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The Daily Beast reports: A conservative water brand that claims to offer right-wingers an anti-woke protest in a bottle made its pitch to attendees at Turning Point USA’s People’s Conference this weekend. “Freedom 2.0,” which makes disposable water bottles with labels like, “This water isn’t free, but your speech is,” ran a spot at the conservative conference attended by GOP …

The Detroit Free Press reports: The leader of a controversial rightwing group canceled their conference in Detroit, alleging they were kicked out of the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit, where he said they had plans to hold events. The move comes after Detroit police had responded to a dispute involving the group on Friday. Nicholas Fuentes of the America First …

CNN reports: A suspect in the shooting that injured at least nine people at a recreation area in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Saturday was found dead at a nearby home, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. The suspect, a 42-year-old man whose name has not yet been released, was found at a nearby home after police tracked the weapon from the …

Deadline reports: Oaks Park amusement park outside of Portland, Oregon, had to call in emergency personnel on Friday to rescue 28 people who were stuck upside-down on a malfunctioning ride. Crews rescued 28 people Friday after they were left dangling high on the ride. Portland Fire and Rescue said on X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park to …

The Christian Post reports: Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, which attracts an estimated 100,000 worshipers weekly, has confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” more than 35 years ago while he was a young pastor after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her over multiple years beginning when she was 12. “When …

The Washington Post reports: The House voted Thursday on a Republican amendment to restore Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial. The century-old monument, which was removed in December, features an enslaved Black “mammy” holding the infant child of a White officer, as an enslaved Black man follows the officer off to war. The monument references the “Lost Cause,” a mythology about …

“I was in Washington, D.C., and I’ll never forget when the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi, as speaker of the House, brought in nearly 30,000 National Guardsmen and turned our Capitol complex into a military base. “And you weren’t allowed in there. The American people weren’t allowed in there. And then they proceeded to shut down the country over COVID. …

From the Miami Herald editorial board: The national political soap opera continues as former President Donald Trump prepares for his July 11 sentencing in the hush money criminal case. As expected, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to play the top supporting role by vowing to restore Trump’s voting rights as a felon so he can cast a ballot in Florida’s November …

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has roiled lawmakers in both parties by appointing a pair of hardline conservatives to the House Intelligence Committee. Committee members fear the presence of Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) threatens to disrupt a hard-fought bipartisan consensus forged in the aftermath of the Trump era. Some are also concerned about the …

“Taylor Swift sees what everybody else sees. Joe Biden’s really not here. He’s not with us. You know, he’s doing, I guess, the best he can. But the stature and the image of leadership that Americans expect in the United States presidency is not embodied by Joe Biden. Everybody knows that. “Obviously, you know, Taylor, if you want to come …