Report: Death Toll Rises to 94 in Texas Flood Disaster, Including 27 Campers and Counselors

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The death toll from the catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas has risen to 94 and includes several children attending a Christian summer camp in Kerr County, according to multiple reports. Officials initially announced the devastation late Saturday into Sunday.

The destruction follows unprecedented rainfall that caused the river to swell 26 feet in just 45 minutes, washing away homes, vehicles, and camp cabins in its path, according to multiple reports.

Among the dead are five young girls from Camp Mystic, a nearly century-old girls’ retreat in the Hill Country. The camp later confirmed that 27 campers and counselors are dead, while 10 other campers and one counselor are unaccounted for as of Monday afternoon, according to CNN.

Authorities have confirmed that Renee Smajstrla, 8; Sarah Marsh, 8; Janie Hunt, 9; Lila Bonner, 9; and Eloise Peck, 8, perished in the flood after being swept away early Friday morning while sleeping in their cabins, according to the New York Post.

Lila’s family said they are enduring “unimaginable grief.” Her best friend and cabinmate, Eloise, also died. (Read more from “Report: Death Toll Rises to 94 in Texas Flood Disaster, Including 27 Campers and Counselors” HERE)

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Trump’s ICE Detains 1,355 in ‘Sanctuary State’ Colorado

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The Trump administration has quadrupled the arrests of migrants in sanctuary state Colorado, data shows.

The Trump administration has focused on several blue states to fulfill the president’s campaign promise of a crackdown on illegal immigration, and in Colorado that has amounted to a 300 percent increase in ICE apprehensions.

Federal data shows that in the latest period ending on June 10, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested 1,355 people. That compares to the 342 who were picked up during the final year of the Biden administration. That is a 300 percent rise. The arrest rate has averaged about nine per day, according to the Denver Post.

Those taken into custody come from Mexico and Central and South America, as well as foreign countries including Afghanistan.

ICE is also ramping up arrests in other sanctuary states. (Read more from “Trump’s ICE Detains 1,355 in ‘Sanctuary State’ Colorado” HERE)

Biden White House Leak Reveals Advisers Urged Early Debate

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A newly leaked White House memo from April 2024 reveals that former President Joe Biden’s advisers urged him to debate now-President Donald Trump early in the election cycle to “reach the widest audience possible.”

The disastrous June 27 debate, in which Biden was often incoherent, was the death knell of his campaign. Under pressure from Democratic Party leaders, he dropped out of the race on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.

“By holding the first debate in the spring, YOU will be able to reach the widest audience possible before we are deep in the summer months with the conventions, Olympics, and family vacations taking precedence,” reads the memo from Biden’s “Senior Advisors,” which was published by Politico.

“The earlier YOU are able to debate the better, so that the American people can see you standing next to Trump and showing the strength of YOUR leadership, compared to Trump’s weakness and chaos.”

In fact, Biden’s advisers recommended either June 26 or June 27 for Biden’s first debate, a time frame that was granted to them. (Read more from “Biden White House Leak Reveals Advisers Urged Early Debate” HERE)

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Pediatrician Fired Over Post Blaming MAGA Texans for Floods: ‘May They Get What They Voted For’

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A pediatrician in Texas no longer has a job after comments she made online about the deadly flooding in the central part of the state went viral.

Dr. Christina B. Propst is taking a lot of heat for the social media post that she has since deleted, Mediate reported on Sunday.

The medical professional made the post under her Facebook name, Chris Tina, where she appeared to denigrate supporters of President Donald Trump and also referenced so-called “climate change.”

“May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry. Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts,” the post read:

According to the Mediate report, Propst had been employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics which is based in Houston.

(Read more from “Pediatrician Fired Over Post Blaming MAGA Texans for Floods: ‘May They Get What They Voted For’” HERE)

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Trump Administration Delivers Ominous Warning About Electricity Demand

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The Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday released a report that found currently scheduled retirements of energy-generating facilities coupled with delays in bringing new power sources online could lead to a rise in blackouts by the end of this decade.

DOE’s report found that with about 104 gigawatts of energy-generating capacity scheduled to be retired by 2030, power outages could see a significant rise if that capacity isn’t replaced in a timely manner. It is estimated that annual outage hours could rise from single digits today to over 800 hours per year.

The agency noted that while 104 GW of power generation is scheduled to be retired, it is scheduled to be replaced by 209 GW of new capacity by 2030 — though only 22 GW of that comes from firm baseload generation sources. It added that even with the assumption of no retirements, the risk of outages in some areas rises more than 3-fold.

“This report affirms what we already know: The United States cannot afford to continue down the unstable and dangerous path of energy subtraction previous leaders pursued, forcing the closure of baseload power sources like coal and natural gas,” Secretary Scott Wright said in a statement.

The report said electricity demand is rising in part due to the construction of energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) data centers along with advanced manufacturing facilities. (Read more from “Trump Administration Delivers Ominous Warning About Electricity Demand” HERE)

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Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Even More Corrupt Than Current Report Shows

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A still-classified staff report compiled by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) found the John Brennan-led 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (“ICA”) on Russian Election Interference significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than conveyed in the memorandum released last week by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, according to sources familiar with the report. The HPSCI staff report also reveals more details of the corruption, the sources told The Federalist.

