ People

Politico Europe reports: Extreme-right groups in Germany are increasingly targeting LGBTQ+ people as part of a systematic effort to gain popularity and win new recruits. Right-wing extremists have mobilized against Pride events scheduled for this summer, planning counter demonstrations that purport to celebrate traditional, heterosexual relationships. It’s a message, experts say, that is drawing a growing number of young Germans …

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Florida Dems Denied Entry To Concentration Camp

The Miami Herald reports: In a surprising and possibly unlawful act, five state legislators were denied entry into a taxpayer-funded migrant detention center deep in the Everglades, raising questions about what will happen behind the razor-wire fences that are being erected surrounding the controversial facility the state has named Alligator Alcatraz. Armed only with state law and a growing list …

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Idaho AG Bans “Everyone Is Welcome” Signs In Schools

The Idaho Capital Sun reports: The “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign that sparked a viral nationwide controversy can no longer be displayed in Idaho schools, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion released late Friday. The revelation became public a day after Idaho EdNews received a redacted version of the opinion, which the Idaho Department of Education used to …

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