Revelations that the ICA crafted by Brennan was even more corrupt than exposed last week in CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s release of the internal “tradecraft review” of the ICA suggests Brennan may finally face justice for his role in the Russia-collusion hoax. In fact, sources familiar with closed-door testimony Brennan provided to Congress suggest perjury charges are in the offing.

According to Breitbart News, members of Congress and senior staff maintain that “Brennan had testified behind closed doors that he did not advocate for the dossier to be included in the ICA.” That testimony, however, conflicts with the findings from the newly released CIA review, which detailed how Brennan included the Steele Dossier in the ICA “over the objections of career intelligence officials.”

The CIA report released last Tuesday by Director Ratcliffe includes many more problems with both the procedure and the substance of the ICA — a report then-Director John Brennan took the lead in drafting. Among other things, the CIA concluded the ICA report should not have attributed “high confidence” to the conclusion that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances.” Nor should the ICA have included the Steele Dossier in its annex or referenced it in the text of the report, the CIA concluded.

But those problems and the others detailed in the CIA report pale in comparison to the real corruption at play, according to sources familiar with a separate HPSCI staff report. Those sources told The Federalist that HPSCI, under the leadership of then-Chair Devin Nunes, “found the ICA significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than was conveyed in the CIA report.” The staff report also reveals more details related to the ICA’s report on Russia’s 2016 influence campaign. (Read more from “Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Even More Corrupt Than Current Report Shows” HERE)

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‘Dark Forces At Play’: MAGA Revolts Over Trump DOJ’s Epstein Findings

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Many of President Donald Trump’s fiercest supporters are turning on his own Justice Department after a memo concluded Jeffrey Epstein killed himself and left no incrimination “client list.”

The memo, reported Sunday by Axios, concluded there was no evidence of foul play in the death of the convicted child sex trafficker and found no substantiation for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s earlier claims that an Epstein client list existed.

“It’s sitting on my desk right now to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that,” Bondi told Fox News in February in response to a question about an Epstein client list.

Now, with her department apparently contradicting her public claim, MAGA’s most faithful are calling for her ouster.

Former One America News Network (OAN) anchor Liz Wheeler and conservative commentators the Hodge Twins were among those demanding that Bondi be fired.

Wheeler had posed outside the White House in February with binders Bondi called the “Epstein Files: Phase 1,” the same day the attorney general spoke of reviewing the list on Fox News.

(Read more from “‘Dark Forces At Play’: MAGA Revolts Over Trump DOJ’s Epstein Findings” HERE)

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This Progressive Delivered a Brutal Fact Check for Those Politicizing the Texas Floods

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You know the saying: a broken clock is right twice a day. For former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, a firebrand progressive and Bernie Sanders supporter, who is the perfect person to be an MSNBC guest, she holds that honor today in the aftermath of the devastating and tragic floods in Central Texas. The damage is immense, with the death toll surging toward 100 dead as storms ripped through Kerr County and swelled the Guadalupe River 25-plus feet in less than two hours.

Liberals have been blaming the Trump administration for the proposed DOGE cuts while also cheering for more deaths. It’s who the Left is regarding people with whom they disagree. They’re puerile, ghoulish, and all-around disgusting people who have no clue what they’re talking about. For Ms. Turner, she didn’t hold back trashing those on her side using a tragedy:

(Read more from “This Progressive Delivered a Brutal Fact Check for Those Politicizing the Texas Floods” HERE)

Zohran Mamdani’s SAT Scores Revealed After Columbia Application ‘African American’ Bombshell

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Mayoral Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s SAT score has been revealed after the democratic socialist was sharply criticized over the revelation that he listed himself as African American on his application to Columbia University.

Mamdani received a 2140 out of 2400 on the test which was on the lower end of median scores for admitted students but was likely above the median score for black students, independent journalist Christopher Rufo reported.

The report links to a 2009 post highlighting the admitted classes’ standardized test scores, with the middle 50% scoring “between 2110 and 2300 on the Math, Critical Reading and Writing sections of the SAT.”

The Ugandan-born Mamdani got hammered by critics after the bombshell revelation that Mamdani listed that he was both “Asian” and “Black/African American” when applying to Columbia University, where his father Mahmood Mamdani is a professor.

The university had affirmative action policies when Mamdani applied in 2009, which critics said may have been the catalyst for the pol listing himself as black in order to get preferential treatment. (Read more from “Zohran Mamdani’s SAT Scores Revealed After Columbia Application ‘African American’ Bombshell” HERE)

Potentially Fatal Side Effect of Weight-Loss Drugs Sparks New Investigation

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There’s no doubt that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been revolutionary — although the benefits do sometimes come with some unsightly downsides such as tooth decay, a droopy face or mouth, a saggy butt and hair loss.

Then there are the more common side effects, like icky gastrointestinal issues, that are at best unpleasant.

Now, a UK regulator is shining on a light on side effects that are much more serious — and even potentially deadly.

The country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Yellow Card scheme, the UK’s official system for collecting and monitoring reports of suspected side effects or bad reactions to drugs and devices, has received nearly 400 reports of serious pancreas trouble from users of GLP‑1s.

While in many cases it’s manageable, it can occasionally turn serious or even fatal if it triggers complications. (Read more from “Potentially Fatal Side Effect of Weight-Loss Drugs Sparks New Investigation” HERE)